MattWij
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Welp, Now I have run out of money and the last few mods wont happen for another few months I thought I'd share the progress of transforming a Navara, into MY Navara.
As I have put in my previous posts, I have only had the Navara for a few months now and have plans for a 10,000Km Trip end of April next year, as well as just getting the car able to go out and enjoy a bit for 4X4 fun!
Unfortunately for me, a few weeks into owning the Nav I discovered that her timing chain was on the way out, my mechanic said it wasn't at risk of any imminent failure, but should definitely be done before my trip.
So I gave the car to him and he did the timing chain work, and did a major service including new drive belts that were stretched and perished. $3,700 and 4 days later I got the car back and the engine was noticeably quieter and smoother...
I then got some mean Rock sliders/Side steps mailed in from Advance Headers in SA which I installed with a mate, and later received some tough dog adjustable shocks that I also installed. My mate then bought himself an X-Trail, and we hit some dirt for a bit of fun last weekend:
At this point I'm pretty happy with the beast, running smooth and looking much better without the giant alloy steps that were previously on.... and then she started to blow COPIOUS amounts of white smoke, the 3" DPF delete Cat back exhaust I had previously installed finally stopped co-operating with the ECU and was now frequently entering DPF clean cycles and stinking out the suburb.
So with my already battered wallet I made a smokey trail down the M1 to Horsepower factory in Dandenong for a ECU Remap to delete the DPF clean cycle, and a proper Dyno tune!
Apologies for the crappy Pic... but couldnt be bothered sorting out the scanner at this time of night.
But Either way, DAMN She is driving GREAT. Its really enjoyable to drive. Im heading back out for more fun in the dirt this weekend with a few more mates, so will be nice to try out with about 20% more power!
Very happy indeed. I'll just try not think about the house I could have bought had I opted to keep my Mazda 3.
As I have put in my previous posts, I have only had the Navara for a few months now and have plans for a 10,000Km Trip end of April next year, as well as just getting the car able to go out and enjoy a bit for 4X4 fun!
Unfortunately for me, a few weeks into owning the Nav I discovered that her timing chain was on the way out, my mechanic said it wasn't at risk of any imminent failure, but should definitely be done before my trip.
So I gave the car to him and he did the timing chain work, and did a major service including new drive belts that were stretched and perished. $3,700 and 4 days later I got the car back and the engine was noticeably quieter and smoother...
I then got some mean Rock sliders/Side steps mailed in from Advance Headers in SA which I installed with a mate, and later received some tough dog adjustable shocks that I also installed. My mate then bought himself an X-Trail, and we hit some dirt for a bit of fun last weekend:
At this point I'm pretty happy with the beast, running smooth and looking much better without the giant alloy steps that were previously on.... and then she started to blow COPIOUS amounts of white smoke, the 3" DPF delete Cat back exhaust I had previously installed finally stopped co-operating with the ECU and was now frequently entering DPF clean cycles and stinking out the suburb.
So with my already battered wallet I made a smokey trail down the M1 to Horsepower factory in Dandenong for a ECU Remap to delete the DPF clean cycle, and a proper Dyno tune!
Apologies for the crappy Pic... but couldnt be bothered sorting out the scanner at this time of night.
But Either way, DAMN She is driving GREAT. Its really enjoyable to drive. Im heading back out for more fun in the dirt this weekend with a few more mates, so will be nice to try out with about 20% more power!
Very happy indeed. I'll just try not think about the house I could have bought had I opted to keep my Mazda 3.
