Hi all just wanted to say hi and introduce our family 80 "serious" as my kids call it.
I've got a 95 hdj80 manual with a 1hdft engine with 380,000km of experience..
Front E locker
Safari snorkel
ARB bar and rails
2" lift
285 bfg's
3" exh
And the conveniences
- dual batteries
- alloy roof rack with 80 w solar
- engle fridge on tilt slide
- home made cargo shelf
- hard wired compressor
- 240v inverter
It's our family car shopping trolley and touring set up, I've had it for 15 years brought my children home from hospital ect. Ect. So to say it's a part of the family is an understatement.
It's getting long in the tooth and other diesel cruisers are more refined but I Just can't part with it, so it's time to start "upgrading a stock 1hdft" I'm apprehensive, so to do things right I've just ordered a HPD front mount intercooler, catch can and a moonlight industries air box, with the intent of upgrading to a Gturbo now to just decide which one bad boy or grunter ?
Concerns are excessive blowby & decreased engine life, I've read a heap of threads here and all have had different experiences but all seem to be recent with no long term kms under the tyres, so any real world experiences would be great to hear. Sorry for the babble just wanted to try and paint a picture.
I've got a 95 hdj80 manual with a 1hdft engine with 380,000km of experience..
Front E locker
Safari snorkel
ARB bar and rails
2" lift
285 bfg's
3" exh
And the conveniences
- dual batteries
- alloy roof rack with 80 w solar
- engle fridge on tilt slide
- home made cargo shelf
- hard wired compressor
- 240v inverter
It's our family car shopping trolley and touring set up, I've had it for 15 years brought my children home from hospital ect. Ect. So to say it's a part of the family is an understatement.
It's getting long in the tooth and other diesel cruisers are more refined but I Just can't part with it, so it's time to start "upgrading a stock 1hdft" I'm apprehensive, so to do things right I've just ordered a HPD front mount intercooler, catch can and a moonlight industries air box, with the intent of upgrading to a Gturbo now to just decide which one bad boy or grunter ?
Concerns are excessive blowby & decreased engine life, I've read a heap of threads here and all have had different experiences but all seem to be recent with no long term kms under the tyres, so any real world experiences would be great to hear. Sorry for the babble just wanted to try and paint a picture.