Vsicks Pathy

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Half cuts ay? I'd be interested in the late model dash '95 '96. I want to update my old one for a new look. As for the engine upgrade.... Put a 3.8ltr V6 in it. To do that you'd need a body lift. 2" will do it and it will be the same as a stock standard 4x4 Navara, and then up size you tyres. The Nissan motors are gutless and not very fuel efficient. The gearing in them is too low. You are very limited as to what mods you can do given that you are in QLD. If the engineers in QLD have the same info re a WD21 Pathfinder as the guys down south, you will not have an issue with the body lift. I got a 3" passed. They use the Navara specs on the pathy and a 3" lift looks like a 1" lift. Good stuff.

Bash plate/come mounting bracket, or vise versa. The time to measure up where the transfer case would fit was the hardest part. It is not too big or too heavy but it was big and heavy enough to be awkward. It is nowhere near where I wanted it to finish up. I wanted it further toward the back but there just wasn't enough clearance for it. The drive train tunnel got too narrow. If you don't have a 3" BL forget this little home improvement. This took the longest amount of time. It had to be right before I started because the location dictated how it would be done. I tried it on its side, both left and right, but it couldn't go either way. I wanted to see a 720 with one in it but couldn't find one. After I had made my mind up as to where it would finally go, to weld it took about 20 mins... The tig needed to have a rest between welds. I had the steel (raw shape) cut for me for the transfer case. I just rounded it with a grinder. That took all of ten minutes I suppose? The cross member into bash plate. The fun part was getting the 5mm to match each end/side of the existing but cut up Pathy xmember. That was a pain in the arse. I did make a template of each end and used that as a guide. That too was done with a grinder. I preyed that a plasma cutter would appear in my garage but it never happened. It took about an hour and a half to shape the 5mm plate ready for welding. I still have to shape and weld the top section. The bend will be the interesting part of that exercise. So, it is the prep that takes the time.

I had some time spare today so I test fitted the bracket/bash plate. If fit like a glove and you can't see it unless you crouch down. I like it like that! Some pics and please excuse the mess. Look very carefully and you can see it. Another look. From behind. Looking from the diff toward the motor. You may note that nothing is holding it at the front. This is because the front xmember hasn't been made yet. It will bolt to it.

I used a 720 case because no one (here at least) has ever heard of one sh!tting itself. They are run behind modified everything including big V8s and take it all. The choice was an easy one... Besides that, I don't want any Toyota parts on my Nissan.

Hopefully soon. I am still waiting a spigot bush to be turned for me. When that comes I can fit the gear box for the final time and make the rear xmember for it. And then she should be bullet proof. Next will be coil overs for the front. That will be when the standard MQ diff goes in. More than likely next year.

On a lighter note.. I did buy my son his first car. We saw an old Kingswood (1970 model Holden) and he liked it. Without him knowing, I bought it. It needs a bit of work but it's not too bad. It is a 4.2 with an auto. He has a year and a half to work on it. I will try and find the time to help him. That is my son in picture. Oh, and this is my work car that I bought last year.

Sorry to dig up an old thread but this is after all a next step and it was mentioned. As you may or may not know I am putting in a divorced transfercase. It is not an easy job by any stretch. Well, it's not too bad really. Just coupled with trying to get the getrag to mate up to the wrong engine and all of what that entails not to mention having to fabricate EVERYTHING from scratch....... it certainly makes it seem hard. If anyone is contemplating a divorced transfercase I'd certainly think twice about it though. They will only just fit with a 3" BL. The unit I chose is from a 720. I think I posted a pic somewhere but I have not been able to find it. The Pathy has been off the road since the gearbox sh!t itself last November or December. I have been super busy and have a little time to myself for such indulgences such as the Pathy or this forum. I heard that sigh from some of you! Have you no shame? Anyway... I thought I'd put up some progress pics to see what you lot think and to get some feedback.. perhaps? Steel cut to shape and size. This mounting plate is also seconds as the bash plate and it is all 5mm thick. Some rounding off. Holes drilled and ready for welding. Next was to cut the old torsion bar crossmember up and refab it to be used for a whole new purpose. The guys at Nissan never had this in mind. lol. Some close ups of the custom matching that took place. Each end was different. Bugger! Welded in place. Note the top section is still to be bent to shape and welded in. I will post up some pictures of the mounting plate in place on the Pathy soon.

