HK1837 wrote:I thought it was going to be something exciting, like the prior edition with a V8 engine. Just another boring diesel powered thing like the Wildtrack. Waiting to see what Toyota, Ford Holden etc's response is to the new V6 Amarok later this year. I wouldn't buy a VW if you paid me but 165kW, 550Nm and 0-100km/h in 7.9s is close to a VS V8. Hope it wakes up the others and we see a V8 Ranger or an LS3 in a Colorado or something like that. Marks 4WD are supposedly back working on LS1-LS3 in 2005-2014 Hilux as they can see a market once Holden stops producing V8 utes, this was always my intention when I bought my 2010 V6 auto originally but they stopped the development.
How bout this -
http://www.carmag.co.za/news_post/sa-tuner-supercharges-v6-toyota-hilux-to-327-kw/327kW Supercharged V6 N80 Hilux![Image](http://www.carmag.co.za/carmag/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rgm-hilux-3-625x391.jpg)
A Randburg-based tuner has turned its attention to the eighth-generation Toyota Hilux, strapping on a supercharger to boost the V6 petrol engine’s output to 327 kW.
RGMotorsport reckons this makes its creation “quite possibly the fastest double-cab bakkie in Africa”. In addition to the extra 152 kW on tap, the 4,0-litre V6’s peak torque figure climbs from 376 N.m to a meaty 545 N.m, while the zero to 100 km/h sprint time falls from 9,4 to 7,1 seconds. Top speed? RGM reckons 227 km/h.
But the tuner says the modified Hilux’s “stand-out” feature is its newfound flexibility, claiming an 80 to 160 km/h time of 12,2 seconds, some 10 seconds down on the standard 4×2 automatic double-cab.
The dash from 60 to 120 km/h, meanwhile, takes a claimed six seconds, compared to 9,6 seconds for the version direct from Toyota’s showroom.
The conversion includes a standalone radiator system that provides coolant for the liquid chargecooler as well as a Unichip piggyback ECU.
So, how much will this conversion – which, incidentally, can also be applied to the new Fortuner – set you back? Well, RGM says the price starts at R105 000. Of course, you’ll have to wave goodbye to your Toyota SA warranty…