Greetings from a long term Pajero owner, haven't been on this site for a while but am back into it, 11 years ago I bought a 1994 SWB 3.5 Manual and have used it for extensive 4WDing and touring in NZ. It has been a great toy except pretty expensive to run! I have been looking for a diesel one and have had a 96 & 99 model but only kept them for a few months. The 96 one was a 2.8 with the electronic fuel pump & 140hp, it went real good.
A gen 3 manual 3.2 came up for sale and we tried to buy it, but missed out and any others we saw were getting high in km, until a 2011 with 67000km came up for sale. So I hopped on the plane and drove it 1500km home.
It is an Australian import GLX spec in white, so you all know what it looks like! It has a smartbar on it at the moment.
Impressions having come from a NJ lifted on 33's was excellent. Steering feels amazing and is worlds apart. Performance from the 3.2 is crazy on the open road. It is not quick through the gears lets be honest, and the gearbox is slow and you notice the turbo lag but the grunt when in gear is great. Its quieter from engine noise but probably more road noise due to no chassis. I got 1000km from the tank just as the fuel light came on so was well chuffed and put 77 litres in.
Other things in noticed on the drive home,
Brake rotors need a skim
Driveline clonk when off/on with the power (might have found out what this is thanks to this forum - yet to check left rear wheel)
Engine revs don't instantly drop changing gear, need to move quite slowly
I think it is what you refer to as a NT. When was the swap to NW? This one was built July 2011.
Before I bought the vehicle I did a revscheck to make sure it was legit and all seemed in order.
The idea is that it will be mostly a shiny road tourer and the old NJ will be for my more challenging 4WDing. I also have a cutdown NH model with coiled front end and a V8.
1st & only mod was to stop the seat belt chime whenever the key is on! If only all mods were this simple.
To-do lists short term
Lift spare wheel
EGR mod
CB radio
Replacement bullbar
Glen
A gen 3 manual 3.2 came up for sale and we tried to buy it, but missed out and any others we saw were getting high in km, until a 2011 with 67000km came up for sale. So I hopped on the plane and drove it 1500km home.
It is an Australian import GLX spec in white, so you all know what it looks like! It has a smartbar on it at the moment.
Impressions having come from a NJ lifted on 33's was excellent. Steering feels amazing and is worlds apart. Performance from the 3.2 is crazy on the open road. It is not quick through the gears lets be honest, and the gearbox is slow and you notice the turbo lag but the grunt when in gear is great. Its quieter from engine noise but probably more road noise due to no chassis. I got 1000km from the tank just as the fuel light came on so was well chuffed and put 77 litres in.
Other things in noticed on the drive home,
Brake rotors need a skim
Driveline clonk when off/on with the power (might have found out what this is thanks to this forum - yet to check left rear wheel)
Engine revs don't instantly drop changing gear, need to move quite slowly
I think it is what you refer to as a NT. When was the swap to NW? This one was built July 2011.
Before I bought the vehicle I did a revscheck to make sure it was legit and all seemed in order.
The idea is that it will be mostly a shiny road tourer and the old NJ will be for my more challenging 4WDing. I also have a cutdown NH model with coiled front end and a V8.
1st & only mod was to stop the seat belt chime whenever the key is on! If only all mods were this simple.
To-do lists short term
Lift spare wheel
EGR mod
CB radio
Replacement bullbar
Glen
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