Trav's LWB GQ

[gqtrav]

I thought i would finally post up about my truck. It's a 94 model LWB GQ with a TD42 engine.
These are the mods it has at the moment:
King Springs (3 inch lift)
Koni Shocks
TJM steel winch bar
Warn High mount winch
2 IPF spotties on the front
2 inch body lift
cut rear 1/4's
cheezy rear bar
cut front and rear guards
33" Mickey Thompson Baja Radial MTX's for the road
35" Mickey Thompson Baja Radial Claws for play
Long Range fuel tank
GME UHF
Handheld UHF
Uniden AM CB
Pioneer MP3 player
Sony Xplode 6 x 9's in the rear
Sony Xplode 6 inch for front (still need to install)
ARB Compressor
Duel batteries
Snorkel
SAAS racing seats
Rear Draws
AXT turbo running 10 psi
3 inch straight through exhaust
pyro, boost, oil pressure and water temp guages
front air locker

I think that's about it for the moment. The future mods for the truck include:
Intercooler and more boost
rear air locker
6 point cage
2nd fuel tank and a roof rack (for trip around oz)
cut into a duel cab (after trip around oz)

This is how it looked when standard
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/standard.jpg

This is how it looks now
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/mtwellington.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/flex3a.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/flex4a.jpg

[gqtrav]

couple of photo's of the setup inside the car

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/storage1.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/storage.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/seats.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/guages.jpg

[gqtrav]

couple more
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/scoops.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/turbo.jpg

[fullberries]

dude u need to lose that trail track and outback sticker

[gqtrav]

Wazza looks after me pretty well with prices, and one of my mates works there, so a little free advertisment doesn't bother me.

[fullberries]

i have delt with them a sew time i find that they are team pullers i reakon and so do all my mates that they are terrible in prices and thay dont stock anythin

[gqtrav]

depends if your happy to pay sticker price. A lot of the time there sticker price is quite high, however very few people actually pay that, and if you actually got to know wazza you would be very hard pressed to find a better price for stuff.

[TUFFRANGIE]

How are those super swampers going fullberries? Got a good bargain from waz $1300 for 5 36in swampers with simex tubes. Don't complain too much, also how is your mates high mount going that we fixed? He loves it when i spoke to him a few weeks ago.

Nice rig trav!!

[gqtrav]

Well i finally got around to moving my winch control box into the engine bay (a bit further away from the mud) and also wiring up a winch switch inside the cab.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/winchbox.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/winchswitch.jpg

I also picked up my new tyres the other day, 35x12.5x15 simex ET2's, now i just need a chance to go out and actually use them.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/simex1.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/simex2.jpg

[crusr]

35's with three lugs. i didnt realise they did them.

[gqtrav]

Yep, they have been out for a little while now, they are a 35x12.5x15, i think you can also get them in a 16 inch rim aswell.

[fullberries]

sold the swampers i still ended up paying 1500 time i got them changed over

[gqtrav]

Finally made my 4 inch steel snorkel, next thing on the list is a custom airbox with 4 inch inlet and outlet and then intercooler/more boost.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/newsnorkel1.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/newsnorkel2.jpg

Also picked up some reversing lights from supercheap for $25

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/rearlights.jpg

[maca82]

Trav...

Consur Trav???

[gqtrav]

That's the one

[Auspwr]

looks bloody nice.
like the snokle as well, good job with it..i'll get my ass round to doing it one day. td4.2 as well reminds me of my little baby, but u have so much more room with those back seats out and the drawing system. did u do that yourself?

daniel

[Mud_Runna]

Top work on patrol mate.

[gqtrav]

looks bloody nice.
like the snokle as well, good job with it..i'll get my ass round to doing it one day. td4.2 as well reminds me of my little baby, but u have so much more room with those back seats out and the drawing system. did u do that yourself?

daniel

Thanks mate, the draws were someone's unfinished projet which i picked up and finished off, and i made the false floor where the back seats used to be

[maca82]

Dave's mate Macca... From Ultimate Positioning...

Your trucks a lot tougher than last time saw it!
Nice one.


~MACCA~

[dar_sbb]

where did u get the 4in pipe from??

[Auspwr]

Thanks mate, the draws were someone's unfinished projet which i picked up and finished off, and i made the false floor where the back seats used to be

ohh ok...yeah still a nice job, could even put a spare tyre in there and have so much room left over

[gqtrav]

where did u get the 4in pipe from??

From Truck Bits near Dandenong, also got the rubber bends and hose clambs from there aswell.

[ROC.HRD]

another tuff GQ,
looks the goods.

[dar_sbb]

if u dont mind me asking how much? looks sic

[gqtrav]

The bends were about $30 each, and i payed about $100 for 6 foot of 4 inch pipe. The price written on the pipe was more than that, however it was in their computer system for about $100.

