Well, the rumor mill has fired up again, and it seems is if a infinity could be the replacement for the Patrol in 2010.

http://www.infiniti.com/qx/specifications.html

Heres the doco that suggests the replacement.

http://www.oesa.org/publications/articledetail.php?articleId=7137

“Infiniti QX [X61F] launches in 1Q 2010 and replaces Nissan Patrol/Nissan Safari entries.”

I took delivery of my new front radius arms for the ute today.  Its been a fair wait, but im pretty sure it was worth it!

Ill try and get time to put them in on the weekend, and see how they go.

More pix HERE

Well, thought i would give you a quick update on the economy of my GU patrol since its been tuned by QDAD, its gone from a solid 15l / 100kms, to 12.2l / 100kms!!

Just a quick note to let you know the differences in power ive experienced from my new GU.

When i got the 3″ exhaust done, I didnt really notice a ‘huge’ difference in power, the boost came on a bit quicker, and thats about it…It ‘does’ sounds HEAPS better thou… More like a Mack truck now, whistle and all.

The big power increase came from having Matt from QDAD work his magic on it. At this stage, the boost was not raised at all, just pure tuning. And the difference is amazing, its basicly gone from having to change down to 4th on hills, to blasting up them in 5th. Fuel economy has improved to boot! Once I get some 100% accurate figures i will post them, but for reference, its gone from about 15 to 13 / 100 kms

Well…while i was waiting for the Superior arms to turn up, i thought i would buy myself a Gu Patrol…hehehe

Anyway, i had decided i wanted a newer Patrol for a while, now, but only really just got off my bum and started looking. Managed to find a nice one at Wagga Wagga (1238 kms from Brisbane) , so a mate and I flew down and spent a coulpe of days driving back!..

Except for the fact standard TD42’s are gutless beyond belief….the Patrol drove really really well. Im very happy with it. This week i have booked it in to have a 3″ Mandrel exhaust installed, and then over to QDAD for a tune up.

Well, ive gotta say…what a awesome time i had! Im still a bit sore at the moment from dragging my fat ass all the way up some of the HUGE hills, but otherwise very happy with the weekend. We drew 1st run on Friday night, so on my first event, we were first to run the course…at night.. hehehe Couldnt of been too much worse, we got through it ok, except i manged to step over the darn winch rope 3 times, and then Mick hit some bunting on the way through.. 40 points penalties! DOH!

Although we scored a couple DNF’s , We ran clean stages for the rest of the weekend and still came 9th overall.

For those that are interested, the results are posted HERE

And theres are a few pictures of the event at Sam’s website… HERE

I also finally was able to get a high mount overhaul kit off a mate of mine on the weekend. This will enable me now to repalce all the bushes, seals and bearings in the winch.

Well, theres been a ton of talk about the cheap HID kits from ebay latley, so i thought i would get myself a set and see how they go.

I picked them up last night, and my first impressions are pretty darn good. I got the H1 6000K 55watt set.

They are very well packed, and the ballasts seem to be of a good enough quality, i quickly set one up of a car battery last night, and DAM are they bright.

EDIT: Just incase your wondering, these bulbs will be retrofitted to a set of Hella Rallye 2000 Spotties.

More Photos HERE also

Sorry for the delay of the photos, been flat out latley and havent had a chance to do much to the ute, or the high mount i bought a while ago..

Anyway, heres the photos of the 7.8HP winch motor i took this morning..

If you want some more detailed photos of inside or the amature let me know, i just didnt feel like fiddling with brushes this morning.

More photos HERE

I should also mention that while i was in NZ, i picked myself up a 7.8HP winch motor for the high mount i am building up. The armature looks very nice, with strong silver soldering etc holding everything together.

Ill take some quick pics and post them this afternoon.

BTW, if you are chasing a 7.8 HP Motor for your own High mount, Monster 4×4 is now able to sell these to the public.

If you are interested, feel free to email me at glenh@monster4×4.com.au for pricing