What's G-Turbo been up to?

[Dougal]

I hadn't heard much about G-turbo lately, so I got bored and went looking. Turns out they're cranking the 4.5 V8's up to truly silly numbers.

Here's a video of a "previously tuned by someone else" 200 series getting the Warrior spec upgrade. It's really impressive what these stock (but reprogrammed) drivelines are handling.



I don't want to spoil the final surprise, but the before numbers were 270hp and 656Nm at the wheels.
Time stamps:
4m30s has the previous tune dyno plots.
32m17s has all the curves up on screen. Multiple selectable tunes.

Graeme makes the point that crank numbers are exceeding those from the stock US pickups!

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Cool stuff

 

[cruiserpilot]

Don’t forget. Everyone seems to zero in on the 200 twin turbo. That motor isn’t exactly mainstream even in the 76/78/79 world. Those are cool numbers but better be ready to spend $15K +. I’m researching how to map the ECU on a VD1 from a different continent. Aussies aren’t all that ‘hobby’ oriented. It’s money or nothing.

 

[Dougal]

Don’t forget. Everyone seems to zero in on the 200 twin turbo. That motor isn’t exactly mainstream even in the 76/78/79 world. Those are cool numbers but better be ready to spend $15K +. I’m researching how to map the ECU on a VD1 from a different continent. Aussies aren’t all that ‘hobby’ oriented. It’s money or nothing.

Australia has a lot of "CUB"s, Cashed Up Boguns. Thanks @Hulsty for the reference. Young guys who work in the mining industry and have a lot of money for toys. They have a lot of industries geared up to help relieve those guys of their problems. I find it interesting how their product lines are almost exclusively Toyota. A few years back they were advertising packages for a variety of makes and models. But now it's almost all hilux and landcruiser.

I'm really impressed how they've been able to put together a reliable package pushing that much power through a mostly stock engine and driveline while keeipng it clean. Kudos to Toyota and Graeme.