[TURBOMQ]

ey nice gq looks good where bouts u get the pipeing from

[gqtrav]

ey nice gq looks good where bouts u get the pipeing from

where did u get the 4in pipe from??From Truck Bits near Dandenong, also got the rubber bends and hose clambs from there aswell.

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[S.Crawf]

Got any pics of your airbox? Im looking at setting up a 4inch inlet/outlet on my turbo diesel. The donaldson ones are sooo big to fit under the bonnet. I have seen them used but im keen to see what u have come up with!

cheers

[gqtrav]

I havn't had mine made up yet, however it will pretty much be the same as what Rob (TUFFRANGIE) has in his supercharged shorty, it's simply a custom box with 4 inch inlet and outlet and a 4 inch pod filter inside. It can be seen just to the left of Rob's battery in the picture below. (hope you don't mind me using your picture Rob)

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r132/robert_162/From12-1.jpg

[S.Crawf]

Ah ok thanks mate!

[gqtrav]

couple more things been done to the truck now, i've converted my IPF spotties to HID's, fitted a PWR alloy radiator which completely fixed my overheating problem, fitted a new airbox with 3.5 inch inlet and outlet which meant i could remove about 1m of intake plumbing to help tidy up engine bay, also had a PWR water to air barrel intercooler fitted an the boost wound up to 15 psi

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/IC2.jpg

[nate]

looks tuff mate

[kenny]

whats the PWR intercooler worth?

[gqtrav]

The intercooler kit is around $1600, that inlcudes the barrel, water pump, thermo fan, radiator etc..., although by the time you add all the pipe work, brass fittings, electrical items and all the other small bits and pieces required it ended up being close to $2000 in parts.

[gqtrav]

Just a quick update. Had a 4 point cage installed at Smithies Outback Gear. Very happy with the job that Greg did. I had him make it without the mesh because i'm not sure if i want mesh or not. I had an old roof rack at home which i cut the mesh out of and put that in place for the moment to see if i like it or not.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/cage1.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/cage2.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/cage3.jpg

[Gerg]

looking sweet trav!

[JenoNT]

G'day Trav, what can you tell me about your intercooler? I have a TD42 GU that has had a bit of work done on the factory turbo, I want to get an intercooler. Yours looks great, how does it work mate, worth the coin? Did you get it done by PWR or get someone else to fit it? Any retune done for pump and injectors? Any info you could give me would be appreciated, it's a bit hard to get any performance work done on your 4WD up here in the NT.:drink:

[jungle ape]

Looks great. Hope I can build mine to look and handle the train as well as yours.

[gqtrav]

G'day JenoNT. The intercooler works like a large heat exchange. Obviously the air flows through the barrel from the turbo to the inlet manifold, and the water flows through the barrel in to opposite direction, cooling the air. The water is pumped via a small electric water pump to a small radiator at the front of the car, where the water is cooled, and then it goes back and through the barrel again. There is also a thermo fan on the radiator. Large front mount air to air intercoolers work well while the car is moving at a reasonable speed, however a lot of 4WDriving is at slow speed where the intercooler wouldn't be working too well. Top mount air to air intercoolers suffer the same problem as front mounts regarding speed, however some people try to get around this by fitting a thermofan to there top mount intercooler. This works to a point, however because the entire intercooler is ontop of the engine, they can get quite warm.

Before i had the intercooler installed i was running 10 psi, with the fuel pump wound up a bit. The car went well, however on hill climbs i would have to back off when the EGT's got to 600. When i had the intercooler installed, i also had the boost set to 15 psi and the fuel pump wound up to max, and i now have trouble getting the EGT's over 450. I had my injectors replaced 2 months before i had the intercooler installed, therefore nothing had to be done to them. I believe if you can afford it, the water to air barrel is the way to go. Another thing you would need to check is if you could fit a barrel large enough. All the diesel specialists i spoke to about water to air intercoolers believe the barrel supplied with the denco kit is too small. If i didn't have a body lift, i wouldn't have been able to fit the barrel that i have.

[gqtrav]

Because of the 4 point cage, the false floor i had made where the back seats were need to be redesigned. This is how the false floor used to look

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/storage.jpg

The space in the false floor is where the fridge sat. The role bar made this spot no good because i could no longer open the lid all the way. 1st idea to fix this was to sit the fridge as close to the main hoop as possible.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/fridge1.jpg

With the fridge in this position i could now open the lid, but i thought after a few beers i would easily fit my head on the bar, so i decided to put the fridge on a slide. For this to work i also had to modify the door hinges with the 4 inch grinder, so i could open the door all the way up.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/fridge2.jpg

I still need to redesign the rest of the false floor, but atleast now i can easily get to the cold beer :D

[miller]

Great rig mate.. love to see some pics in action!

