TRD Tundra

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not sure if this has been posted yet or is in the right forum, but this thing is pretty bad ass i'm drooling over the bolded text:

Article and more pics here

From the SEMA floor directly to you, our John Neff delivers the skinny on TRD's hotted-up version of the all-new Toyota Tundra. This truck is another smack in the face of the domestic producers. Though there are literally no aftermarket accessories on the show floor for the yet-to-be-released Tundra, Toyota wants potential buyers to know that it can be customized and will look good with a little tuner TLC. The front end's revised and cleaner than the production version and the High Impact Red paint really pops. The lower ride height and larger wheels make this a tuner special, but it's the supercharged version of the Tundra's 5.7-liter V8 that really sets it apart. The blown engine was out on display and features a roots-type supercharger from Eaton with an air-to-liquid intercooler. No word, of course, on power ratings, and you won't be able to get the TRD supercharger until Fall of '07.

 

[RonMAIDEN]

Pretty cool.

 

[OUTRNNR]

Wow. :bugeye:

Of course TRD designs a S/C kit for the 5.7. Forget the 4.7, must be old technolgy...

 

[05SportV8]

Daaawwwwmmmnnnn!!!

I know already what is my next truck!!

Who is going to be the first to retrofit that 5.7 SC into a 4R?

Can you say... C ya later Hemi.


Now, on the tech side, why do you guys think that Eaton did not develop a SC for the 4.7 when turned VVT, if it is used in so many models?
I always wondered that. They developed the SC for the 4.7 when it was not VVT. What did stop them to modify it for the VVT?
I am sure the new 5.7 it is going to be VVT. If not dual VVT. Probably even direct injection, and they have a SC ready?

Really, what is the major issue of using the old SC on the 4.7 VVT. Is it physical incompatibility? Is it computer related? or is it more on the line of high compression ratio already in the VVT engine?
If it the last one, it is also the major trouble on the Acura rsx sport type, but the makers of the SC adapted a spacer for the head, so sport RSXs can be SC (I know that by first hand .
Time to go hit that search button.

Going back to the topic.... I've read also that Toyota will launch a diesel engine for the tundra one year after the new tundra is released. It is just especulation, I know but, If there is such a thing as a SC 5.7 and a diesel engine... I might have to buy 2 trucks to be happy!!

later...

 

[Uneek]

Since Ford SVT isn't producing a Lightning, hopefully this will hit production and Toyota should see some Ford converts.

 

[Koz]

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?threadid=15932&pagenumber=3

Koz

 

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again, if this has been posted before, my apologies, but (quoted from AutoBlog):

in regards to the diesel:
A powerful V8 turbo-diesel engine is expected to be one of the available powerplants, a first for Toyota. With a displacement of 4.5 liters and a pair of turbochargers, it should be good for more than 200kW (268 hp) and, 650Nm (479 ft-lbs.) of torque. That's a huge improvement over the current I6, which rates 151/357. This new V8 may make its way under the hood of the Tundra, rumor has it.

in regards to the 5.7L V8:
...MSNSB Business Editor Roland Jones tells us that the 2007 Toyota Tundra's top engine, the i-Force 5.7-liter V8, will produce 381 horsepower...Unfortunately no torque numbers were mentioned...

If it is, the Tundra will have a significantly more powerful large V8 to offer customers than will Ford, Dodge or Chevy. The F-150 offers the 5.4-liter Triton V8 that produces 300 hp and 365 ft-lbs. of torque, while the Dodge RAM can be had with a 5.7-liter HEMI V8 producing 345 hp and 375 ft-lbs. of torque. Toyota, however, would clearly be aiming at Chevy if this number is accurate, as the Silverado's Vortec MAX 6.0-liter V8 produces 367 hp and 375 ft-lbs. of torque. Toyota promised us back in February that the Tundra would be able to tow 10,000 lbs. with this engine, though since then both Ford and Chevy have increased the maximum towing capacities of their half-ton pickups to 10,500 lbs. With such a powerful V8, the Tundra should have no trouble meeting and/or exceeding the new towing limits of the domestics. Of course, that's assuming the Tundra's frame can take it.

 

[pickerdd]

Very cool! Now I know what I'll buy to tow my Airstream trailer!

David

 

[dingo]

Those headlights look frick'n cool.

 

[Kro781]

hopefully this dosen't fall into the same line as the X-Runner. I bought with the promise from toyota of a supercharger. Never there except of a prototype with heavy engine mods. But URD was to the rescue, but I needed more room.

Kev

 

[Koz]

Additional Pics.

 

[Koz]

Talk about RED!