We make 'em tuff in oz.

Why hide under a chair? You should sell the Pathy and get it. It is a far more capable 4wd than the Pathfinder.

I'd think again about a Toyota TC. Toyota TCs hang very low. I could only imagine how easily they would hang you up.

I am trying to get one to fit at the moment. Easier said than done though.

Higher air flow will help. Unfortunately we used them and they still didn't do the job properly. Having said that... Cowling would do wonders to help cool it too, but finding the space between the motor and radiator to fit one is a different story.

It's a hard call Steevo but I'd take my chances with the 4 core. The engine bay just doesn't allow for good are flow no matter what you use. We are both exaples of that. We both left out air con and we both have V8 (based) radiators and we both got hot. Remember, I used a v6 commodore radiator originally and it overheated as soon as I went off road. Anything slightly tougher than a Safeway car park and I could fry eggs on the bloody thing. As I said, the twins made a difference but it wouldn't cool a V8 on a mild hill on a warm day. And once it gets hot you'd have to shut down because the fans don't cut it. For road use, a V8 would run all day without any problems IMO.

You beat me to it Steevo.

Common sense.

I have been away paintballing, otherwise I'd be the first reply.

Since when have ARB made a locker for the front of a Pathy?

They sell kits for that mod here too, though it is just as easy to make your own as sw and I did when we went from normally asperated 4's to fuel injected V6's. You wouldn't want it (a V8) in a 4wd situation though. It would overheat to the max. I have trouble keeping mine cool off road on a hot day (though it is better now with the twins in) and I know sw had the same issues. A V8 in that small engine bay area would be very hard to cool indeed once the revs were up and the air through the radiator slowed. There is a 720 for sale (in oz) on ebay that has an 8 in it here.

I am trying my best to use a standard flywheel and I will not spend $1200+ on a POS duel mass or solid after market flywheel. Here's what I don't understand......The duel mass flywheel is over 50mm thick and a standard VR V6 one is only 36mm thick. Yet with the pressure plate bolted up I can't pull the box up to the motor. Even using the Nissan to Holden adaptor (12mm thick) it still fouls. For all intensive purposes the bloody thing seems to be either too deep (Flywheel and pressure plate together = 84.9mm) or too bloody wide. Noone seems to be able to tell me the collective depth of the duel mass and pressure plate, nor are they able to say what the diameter is. Just commodore and street commodore claim to be a be all end all of information. I have been waitng for days for the smart people to show up. Still no luck! I forgot to add that the combo I am using is a standard V6 flywheel, a standard duel mass/getrag spigot bush (fits perfectly into the crank), getrag thrust bearing (will have to be modified) Mazda B2600 clutch plate (fits the getrag spline) and Commodore HD V8 pressure plate.

OK, my Pathy isn't giving me much love at the moment. I can not for the life of me get a straight answer on the dimentions of a duel mass flywheel. Why do I need that info I hear some of you thinking out loud? I have had my gear box in and out several times. The pressure plate fouls with the gearbox housing? I even put the old adaptor on and hoped like buggery that it would clear. The extra 12mm I got came close... but no dice. I have some figures of the duel mass flywheel and it makes less and less sense as to why my setup is fouling. I might look at getting a Supra (I KNOW! Sh!tota) box and a conversion bellhousing if I get no love soon. What adds salt to this wound is that I can not progress any further. I can't put the divorced transfer case in because I don't know where it will sit. Likewise I can't get any shafts made for the same reason. Some pics of the divorced transfercase anyway. Whats in that wee box? There she be. These things are tiny. they are also capable of coping with 1000 ponies non stop. Compare if you please. On the bench with brackets attached. The stubbie is there for scale purposes only. lol I pick up the 6mm plate and the supports on saturday morning. It will be bolted in as a single unit. More pics to come.

Don't hold back Mr. Pickles, tell us what you really think. lol.

Do tell.... please. :eek:

We all know that they are not real Pathfinders, so it wouldn't matter.

It could have been wosre. What if was a 2 door?