Installing a 6BT, part 1 | GU Patrol Build [EP7] 

Thankyou mate! I know I will have to modify the sump to clear the tie rod. I have extended bump stops so hopefully it will clear the diff too. Fingers crossed 🤞

Thanks mate! Barras are bloody weapons, you'll love it. RE4 is strong as, too, it'll be sweet. If you haven't already looked into it, JD Transmissions up in Brissy are the only place to go for getting them built.

Thanks for the tip! I did read that when I was googling how to solve the oil pressure issue, but only had bearing grease handy and wasn't sure if it was suitable. Chucked regular oil in it anyway and it worked after a bit of cranking 👌

cheers! No the weight hasn't been an issue. While I can notice it if I concentrate, the only time it ever makes a difference is if I'm wheeling over sharp rocky stuff. On low/no tyre pressure the weight is more likely to deform the tyre far enough to damage my rims so I keep a closer eye on it. it's hard to know if it wouldn't happen with a lighter engine but technical stuff like that is the only time I've ever worried about it In terms of suspension strength. When you think about the kind of forces involved in slippery ruts when the entire weight of the car gets tossed to one side, and all that's keeping the diff under the car is the panhard rod, you start to realise it's an incredibly strong setup. Even if I hadn't braced the diff and coil towers to keep Mr. Engineer happy, a bit of extra weight wouldn't be the thing that kills them

@@OutAboutOffroad thank you very much for the response. The weight of the engine has been bothering me. Hopefully, soon, I will transplant one in a Y60 Patrol.

Yeah it's an odd quirk. People grease the oil pump if they take it out ,which helps it self prime. I figured out that pumping oil into the turbo feed hole until it's full works great

Just giving things a crack mate

@@OutAboutOffroad won my subscriptions. Reminds of mighty car mods in the early days.

alright just for you, I will 😅 I would have liked to paint the engine and do a bunch of other things to pretty up but truth be told it will all be mud coloured again 5 mins into the first trip out

Nope, it got really hot while cranking for not very long. But that's what the adapter kit is designed to use (edit: see below)

I haven’t had a problem with mine it doesn’t crank long enough It will literally fire on the second compression cycle

@@blown202 yeah hoping mine is the same. I've realised in the last couple weeks that I needed thicker leads than I thought - 75mm2 minimum really

just from reading online, people are getting low tens / L per 100km on the highway. it makes sense, the engine is known to be pretty efficient but it does come down to application of the right foot 😏 this is a 215hp rated engine, but I intend to do a bit of work on it and have some performance goodies lined up - stay tuned ;)

@@OutAboutOffroad what is the cost of fitting to a y60 with a y61 gearbox? I can buy the engine in my country for $ 4,000. the connection is more expensive because I saw that it costs $ 3,400

@@bartoszsiudylo8096 I don't know, sorry

@@OutAboutOffroad how much cost your gearbox ?

@@bartoszsiudylo8096 you'd be best to get a quote from someone local to you

None. It has a grid heater on the intake, but I won't be hooking it up

@@OutAboutOffroad the fuel heater will be better?

@@bartoszsiudylo8096 won't need it. I'm in Australia 😉 doesn't get cold enough here for it

@@OutAboutOffroad If its direct injection you dont even have to worry about glow and pre starts