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Gold Coast, QLD
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April 2004
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Re: 4 runners/Pathfinders mid 80s - opinions?
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Fri, 17 June 2005 02:11
 
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Yeah I owned an '88 YN63 4Runner for a few years, it had the 2.2l 4Y engine and it was a slug, even when it was unladen. Try and tow a decent load (as I did once) and you will almost be tempted to put the transfer case into low range just to get it to move anywhere. Was lucky to see 20mpg out of it as well, even on the freeway. Basically they were just too small an engine to be carrying all that weight around.
On the plus side it was very reliable, and quite capable off road. Had quite a few great camping trips to Straddie with it. And it was fun to take the fibreglass top off and drive around too. 
If you're going to be towing anything, one of the 2nd generation ones with the V6 would be a much better bet IMO.
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TurboRA28 | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:20 |
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Corona RT142 | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:24 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:26 |
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TurboRA28 | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:26 |
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Corona RT142 | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:28 |
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dcving | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:29 |
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Cool1 | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:33 |
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dcving | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:33 |
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TurboRA28 | Thu, 16 June 2005 23:44 |
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TurboRA28 | Fri, 17 June 2005 01:27 |
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Corona RT142 | Fri, 17 June 2005 01:34 |
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Skip | Fri, 17 June 2005 01:42 |
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matt86sx | Fri, 17 June 2005 02:11 |
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Mr DOHC | Fri, 17 June 2005 06:25 |
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Skip | Fri, 17 June 2005 06:34 |
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olihaub | Fri, 17 June 2005 12:44 |
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olihaub | Fri, 17 June 2005 12:46 |
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BradW | Sat, 18 June 2005 02:36 |
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Mookie | Sat, 18 June 2005 05:23 |