[KillaMav]

How easy is it to make a snorkle just like yours?? Price of parts and how does it attach to the a pillar?

Could I make one, myself?? How hard is it?

[JenoNT]

Thanks Trav, I appreciate the info, although I knew what an intercooler does, I really wanted to know how that PWR of yours was working out, but I think you answered that. You are doing a top job, the GQ looks great, thanks for you help and keep it up.

Cheers, Jeno:thumb:

[gqtrav]

Well i think it's time for a new panhard, the rear decided to brake while i was up at Neerim on the long weekend.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/P6100133.jpg

Managed to do a temp fix with a branch, a few hose clamps, cable ties and a rachet strap

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/P6100138.jpg

Looking at the thickness of the standard panhard, i think the fix we did was nearly stronger

[gqtrav]

I've now finished the false floor between the draws and the cage.

This was the drivers side with just the fridge and base in place.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/D1.jpg

I then made up the frame for the drivers side

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/D2.jpg

Then cut up the old false floor so i could use the timber i had already carpeted. The gap between the cage and the false floor is for the camp table, so it's easy to get to.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/D3.jpg

A simillar theory was used on the passanger side

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/P1.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/P2.jpg

And this is how it now looks like from the back

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/1-1.jpg

[gqtrav]

Picked up my new panhards from Smithies Outback Gear today. These solid one's should be a bit harder to snap.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/New.jpg

[gqtrav]

I had a rear air locker installed the other day, so the cars now twin locked.

My new compressor and air tank also arrived in the mail the other day. It's a Boss 3/4 hp compressor and 15 lt air tank

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/P6200140.jpg

The compressor fitted nicely between the drivers seat and the cage and the air tank is mounted ontop of the false floor just behind the cage on the drivers side

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/P6210142.jpg

Did a quick comparison between this and my ARB compressor
Tyre: 35x12.5x15 Simex ET2
Pressure: 18 - 32 psi
ARB: 5 min 50 sec
Boss without airtank: 1 min 50 sec
Boss with air tank: 45 seconds

My mates belt driven compressor is faster than this again, however i thought 45 seconds was pretty good for a 12 volt compressor.

[NATHAN_91_HILUX]

tuuff patrol mate
cage looks good so do the drawers

[gqtrav]

Well i thought it's about time for the winch to get a little TLC, so in the last couple of weeks it's had a service, 6 HP winch motor, braces added to the back, breathers added to the motor and the housing, filler and drain plugs added, clip through the free spool and also a brake shaft mod incase the clip ever lets go.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/winchmod1.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/winchmod2.jpg

[Josho]

good work on the draws/false flooring, looks great. how much did the boss compressor and tank set ya back if ya dont mind? just in the market myself and looks like a nice package?

[gqtrav]

good work on the draws/false flooring, looks great. how much did the boss compressor and tank set ya back if ya dont mind? just in the market myself and looks like a nice package?

The compressor was about $600 delivered, that included pretty much everything that was needed.

Here's a short video of a trip that myself and a mate did last weekend

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/th_BigRiver7-7-07small.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/?action=view&current=BigRiver7-7-07small.flv)

[Muddymad]

hey trav congrats on a awesome build up of your truck looks and seems to go good to keep up the good work ...great vid also

[sudso]

Have you got a bottomless money pit or somethin' lol?

Nice rig and top work ;)

[Josho]

cheers mate, great video, love the snow driving :D

[danbbode87]

Hey mate is teh compresser noisey?

[josh0]

that shorty sounds aswome, good video

[gqtrav]

Hey mate is teh compresser noisey?

It is pretty noisey, well compared to an ARB compressor anyway.

[gqtrav]

Another update. I'm takeing 12 months of next year and heading off around Australia, so i have been spending some time (and money) getting the car ready.

1st thing i did was give it a good clean, remove the 35" simex and put on some 33" mickey thompson MTX.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/33s1.jpg

I've installed a full length roof rack, you can also see the shovel holder i made out of a couple of clamps, some 50 mm conduit and an occy strap, and also the pipe for holding the poles on the other side of the rack.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/PB140220.jpg

I also quickly knocked up some front mudflaps to try and keep the car a bit cleaner

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/PB140221.jpg

Also installed a 2nd fuel tank, giving me over 200 lt of usable diesel, and i had my aircon fixed (the aircon joint broke their tool trying to get the siezed clutch off the shaft)

And on the weekend i installed an FX324 GPS and a new CD player

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/gqtrav/PB140219.jpg

[Josho]

Lookin good mate, good luck with your trip !
im just waiting to finish my time at work then im packing up shop and doing the same. cant wait for an australia trip !