Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
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Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by furball on Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:28 pm
The October edition of 4x4 magazine has a feature on buying a 4x4 for under £1000. Their top buy was the 3.2 B series Frontera
Don't grow up, just get bigger toys
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by PaulHooligan on Sat Sep 15, 2012 4:52 pm
B series if youre a girl 
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by snapper on Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:08 pm
B*gger... the price will go through the roof now lol
This posting may have been helpfull, on the other hand probably not... Either way, I may have had drink when posting it in which case it's probably not as helpfull as it could have been
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Owning a 2.8 is a hobby in it's self...
Work safe, and remember all technical problems can be resolved with a hammer, the trick is knowing where to hit it and how big a hammer to use (I often find it may also help to have a spare bit in the shed to replace the bit you have just mullered
)Work in Progress (or not as the case may be) I give you.... 'O-no' the truck.
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Owning a 2.8 is a hobby in it's self...
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by Mr Mud on Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:14 pm
Yeah Paul a girlie truck 
it's got to be an "A" series to be a real 4x4 
it's got to be an "A" series to be a real 4x4 1998/S Frontera 2.0i Sport Transglobe
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by furball on Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:24 pm
Indeed, everyone knows the 2.8 is bestest. We should prolly send them an email or something to correct them
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by Mr Mud on Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:36 pm
OK I agree furball, the 2.8 is the kiddy but it's got to be a SWB "A"
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by Fatbaz on Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:59 am
Yep, 2.8 SWB Aseries gets my vote and I got one.
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by Dannyboy on Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:02 pm
Well i like v6s and they dont put them in A's!
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by MrPete on Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:37 pm
Speaking of which, has anyone seen or got an a series swb with the 3.2 v6 in it, as I havent heard them mentioned on here?
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by Wilberforce on Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:29 pm
Would be a custom job if so, Pete.
A-series SWB's were mostly 2.0 in both forms, a few 2.8, and even fewer 2.5.
A-series SWB's were mostly 2.0 in both forms, a few 2.8, and even fewer 2.5.
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by Drift on Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:10 pm
No V6 was ever fitted by the factory in an A series
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by BoxCleva on Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:26 pm
Out of interest was it ever fitted to one of the jap/Aus/yank equivalents ? Like the MU for example ?
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Re: Fronty is best budget offroader - official!
by RatCav on Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:44 am
Yes they did Boxy.
On the Mu (SWB) and Wizard (LWB) they originally went for the GM V6 3.1 petrol (that was also fitted to the Trooper). In 1993 they then swapped to the Isuzu SOHC V6 (6VD1).
On the Mu (SWB) and Wizard (LWB) they originally went for the GM V6 3.1 petrol (that was also fitted to the Trooper). In 1993 they then swapped to the Isuzu SOHC V6 (6VD1).
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