Thread: Toyota Prado 1996 (ish)

Nissan Patrol 1994 | Trade Me has caught my eye. Just don't want one thats got eleventymillion Psi stuffed in it from a massive turbo.

I think pointer was talking about these sort of prados Titan: Toyota Prado Landcruiser 1990 | Trade Me

Go the Surf. KZN185 (1KZTE) inter cooled. More toe than a roman sandal. Wife has one and it eats my 2010 Navara ST-X. Had a new head as the dude we got it off did not tell us that (Trademe).
Radiators can be a bit shit (plastic) I have been told and was also suggested to get a remote oil cooler. Pretty good on the juice too. Also the auto is sweet. I too was not keen on it but the Surf is really good.

Yea +1 for the intercooled surfs!
Mine does the business, great 4x4 and (family wagon) !!
Got mine at 300,000kms it had a knocking noise in the top end so i just chucked another engine in and all good!!
It hadnt had a head done before that though so not a bad run

Originally Posted by burtonator

Yea +1 for the intercooled surfs!
Mine does the business, great 4x4 and (family wagon) !!
Got mine at 300,000kms it had a knocking noise in the top end so i just chucked another engine in and all good!!
It hadnt had a head done before that though so not a bad run

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Nice tidy looking Smurf Burt they do go well,Il keep an eye out for it down the Appleby

Haha you mean like this?
Toyota Surf playing in the mud NZ - YouTube

Toyota Surf playing in the mud 2 NZ - YouTube

a bundera or up till 1994 prado is a kzj71 with coils front and rear, not hilux diffs per se but actually a little stronger and hi pinion,
i had one for 6 years without many issues, problems in these models include the usual cracked heads (same with the surfs) but this can be sorted with proper cooling system maintenance and dump pipe exhaust size increase, I towed some heavy loads all over the country with mine

i was lucky to find a manual one swb
got a 89 surf now

Hay Burtanator... What size wheels on that wagon?

Yip

Do prados honestly not have a transfer case?

Man, never knew that. Even the kzj ones?

I have a 1995 kzn130 surf, the one without coils up front, but 3lt turbo diesel. Its manual too. The thing goes real well, I'm surprised to hear the st-x is slower, it has over 100nm more torque.

Im looking at upgrading in the near future (1-2 months) so will be selling my surf. Its a white, widebody, 1kz-te manual, with 235,000 kms on it, 31 inch wranglers, oil and filters done 5 or 6 times last 9 months (every 5000), it does a lot of long distance driving.

Probly looking at 7500, bugger paying 10k for an auto prado with no transfer case!

Chris

Yea they do have a transfer case, but are just full time 4wd

Ahhhh dammit.

Too many things at once.

Whats it when they put rock crawler gears in, twin transfer cases?

Originally Posted by crnkin

Ahhhh dammit.

Too many things at once.

Whats it when they put rock crawler gears in, twin transfer cases?

Some times but more usually just replacing the gears in the existing transfer case to provide lower high and more so low ratio to compensate for big tires without changing both diffs.

Stay with the Hilux man. I've got a 1995 SSR-G (petrol) and apart from being a bit costly in the petrol stakes it is the best you can get (IMHO) without paying out the arse for a Safari.

Yeah I'm thinking that more and more. The best thing is I have mates that know them (hilux's) inside out so fixing anything ie I did my cambelt, waterpump, crank seal, head gasget and a few other things; for cost + 2 box's of piss. I might just stuff a turbo in it down the track.

Yeah! or a duramax! Woohooo