Motoz MN GLX R: Evolution of a Warrior

[bill65]

looking mean motoz makes you look at it on the HWY

[mattz]

Awesome work as always Dave.
Enjoy your trip around tassie.......I see by what you've packed you're roughing it. Tassie is a beautiful spot.....we hope to do it agaIn one day.

[ag9111]

Dave
Do you have any photos of how the water tank sits up against the headboard, and how did you fix it in place?

[motoz]

Dave
Do you have any photos of how the water tank sits up against the headboard, and how did you fix it in place?

Here you go mate






I like to keep things super simple. Glued two strips of 10mm foam (the wife's yoga mat) to the floor and headboard of the tray.

This was just to insure against the tray rubbing holes in the tank.

It's held tight with a simple ratchet strap. It's 50kg when full so the strap is more than enough. Hasn't moved at all and is only a 5min job to pull it out if needed.

[ag9111]

Cheers for that

Love simple myself

[Fresma82]

Hi there, can you please tell me what brand and size your mag wheels are? Your truck looks awesome!!

[motoz]

Hi there, can you please tell me what brand and size your mag wheels are? Your truck looks awesome!!

Hey mate there Pro Comp alloys 6000 series measuring 16 x 8 with a zero offset (4" backspacing)

Chucked a set of H3 rims on today for daily running. Going to use the Pro Comps with a set of Silverstone MT 117's.

[TUFF TROOP]

Looks cool with hummer wheels!

[jazaboy1]

that is probably the best triton build i have ever seen. Would you happen to still have your old home made rack?

[motoz]

that is probably the best triton build i have ever seen. Would you happen to still have your old home made rack?

Thanks for the kind words.

No mate that was bought by another member from this forum who uses it on his MN.

[mIwoo]

Hey mate.... agree.. the H rims look sweet... I'd like a set in black.

How are you going with your motor tuning that you were going? what the latest in the evolution?

[BMD]

Hey Motoz, nice rig you have there. Just wondering if your new 32" tyres stick out past the flare on the zero offset rims? Just looking at set of rims for my MN and was worried they'll stick out too much for Mr Plods liking..

[motoz]

Hey Motoz, nice rig you have there. Just wondering if your new 32" tyres stick out past the flare on the zero offset rims? Just looking at set of rims for my MN and was worried they'll stick out too much for Mr Plods liking..

Thanks mate.

Yes the sidewalls of the tyres protrude past the flares at least 20mm with 0 offset rims. Although I never had an issue with it attracting attention from the boys in blue it was one of the reasons for going the H3 rims as the daily runners.

[motoz]

Hey mate.... agree.. the H rims look sweet... I'd like a set in black.

How are you going with your motor tuning that you were going? what the latest in the evolution?

I've had the car at the dealers for a while. The front crank seal was leaking and oil got onto the balance shaft belt. Long story short all the teeth got chewed off this belt. So they replaced both seals and both the balance and timing belts under warranty. I must admit I didn't expect that and would have been more than willing to pay for the timing belt as this is due for replacement at 100K kms anyway. Kudos to Adelaide Motors Mitsubishi for pushing this through.

I sold the Chip IT to another forum member who's more than happy with it. I've decided to go down another development path so I went the ECUTEK route. The special pricing won me and the figures as a starting point for the future development we're impressive.



With the Unifilter and 3" system it turned out 91KW & 351NM of torque. After mapping we had 114KW & 472NM of torque at 22psi of boost controlled via a Dawes valve.

This will be the base line for future development. The tuner believes there's more to be gained down in the lower rev range though we had to cut the session short due to the balance belt issue.

Next install is Tonys ET unit, Evo 9 intercooler with custom stainless piping and another substantial upgrade that I'll keep quiet till it happens.

[Crash486]

If I were you I'd video the whole thing. It would make an awesome special on ntn tv ( yeah does not exist yet but... )

Love the read, keep it coming!!

[mIwoo]

yeah, cool.

what was this special price? I'm assuming a local gig?

what are you looking at... petrol injection? lol!

[mIwoo]

now I'm interested... very interested as I think you would be of limited company in that you have tried both the chip and ecutek.... which is better in your opinion? why?

cheers mate

[motoz]

It's too early to tell to be honest. The price was $1495 including the daws valve setup. There is still some fine tuning to go now the belt issue has been resolved.

You'll have to wait and see... lol

[mIwoo]

hmmm.... intrigued!

[emjayar]

22KW is a pretty big jump! I'm looking at getting my ML MRT tuned... This has me hopeful of at least 10-15KW increase.

[BMD]

Thanks for that info Motoz. Hmm, that tuning looks good too, may have to offload my Chip it chip and do that if I can find a place in WA..

[motoz]

Thanks for that info Motoz. Hmm, that tuning looks good too, may have to offload my Chip it chip and do that if I can find a place in WA..

No worries.
Gave 'Emmen' his first full run today since the tuning. The power feels a lot more linear than when I was running the chip on tune 5. Went for a good run up the freeway to the farm. Sitting on $1 powering up to $1.15 in 5th overtaking was very smooth. I kept checking the mirrors and couldn't see any significant smoke. This was always bit of an issue in the past.

Fitted Tonys ET mod tonight. Was a 5min job. Very interested to see how this goes as I removed the blank when I sold the chip. I've still got an annoying injector rattle though. Might put another can of Molly Diesel purge through. This quietened it down last time.

To be continued...

[flatcountrymick]

Pretty thorough documentation there. Thanks for the info, ideas and inspiration.

[motoz]

Update.
Made the run back home today. It was quite wet with rain and hail at about 13deg. The throttle position remained open, post ET mod fluctuating between 99.6% and 100%. At shutdown it drops to 4.4% and is as smooth as it was before.

The engine pitch remains constant and seems to run smoother again than yesterday's run pre Tonys ET install. The EGT monitor was sold with the chip package so I have no information about the current temps. With the old setup it was constantly seeing temps of 650 and above in the hills and even in the low 500's with light load at $1.10 on a run.

The dealer in Tasmania did the latest ECU re flash and we noticed the jump in EGT's soon as we left the workshop . Wasn't too impressed though what can you do.

[motoz]

Took the Triton to a local 4WD park just out of Adelaide. Jakem Farm is a property just out of Callington in the hills.

Went with my brother in his 2013 Hilux SR5 Space Cab. It's bit of a beast with a 4" MR kit and 285/60 R18's. Long story short the first climb and the mighty Lux had snapped the LH CV bent both sway bar links and generally shit itself...



The tracks are quite technical. I was suffering with entry and departure angle and got hung up on more than one occasion. On the s/w side of the property there was a climb up and across the face of a hill. I found myself in a pretty bad situation with the vehicle sliding across the fall line of the incline. The photos don't do anywhere near justice to the angle though we narrowly avoided a roll over situation.



The front passenger side wheel was in a depression, the rear right was on a mound and we were about 60 degrees across the fall line. It took about 30 min of fancy shovel work, rock packing and planning got us through.

It was bit of a reality check and a situation where I changed my line mid accent and almost came unstuck.