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mgeoffriau 04-20-2010 02:06 PM
Think your car is a bit twitchy?
 
It's not. 1000 HP geared to top out at 132 mph.


turotufas 04-20-2010 02:09 PM
Dude! When I realized that was a truck. ahaha. But man this is badass. Reminds me of Group B rally...

KPLAFIN 04-20-2010 02:10 PM
Gawt Damn, but one question...what exactly makes that a Toyota Tacoma?

turotufas 04-20-2010 02:12 PM
Probably the engine and the body. I mean it has a flatbed. :giggle:

Edit: Man it's Rod Millen it that bitch!

Techsalvager 04-20-2010 02:52 PM
Thats nice

Braineack 04-20-2010 02:56 PM
thats nice

y8s 04-20-2010 02:59 PM
is that thing running diesel?

thesnowboarder 04-20-2010 03:09 PM
http://jalopnik.com/5520353/this-has...drive-car-ever
The "truck" was built and driven by New Zealander Rod Millen (Rhys's dad) for the 1998 Pikes Peak Hillclimb. The vehicle has nothing in common with the Tacoma and is, in fact, built on a chrome-molly tubular space frame chassis covered in a carbon fiber body. Power is generated by a 2.1-liter, four-cylinder, turbocharged and intercooled engine pumping out something in the neighborhood of 1,000 HP. It can hit 125 MPH in 4.9 seconds. With this "truck" Millen won the Pikes Peak Unlimited class in both 1998 and 1999.


This video shows Millen driving the vehicle at the 2007 Goodwood Festival of speed, a non-competitive rolling showcase of rare racecars, not a full-on hillclimb. Keep that in mind as Millen tries furiously to keep the damn thing on the track, which he manages, we're guessing, for 75% of the climb. God, what a bastard of an automobile

TurboRoach 04-20-2010 03:12 PM
Originally Posted by y8s (Post 559277)
is that thing running diesel?
"Millen's Tacoma was built on a chromoly tubular space frame chassis, which was then wrapped in carbon fiber. Power is derived from the aforementioned 2.1-liter 3S-GTE four cylinder that is both turbocharged and intercooled and is said to produce more than 1,000hp."

I thought so too but I guess not.

Braineack 04-20-2010 03:17 PM
running the 5th injector to keep it rich...

Jeff_Ciesielski 04-20-2010 03:18 PM
Could be caused by copious amounts of methanol. JayL's car spits a fucking INSANE amount of black smoke when his meth injection kicks in.

Jeff_Ciesielski 04-20-2010 03:20 PM
Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 559295)
running the 5th injector to keep it rich...
Well it did say that the car was intercooled, and never forget: 5th injectors = intercooler.

Newbsauce 04-20-2010 03:25 PM
Wow, how he managed to control that thing is unreal. His rear slides more than a funny car.

kewilso3 04-20-2010 03:26 PM
Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 559295)
running the 5th injector to keep it rich...
lol and to lower those EGT's

thagr81 us 04-20-2010 03:32 PM
Crazy!!! I love how he almost rear-ends the Land Rover at the end. Haha!

Full_Tilt_Boogie 04-20-2010 03:57 PM
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^water injection

Pen2_the_penguin 04-20-2010 04:07 PM
dont forget about the turbo lag, he would be getting a better HP curve if he had an S/C

johnmatt 04-20-2010 04:18 PM
I would have been scared if I was in that Rover

cueball1 04-20-2010 07:35 PM
The Powercard is strong with this one.

gospeed81 04-20-2010 07:43 PM
If you had one -car- with which to give your mother in law a quick ride around the block in to FOREVER shut her up, this would be it.


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