Hi everybody
First, let me just tell you that I'm not speaking english as good as I would like... I'm living in Switzerland, and my mothertongue is french. I will try my best to make you undersand what I want to share with you. Thank you guys in advance for your keen indulgence.
I run a 4x4 equipment shop here in Switerland. Beside this activity, We also run an adventure travel company. We are organising 4x4 trips from Switzerland / France / Germany to different destinations as Iceland, Russia, Romania, Sahara. We also have central Asia in the pipeline (Mongolia, Kirghiztan...)
Back to the vehicle. I bought the new Patrol 3.0 crd in 2012, but it's a 2007 with about 40'000 ks on the clock. It will be one of our organisation vehicle that lead or end the convoy. I also have an old 93 HDJ80 wich burned its 3rd auto trans...
My first wish (dream), was to put a 6.5 TD V8 in the patrol. But for homologation reasons, that was impossible. I had to get a descent power out of the little 3.0 crd... I can say now that I'm very happy with the result.
This is an overview of what I did to it:
- BF GOODRICH mud-terrain 37 x 12,5 R17
- Lovells coils +10cm front / +15 cm rear. -> need to put some +5" HD in the front
- 2,5" King shocks with reservoir
- Front shocks mounts redesigned
- reinforced rear coils seats
- Caster plates -> need to put some drop boxes instead.
- Front & rear Panhards from Superior Engineering
- Upper and lower rear trailing arms from Superior Engnineering
- Front disconnect from Superior Engineering (not happy)
- rear longer electronic disconnect
- Stainless steel HD brake lines
- front Thoug Dog RTC
- front & rear limiting straps
- 4.88:1 rings & pinion
- ARB front locker + rear original Nissan electric locker
- MasterTEC -48% lower ratio (final: 2,99:1)
- MantaPRO 3" exhaust with sport cat.
- Cross-country big intercooler + fan with thermostat
- power module
- dawes setup
- Provent 200 oil separator
- Separ2000 fuel separator with filter + collecting bowl
- EGR blanking
- snorkel
- 2x Odyssey 1750 / 930CCA with IBS coupler / separator
- solid ACS flywheel
- Heavy-duty ACS clutch
- MasterTEC front winch bumper with recovery points + lights
- MasterTEC Platinum 12000 FGS winch with corde dyneema rope (30m)
- MasterTEC rear bumper with 1 spare wheel carrier + recovery points
- Front and under protection made in Polyethylen PE-HD 10mm
- Front axle housing
- rear 3rd member and diff skid plate made of PE-HD 10mm
- rear shocks protection plates made of PE-HD
- Rigid Industries 50cm led bar (6400 lumen)
- 2 x Rigid Industries Dually D2 led spot (2x 2600 lumen)
- 2 x Rigid Industries Flood spots for rear and camp (2x 1300 lumen)
- Front-Runner expedition roof rack (280x140cm)
- 130x90cm roof plastic box for light items (chairs, sleeping bags, shoes...)
- MasterCAMP roof top tent (140x240) with big room (300x200cm)
- MasterCAMP Giant270 awning
- MasterCAMP 45 liters fridge
- rear rack for RAKO boxes
- Outback roof console
- Midland CB, Icom VHF/UHF
- Asus tab for nav
- boost + EGT gauges
- ScanGauge II
Some photos will follow. Thank you for reading / watching. I learned a lot of things about the crd on this forum. People are passionnate and happy to share passion and informations. Thank you everybody for this. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any question about our vehicle. I will be more than happy to answer.
Nicolas
First, let me just tell you that I'm not speaking english as good as I would like... I'm living in Switzerland, and my mothertongue is french. I will try my best to make you undersand what I want to share with you. Thank you guys in advance for your keen indulgence.
I run a 4x4 equipment shop here in Switerland. Beside this activity, We also run an adventure travel company. We are organising 4x4 trips from Switzerland / France / Germany to different destinations as Iceland, Russia, Romania, Sahara. We also have central Asia in the pipeline (Mongolia, Kirghiztan...)
Back to the vehicle. I bought the new Patrol 3.0 crd in 2012, but it's a 2007 with about 40'000 ks on the clock. It will be one of our organisation vehicle that lead or end the convoy. I also have an old 93 HDJ80 wich burned its 3rd auto trans...
My first wish (dream), was to put a 6.5 TD V8 in the patrol. But for homologation reasons, that was impossible. I had to get a descent power out of the little 3.0 crd... I can say now that I'm very happy with the result.
This is an overview of what I did to it:
- BF GOODRICH mud-terrain 37 x 12,5 R17
- Lovells coils +10cm front / +15 cm rear. -> need to put some +5" HD in the front
- 2,5" King shocks with reservoir
- Front shocks mounts redesigned
- reinforced rear coils seats
- Caster plates -> need to put some drop boxes instead.
- Front & rear Panhards from Superior Engineering
- Upper and lower rear trailing arms from Superior Engnineering
- Front disconnect from Superior Engineering (not happy)
- rear longer electronic disconnect
- Stainless steel HD brake lines
- front Thoug Dog RTC
- front & rear limiting straps
- 4.88:1 rings & pinion
- ARB front locker + rear original Nissan electric locker
- MasterTEC -48% lower ratio (final: 2,99:1)
- MantaPRO 3" exhaust with sport cat.
- Cross-country big intercooler + fan with thermostat
- power module
- dawes setup
- Provent 200 oil separator
- Separ2000 fuel separator with filter + collecting bowl
- EGR blanking
- snorkel
- 2x Odyssey 1750 / 930CCA with IBS coupler / separator
- solid ACS flywheel
- Heavy-duty ACS clutch
- MasterTEC front winch bumper with recovery points + lights
- MasterTEC Platinum 12000 FGS winch with corde dyneema rope (30m)
- MasterTEC rear bumper with 1 spare wheel carrier + recovery points
- Front and under protection made in Polyethylen PE-HD 10mm
- Front axle housing
- rear 3rd member and diff skid plate made of PE-HD 10mm
- rear shocks protection plates made of PE-HD
- Rigid Industries 50cm led bar (6400 lumen)
- 2 x Rigid Industries Dually D2 led spot (2x 2600 lumen)
- 2 x Rigid Industries Flood spots for rear and camp (2x 1300 lumen)
- Front-Runner expedition roof rack (280x140cm)
- 130x90cm roof plastic box for light items (chairs, sleeping bags, shoes...)
- MasterCAMP roof top tent (140x240) with big room (300x200cm)
- MasterCAMP Giant270 awning
- MasterCAMP 45 liters fridge
- rear rack for RAKO boxes
- Outback roof console
- Midland CB, Icom VHF/UHF
- Asus tab for nav
- boost + EGT gauges
- ScanGauge II
Some photos will follow. Thank you for reading / watching. I learned a lot of things about the crd on this forum. People are passionnate and happy to share passion and informations. Thank you everybody for this. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any question about our vehicle. I will be more than happy to answer.
Nicolas
