sw Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 3.8L v6 & T700 (aus spec) holden motor & gear box done just over 1000 km's on it and boy it goes hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 sofa king cool sw, glad it worked out well for you! Now you can REALLY slay the sand dunes gj gj gj :cool2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 what are the specs on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 (edited) 130Kw 300 Nm Edited January 17, 2005 by sw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Good #'s. I prefer seeing HP rather than KW, as its a higher #. That's just a pissing match though, guess its a Yank thing. 175hp/220lb ft ain't to shabby at all in my book. Feel free to beat me in a drag race any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Good job, Steve. Looks just right. Was that from a front-wheel drive car to begin with? Power steering pump treating you right and all that? Nissan fuel pump work OK for the Holden fuel injection setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 the aus spec 'Holden Commodore", where the motor and box came from are rear wheel drive. the ps pump and resivour just happen to be located above the ps box, so just have a nice new high pressure hose manufacture and wala. fuel setup is the standard pathy pump, pumping to a surge tank in the engine bay. then the surge tank feeds a high pressure external pump which feeds the fuel rails. you should be able to see the black surge tank in the photos. the other side to the air box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookie Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 That is great! Wish my alt was that high up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Boy Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Sweet, good to see it finally done!!! Getting the motor mounted is only half the job, getting every thing else mounted and set up is the rest of the job!!!! Looks very nicly finished off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Very nicely done... Basically looks like a factory job !! I am very impressed !! Now, allow me to be the village Idiot. According to Mr. P's conversion #'s, you have +25HP and +40TQ if my memory is correct. So what was the real gain over cams, headers, exhaust and intake for the Pathy engine ? With those mods you would hit or excede those #, and the Pathy motor is durable so I doubt any major gains there... I don't get why the trouble other than a cool project. Don't get me wrong, seems like you did a beautiful job and I am impressed; I just don't know why... Feel free to educate me. Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Boy Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 My bet is availability of a donor engine. He had the 4cycl. Thing is, that motor is producing those figures from stock. You can also pick one of those motors up in good cond for $NZ1500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Ahh, I didn't know he had a 4cy.... If its the same Z24 motor I had in my last truck, they are bullet proof and have the same power as an electric toothbrush... Also didn't realize its a NZ thing... Makes sense, and like I said, Nice Job !! Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Boy Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Nah, he's in OZ, and yeah thats the donk he had in i think, the Z24 Carby one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 No doubt though, a class act install. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 they are bullet proof and have the same power as an electric toothbrush... that would be correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Yep, I drove a Nissan 720 P/U 4x4 Kingcab with the Z24 motor for 11 years and it made me love Nissan... It only left me stranded 3 times; once alternator, once starter (bump started it and drove home), once battery. I loved it and would choose it for a backwoods crawler any day. The reason I sold it rather than rebuild was any time I saw a hill, I would whimper, down shift, and floor it in hopes of making it to the top at any reasonable speed, and that was a much lighter shell than the pathy !! I feel your pain. The 3.0V6 pushes the Pathy just fine in my book, but then I was conditioned by the Z24. Now, if the Z24 motor could be wedged into a VW Bug Baja it would be the perfect mix !! Bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I too drove a 720 with the Z24 for years, and the thing was an animal. But I put on 31x10.5 tires and man, talk about horrible mileage. I'd average about 200 miles on a tank. I drove that thing to California and back in college, stopping for fuel every 200 miles. Not good on a college budget. But the old girl was unstoppable, just slow. My only problem occurred when the bracket/arm that the alternator slides on snapped at the base. Flying alternator and belt, much racket. I just picked up the belt, pushed the alt out of the way, and drove it a few miles home for repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosspbig Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 My 97 pathy gets about 200 miles to the tank. it drives me nuts on road trips. the next truck i get is going to be a full size pickup truck with either one huge gas tank or two mid sized tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87pathy Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 ok, please educate me, Frist, the swap looks like a class act job! second is your rig a 4 wd or 2wd? if 4wd, what did you use for a transfer case? isn't the the holden left hand output on the transfer case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 He used an adapter to bolt the Holden tranny to the Nissan t-case. Stock drivelines, new motor and transmission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 sorry 87 pathy havent checked the board for a while.. Aaron is spot on there was NO way i was sacrificing (sp??) 4wd for another motor, what would be the point. all that power and no way to use it. an adaptor joins the holden gear box to the Nissan t-case any other questions just ask away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Boy Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I have one: Why didn't you just get a Patrol?? No, seriously, are you considering a SAS at some stage?? Apparently the 720 P/U is a good donor vehicle. The P/U with the soild front end in of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted May 2, 2005 Share Posted May 2, 2005 I have one: Why didn't you just get a Patrol?? No, seriously, are you considering a SAS at some stage?? Apparently the 720 P/U is a good donor vehicle. The P/U with the soild front end in of course. I have never seen one of those. Anyone got any pics of one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Boy Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 I have been led to believe it is a particular modle these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vsicks Pathy Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 I have been led to believe it is a particular modle these: Looks like a lower wish bone there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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