Thanks for the support fellas, I appreciate it.
Yes, I did go to great lengths to retain the standard shape of the SIII 109 GS, and while it could be repainted back to green, as per how it spent most of its life, the mission to repaint it back would require a total rebuild as it's not just painted outside, it's a full body off, inside and out respray.
I'm not looking to do another total rebuild on it, mainly as the wife greatly dislikes the olive and camo...
Had I left it green and not powder-coated the brush bar, tool holders and myriad other things, it would still look like an ex army 109 GS, it's really just the blue and white which mask what it actually is.
Stuffing a sensibly worked 202 in there, with 5 speed overdriven gearbox, high speed transfer box and high speed diffs, makes this one very quick vehicle, totally different to the way many other ex army vehicles perform.
I cruise around in this, no need to thrash the daylights out of it to get anywhere, and I normally drop it into overdrive as I hit 100 kph. It will happily sit at well over 100 in 4th, maybe even go to 130-140...but I don't see the point, so I just use the 100 kph point as my shiftpoint into top.
Just because it's geared high doesn't mean it's sluggish down low either, in fact I had to fit a Detroit Locker to the rear diff as wheelspin was an issue in 1st and second.
I've never heard of anyone fitting a Nissan 5 speed to a high speed transfer, along with high speed diffs, and to be honest, many people suggested it wasn't do-able or practical.
I STRONGLY urge anyone considering similar mods, to follow this route and reap the benefits. It pulls like a V8, and hills almost don't exist.
Fuel consumption?
When it was running Land Rover box and high speed transfer and high speed diffs, it delivered 230 klm for 45 litres, religiously. Now? Not saying! But it's certainly over 300 klm for the same ltrs.
It's not finished yet either, for I burned myself out on the rebuild this last time around and as such I've yet to finish it all off.
There is only a HEI ignition in place, the HI6 CDI is still to be refitted, along with the water/methanol injection, then I might tune it, as I haven't even been bothered to tune it yet since rebuilding the engine, just threw it in and went, and never looked back basically.