2000 GU Patrol wagon, suit v8 conversion

[Mad_Aussie]

FOR SALE

2000 Nissan GU Patrol DX
130,000kms
Sunraiser wheels
Desert Duelers
Raised suspension
Alloy bull bar
Rego AUG 2010

The car itself is in fantastic condition other than it having a mighty feast of pistons a'la flambe'.
ZD30 turbo diesel in pieces. VGC turbo, zorst, manis etc.
Blew pistons, requires new guts or replacement engine.
We've been looking at 6.5L conversions and 4.8 turbo conversions, but don't have the facilities here to do a swap.

Car is available to be picked up from Bunbury.

$8,000 ono

08 9721 4290
0417 997 552
laverscapel(at)bigpond.com.au

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c43/Mad_Aussie/pootrol.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c43/Mad_Aussie/blownZD30.jpg
Note pot #1 has a dirty great hole in it

[Passage GT]

you could realistically do an ls1 conversion for this and have it all completed for under 20k, including buying the car, great value when you think about it, wish i had the cash and knowhow to do it myself
good luck man

[Sfidz]

is this the model you can do a reasonably easy RB26 conversion?

[Jon88]

yerpp

[Passage GT]

actually the model you want to start with for an rb conversion is one with the rd28 turbo diesel, this one is a zd30, correct me if i'm wrong but they use a different gbox

[DESAM8+PANIK]

yjay is correct

[Chaotic]

theres a cheap 6.5l brunswick in this weeks quokka as well.

[mxracer]

130,000 kms and had en epic fail like that .. any idea how that happened at such low km's i thought diesels were reliable

[N14TI]

ZD30's are crap we sell a couple of long motors every week at work.

[31-EVO]

If you have trouble selling this, give Brunswick Diesels a ring, they love a good project shell :)

[Passage GT]

130,000 kms and had en epic fail like that .. any idea how that happened at such low km's i thought diesels were reliable

they don't call the zd30 the hand grenade for nothing:)
apparently the series 1 and 2 gu's are notorious for it but the later model ones (s3 onwards) and the version that came out in navara's are a bit better, still too small and underpowered for such a big car in my opinion though

[mxracer]

dam .. now i see why im a toyota boy !

i know where there is a q45 v8 half cut .. that be a good fit wouldnt it ?

[Brett_J]

Replacement engines for these are around the 5-6k mark,so get a few mates together for the weekend and you can have a good car for around 13-4k.
Or sell it for around the 18k mark and make some profit

[mxracer]

or any mechanics outs there game

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NISSAN-PATROL-GU-ZD30-TURBO-DIESEL-ENGINE-REBUILD-KIT_W0QQitemZ110381181737QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Car _Parts_Accessories?hash=item19b33b2b29

[5ltrs of fun]

Has anyone changed the 3ltr out with the 4.2ltr if so what modifications were done.

[Mad_Aussie]

cheers for all the interest guys and sorry to all those I didn't get around to replying to... But car was sold on the weekend. Ta