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I reckon you’ll see better fuel economy. Anytime you can gain more torque it’s for the better. And having the temp correction in play that will make a huge difference. How did the original tuner get it so wrong? You’re lucky you didn’t kill your engine. I’m looking forward to hearing about your fue...

To those who don't know, I'm moving to Mount Gambier! Starting a new job next week, the day after Easter long weekend. Why? Well in the news today, average Adelaide house prices have overtaken Melbourne. So I say, get f#@%ed! :evil: Anyway, I decided I needed to get my cars tune looked at since I've...

Will see how I go, all being well I'll still be in my new job and living in Mount Gambier by then and can use an RDO or two
Hopefully fuel isn't still ruinously expensive by then, or the coming global recession doesn't see me lose my job

FYI the 3d printed bushes are holding up fine so far. Also got a brand new L series clutch cable made. Gave the Cypriat OEM part to Flexible drive here in Adelaide to be extended. They only re-used the metal ends of the outer sheath, everything else is new. They even used PTFE coated inner cable lik...

That time of the year again, our 4WD club annual Beachport weekend. I extended it for a few days and checked out Mount Gambier and Naracoorte too, may possibly be moving/working there in the near future (big maybe) Since I quit my job before Christmas, I'm looking for a big change. Didn't take enoug...

I tested mine by replacing it Had one spare for that exact scenario. Car died mid way through a corner and rolled to a stop, wouldn't start, tow truck home, replaced the module, car started

And learning to TIG weld is a steep learning curve! I can get a puddle moving and weld two bits of regular aluminium together so they hold, but don’t know all the ins and outs of different alloy types and filler wire requirements! I can see why MIGs are called a dirty weld! Ooooh Exciting :razz: We...

FWIW the best front and rear CV shafts I've had were genuine/original shafts that I nabbed from wrecker cars at U-pull it then got rebuilt locally at a reputable CV shaft specialist. Definitely not easy to tell if a shaft is genuine or not, sometimes they have ribs cast into the inner joint cup (for...

Thanks Bennie, I was leaning towards something like that BUT! I don't have any spare front L series shafts or EJ shafts to play with or mix n match. If I took the ones out of my car to play with then that would make it non-drivable after I change the inner CV. Maybe not so bad if I was doing the gea...

I do recommend a front LSD. My gearbox is a complete hybrid and uses the 25 spline EJ output stubs. Not an issue though as the L series had two models that used the same stub axles and the CV joints are available off the shelf! The MPFI manual touring wagon and the MPFI RX turbo both ran a 25 splin...

This has been on my to-do list for a while, although my desperate bodge job fix from months ago had held up surprisingly well. There's a rod for the L series 5 spd shifter linkange that has bushings in each end. My bushings were in multiple pieces and earlier this year I managed to buy 4 new genuine...

Agree, and they're also the first ones to scream blue murder and get angry at "the greenies" when places like this are locked out/shut down due to mis-use/abuse. What I don't understand is this; they go to these remote/beautiful natural locations for recreation be it camping, fishing etc. But then t...

I hope you gave the Silverbullet a good wash on the underside after this trip! As much as I could, yes. Jammed a high pressure hose nozzle into the "chassis rails" washed a bunch of sand and sea-shells out. This was after I go over the whole car, engine bay, door jams, underside, top to bottom with...

Take two electric boogaloo, it was time for the annual 4WD club fishing comp to the Coorong! Can't believe it's been a year already. And you wouldn't believe it but, I won it again! :lol: Now I've been fishing semi-seriously for 3 or 4 years off and on, always land based. I still contend that succes...

Day 7 still I went to Mt Remarkable N.P via Pt. Augusta to get some supplies, visited the arid lands botanic garden. Got into Mambray creek campground around 5 PM. Not enough time to see Alligator gorge. It's an 8km walk one-way from Mambray creek or more than 1 hour drive by car. Still, managed to ...

A typical view from inside Gammon ranges, mostly only accessible on foot (there aren't many roads in the park) https://i.imgur.com/6TXXAUd.jpeg Day 6 went on a 12km bushwalk that turned out to be more than 15km in the end, my fault :roll: Didn't take enough water and nearly expired in the heat. At t...

So I did crawl back to Marree at 40, sometimes 25km/h hitting bump stops on every corrugation :cry: Got back into town after 7pm, the hotel owner was very kind and let me have a room for another night at such short notice. So day 5 at sparrows fart I set off back towards Leigh creek banging and scra...

Shortly after takeoff, this is far north SA. Yes, it is pretty dry and desolate https://i.imgur.com/3XUlogI.jpeg The lake still had close to 2m of water at the deepest part, but evaporating by the day as evidenced by the white salty shoreline. It won't be there for much longer. https://i.imgur.com/x...

Back on the black top https://i.imgur.com/4kUxpL7.jpeg I think this was a roadworks section, otherwise there is bitumen all the way to Marree. Pretty isolated! https://i.imgur.com/7onLwWJ.jpeg And just as I rolled into Marree from the south, so too did the Shitbox rally from the north/west! Over 250...

Same day as the Trezona hike (maybe a mistake :lol: ) the Mt. Ohlssen bagge hike was 2.7km almost straight up to 900+ meters of elevation. I nearly couldn't do it, many stops to catch breath but the view was totally worth it, Wilpena pound is breath-taking. https://i.imgur.com/NpthRVt.jpeg And back ...