Australian 4WD Action – July 2019

• Tuned up to 650Nm & 150Kw


• 3in turbo back Exhaust with 2in crossover pipe


• Just Autos remap


• NPC1300Nm Clutch


• Harrop E Lockers

We know a V8 Cruiser has plenty of power from the showroom –

but the thing that’s great about these engines is the amount of

extremely safe power you can get out of them. Cooky has

comfortably got 650Nm out of it with a remap, snorkel and

exhaust. The turbo back exhaust makes this Cruiser sound

sweeter than happy hour being called at your local.

When you add power to V8 Cruisers – quite often the clutch

won’t handle the extra force being put through it. Jack upgraded

his to the NPC1300Nm Clutch to handle that extra torque.

ENGINE & DRIVELINE

• 7 inch Lift with Dobinson Coils


• Superior Engineering Remote Res Shocks


• Super Flex Arms from Superior Engineering


• 35in Maxtrek MT Tyres

One of the first things you notice about this Cruiser is how it’s

sitting – more specifically – how bloody high it’s sitting! We can

only assume the biggest question Cooky gets is about this lift.

What he’s added is a 7 in lift all round with Dobinson Coils and

Superior Engineering Remote Res Shocks.

He’s also added Superflex Arms in the front to make this thing

more of an animal on the tracks. Overall he has a setup that’ll

carry his weight well – and will help him get up most tracks in

Australia. Well done mate – what a setup!

SUSPENSION & CHASSIS

T

ell ya what – there’s not

much that gets us going

at 4WD Action HQ like a

quality 79 build. Maybe

it’s the photographers who can’t

get enough of hearing them roar

with a big exhaust. Maybe it’s the

insane canopies on the back of

them. Maybe it’s that a lot of

them are being built to go to 4WD

hotspots we wish we were at.

Whatever it is – it all adds up to

us drooling over a few. We see a

lot come through – but none

quite like this.

Enter Jack Cooke – the

absolute legend QLDer who we

reckon has built one of the more

unique 79 LandCruisers out

there.

Why is it unique? The way he’s

been able to shove so much lift

underneath, with it still being

extremely driveable and still set

up to handle 3-4 weeks in the

Kimberley. If you looked up tough

tourer in the dictionary – there’d

be a photo of Cooky’s 79! Let’s

take a better look.

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