Why does the VX sound

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Originally Posted by SlowPro48

Ldub stop taking pictures with your leisure suit as the background - I'm going into seizures here man!

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When they're induced by "dubware" they're called "Liesures"...not siezures...:laughing:

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Originally Posted by SlowPro48

Ldub stop taking pictures with your leisure suit as the background - I'm going into seizures here man!

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LMAO! Thanks for saving me the trouble of typing that! :laughing:

Guess what I found out!?

All along, that mysterious noise I was hearing is the a.c. compressor clutch... It makes more noise than it should, which means one of these days it will quit altogether, but I did make it through another ridiculous AZ summer!... ;)

And in better news, yesterday's oil change was first since June, and she was just barely 1/2qt low... seems to be holding up quite well compared to some other stories I've read here.

Also changed the transfer case oil and outfitted her with a pair of new running shoes...

Now........ if I could just get geared up to give her a much needed paint job, things will be all good in VX-land!!

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Originally Posted by BigSwede

That's not entirely true...Isuzu was working on a V8 for the Trooper, but when it became clear the US market was a no-go, they dropped the program.

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I have no clue if isuzu did ever had thoughts of going V8 on any passenger vehicule.

As far as my mech told me isuzu wasn't eager to build any V8 passenger truck.
I neither believe that the VX shall came with a V8 engine,but rather with an stronger,more powerfull V6 engine.

Nissan was able to develope an special 3.5L V6 for the pathfinder kicking 240 PH.

Seems like a V8 would be hard to shove into the VX engine bay...

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Originally Posted by RamAirZ

I think Luna may be talking about the "lifter" sound most of these motors make. I will agree all the Isuzu V6's I have owned you can hear the valves going up and down at low engine speeds and light acceleration. Never bothered me since I've daily driven some primitive engines (solid valvetrain small block comes to mind lol) but yes you can hear all that going on up there. Also I wouldn't consider 9:1 a "low" compression motor, it's average, and if it was an iron block iron head engine it would be kinda high, the aluminum dissipates the heat alot better so you can run higher compression on pump gas (like 10.3:1 on the 3.5 Z motor, 10.3:1 would not be happy on pump gas with an iron block/iron head engine)

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My VX got a lifter noise which is very common on these engines,sounds like an diesel.

My mech told me that the VX will run just perfect so i didn't bother to fix any thing.
Last year i went up state NY with my brother-in-law.Back on my way to NYC i told him hey ! Hold on tight,i am gonna floor the gas pedal,let me put to the test this engine.
On the I-78 i drove over 110 mph,told my self if this VX is that good we'll make it back home,otherwise i gonna call my warranty company and let them fix it all.

For my dissapoitment we make it back home in one piece, minutes later i called my mech and told him man,you were right,the VX will run just fine.

Many people asked me if "that" runs with an diesel engine. my replay is Yes,it does....

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Originally Posted by vt_maverick

Seems like a V8 would be hard to shove into the VX engine bay...

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But oh so worth it!!! :D