by muddyhilux2020 on Mon, 25 May 2020 9:33 +0000
Well the 6bt will put out 500~600lbft peak, but just off idle they make something like 200lbft
So although torque figures will be high, it wont experience a sudden 400lbft jump
Towing wise, not much apart from the odd broken car or small trailer (uk trailer laws are mad)
And tyres, it has a set of Cooper 245/75R16, so 30.5" ish
Manual box 5 speed, but engine would have a 3200rpm spring
So I'm hoping the axle will deal with the torque
Let's face it land rover axles break with 300lbft through them, but shared across 2 axles they just about cope unless driven very hard, so hopefully the hilux rear axle can cope
With a 5.9 cummins, dont need to drive it silly hard, it has so much torque its borderline silly but that's part the fun!
With the tyres and if the diff ratio I found is correct (3.583 rear?)
The cummins would be turning 1850rpm in 5th at 60mph, which is fairly good
2150rpm at 70mph
Wouldn't want to fit much larger tyres anyway, but maximum I'd go to is 33" (255/85R16) which drops rpm by 180ish in 5th at 60 and 70mph