Hi all I'm new to this so please excuse me if this the wrong forum,
I've got a stock 1hdft 80 series manual with 380,000km on it in great condition over serviced if anything.
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 getting 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 try and do things right I've just ordered a HPD front mount intercooler, catch can and a moonlight industries air box, (already has a3" exh) with the intent of upgrading to a Gturbo now to just decide which one a Badboy or Grunter ?
We go on remote holidays towing an off road trailer so reliability is at the top of my list.
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 stock 1hdft 80 series manual with 380,000km on it in great condition over serviced if anything.
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 getting 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 try and do things right I've just ordered a HPD front mount intercooler, catch can and a moonlight industries air box, (already has a3" exh) with the intent of upgrading to a Gturbo now to just decide which one a Badboy or Grunter ?
We go on remote holidays towing an off road trailer so reliability is at the top of my list.
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.