Nissan V8 Chev conversion,,,,,,,,,

Submitted: Thursday, Mar 23, 2006 at 14:06
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G'day all,

"The Fire Engine" left this morning for Brunswick's. It'll be about 2 week wait.

In the meantime I would beg your indifference to try and answer a question about towing capacities.

As all Nissan fans would know, the towing capacity of 2.8 turbo engined vehicle is only 2800 kgs. However the towing capacity of the 4.2s and 4.8s is 3500 kkgs.

I've had a look at vehicle specs and I've asked around at Nissan dealers service desks. It seem that the 2.8 brakes are identical to the 4.2 (NB the 4.8 petrol does have bigger brakes than the 4.2s) & the chassis is the same, as is just about everthing else - EXCEPT for gearbox & diffs.

Now, the gearbox and diffs in "The Fire Engine" will all be upgraded to stronger gearboxes and diffs (plus higher ratio diffs) as part of the Brunswick Diesels deal. I think they be GQ patrol.

So my questions is - what OTHER part of a 2.8 is restricting the towing capacity of the 2.8 truck if it's not just the gearbox and diffs?

If it just the gearbox and diffs, then when they are chagned I will be seeking to get an SAE Autmotive Engineers Certificate to get the towing capacity increased to 3500 kgs.

I need this in case I find a REALLY BIG NUGGET on my next prospecting trip ;)

Cheers,

Bilbo (Les)

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