Stevo's 06 Supercharged 4.0L hilux minitruck project

[Reecy1992]

Wats insurance like?

[glide3]

Wats insurance like?

+1 to the above. Hopefully they treat you alright.

How does it drive?? I'm looking at this charger when I can afford it.
What size tyres do you have on the 22's ?? Do they limit steering at all??

Cheers Josh

[stv091]

Wats insurance like?

Yer insurance isnt too bad. I insure it through Just Car Insurance, and they cover every single modification iv done. Id say most of the cost is still only cause im a young driver (21). But i do pay a slight premium for all my mods, and the excess is through the roof! haha. From memory my premium is about 1450 and excess around 2200 (of which $500 is for being a driver under 25)

Wats insurance like?

+1 to the above. Hopefully they treat you alright.

How does it drive?? I'm looking at this charger when I can afford it.
What size tyres do you have on the 22's ?? Do they limit steering at all??

It drives pretty well. It drives as normal under normal driving condiotions as boost only kicks in if you put your foot down. However, if you do put your foot down, its extrememly responsive. As a comparison to an xr6 turbo with similar sort of power, the response of the supercharger definately makes a big difference in driviability. The power is there as soon as you push the pedal, compared to the turbo which has to spool up its boost before you actually get the power to the engine. Would definately be the answer if you are looking at doing any sort of towing. On a general day, i carry about 400kg of tools on the back. and i have ocassionally had a total of around 800kg of stuff on the back and it has absolutely no problem pulling it. I was still beating sv6s with 800kg over the back wheels!

The one thing which is on the downside (but not of any suprise) is how it goes in the wet. Even before supercharging, i had trouble keeping the V6 in traction in the wet. Afterwards, is even harder. I generally drive slower than a grandma in the wet its that bad, a punch of the accelerator will send u sideways without any effort at all. Which brings me to your next question about tyres:

Currently im running 255s on the 22s all round which definately has made a massive improvement in handling. Especially with traction being a large concern for me, the wider the tyres the better. Im actually wanting to get even wider ones on the rear next time i replace the rubber, just for that extra bit of traction.
As far as the steering goes, no not at all. with the 22" wheels and 255 tyres, and the 2 inch drop springs, even at full lock they dont rub or scrub at all.

[glide3]

Sounds good mate.

I have 255/50 19's on mine and they rub like crazy at full lock. The higher profile really helps in the wet it just bites and drives :S (good and bad at the same time).

Any chance you could send me a few photos on your airbag setup, i have the same setup but the brackets that hold the bags in place are broken so it looks like i need to do some modifying.

If anything i would go a skinner tyre in the back, our family mechanic has a old falcon race car and it drives better on 205's then it does with 245's with a 800hp donk. Just a though.


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josh

[SRLUXX]

Far out, that thing would be a weapon to drive, what sort of power figures are you getting out of it?

[Chrisgriffithsr]

How the f$@#&% do you get traction? I have a 4.0 v6 lux like yours and it struggles to put yhe power down. Also does you hilux have an LSD?

[Samuel_Lee]

Hi mate, sick truck. i have a few questions. where did you get the paint for the mirrors and grill? and how did you lower the tray?
Cheers mate

[hornunga]

Any more photos or info about the rear bag setup?