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// Frontera Technical Support • View topic - what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8
   
 

what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

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what do i do????????

keep the old faithfull 2.3td
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what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby barryc28 on Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:40 pm

can't make my mind up what to do ...I've got a 2.3lwb which i've done quite a bit of work on and has never really let me down, now I use the car basically to go to work and back and as a toy for off roading as i've also got a 2.6 omega as my main motor for any distance work. So i want to mod some more to make a better offroader.
Up to now on the 2.3 I've give it a 3 inch suspension lift, added different wheels with muds, fitted new top ball joints and flipped them (please don't stone me to death) fitted safari snorkel and modded the bullbar. On top ive done usual routine service stuff and changed back axle for the right one

Now .................Do i carry on improving this one or.........do I get a 2.8 pref swb . main reason for swapping would be how much better would it be off road??? obviously the swb has less grounding risk , but not grounded the lwb yet, the main problem i get is lack off power to take on big hills without taking a big run up and hence too much speed for bumpy hills


so what to do?????????????????
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby Drift on Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:58 pm

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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby barryc28 on Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:20 pm

thought the general feeling on the forums used to be strongly against flipping balljoints, i remember posts being locked for talking about such horrific crimes ...lol :D
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby Drift on Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:23 pm

No that was some arse who used to be here :wink:
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby barryc28 on Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:26 pm

woo hoo.....

i'VE GOT FLIPPED BALLJOINTS AND CAN SAY IT ....YES IM SHOUTING!!!!

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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby Drift on Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:37 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby dickycaz on Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:38 pm

keep your 2.3 run it off road have fun, keep running it until u kill it then take your money and buy a 2.8 and use all the expertise u gained from your old trusty steed and have more fun bouncing around in a swb 2.8 . :lol: :lol:
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby weave67 on Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:00 pm

sell it and get an a series 2.4 :lol:
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby barryc28 on Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:04 pm

petrol and deep water don't mix. :evil:
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby Sir-Doris on Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:15 pm

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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby dickycaz on Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:45 am

your not going deep enough . :lol: :lol:
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby andysd1 on Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:58 pm

i was thinking the same a while ago, but the 2.3 will be run in to the ground, put it this way, one way or th other i will be the last owner
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Re: what to do??? keep the 2.3lwb or buy a 2.8

Postby alex on Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:50 pm

Ive got a LWB and had a few. I have a SWB. As for hich is better, hard to say. Too many reasons for both, so neither is a bad choice. For days out or weekends the room in a LWB is nice, but the SWB is fun...

As for power, Ive never had an issue in low box with a 2.8 and thats with big grizzlies on. I find it hard to see a 2.3 needing more power without lockers as its not that lacking when in low.

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