Quote Originally Posted by Stranger View Post
Re the butterfly issue, on my Gen 2 Pajero I had them taken out completely. On my Gen 3, my Indie punched the screws like he does on the racing motors. This is quite easy if your indie or mechanic is competent. Both my Pajero's do hard mileage and bar serious rock climbing do everything else the other 4x4's do, sometimes even better and mostly in great comfort.

Re the petrol: you can drop in an import motor for about the same price as a pump and injector overhaul. Your long life plugs can go from 60-90 thousand and oil and filter changes are cheap. Engine mods are mostly limited to fitting an aftermarket water temp gauge as the stock one is useless.

In stock form that SWB is as good a performer as some modified cars. You would be getting a lot of car for your 100K.

My Gen 2 3.5 DOHC would give me 13.5 L to the 100km, 7.4 or there about for the L
Thank you so much for all of this. It is putting my mind at ease.

I want to ask one other question, not engine related. What tires do you use?