Truck experts, JStas - etc - question...

eloplayspolo

^^^^^ ahaha.
i just said what i did to try to bait u into giving me some good info.

I heard from a few peeps that the Nissan Titan is the quickest truck out right now.
Anyone know if this isnt true?

i know theres a dodge ram that comes with a viper engine and is a v10 i think... but if u want a viper... get a viper

concealer404

eloplayspolo wrote: »

^^^^^ ahaha.
i just said what i did to try to bait u into giving me some good info.

I heard from a few peeps that the Nissan Titan is the quickest truck out right now.
Anyone know if this isnt true?

i know theres a dodge ram that comes with a viper engine and is a v10 i think... but if u want a viper... get a viper

It's the quickest gas-powered, n/a V8 truck being mass produced. Well, it's a dead tie with the Tundra.

Tundra tests 6.2-6.3 0-60
Titan tests 6.4-6.5

Quarter mile is a dead heat, with most magazines testing to a 14.8 quarter mile for both. That being said, i've seen a local guy nail a 14.5 in a Tundra, but haven't seen any Titans run in person yet.

And here's an interesting quote:

"It all boils down to class-leading output, some 381 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and a whopping 401 pound-feet at 3,600 revs. And it does it all on 87 octane while meeting ULEV II emissions. For reference, Dodge's 5.7-liter Hemi produces just 345 hp, while GM's Vortec Max 6.0-liter V8 makes 367 hp. The Dodge and GM V8s both develop 375 lb-ft of torque. Nissan's 5.6-liter V8 makes only 317 hp and 385 lb-ft of torque."

To clarify, i'm not biased AGAINST american trucks, it's just hard to argue what Toyota can do when they really want to do it. The old Tundra just couldn't compete. It was a full size truck for people who like Tacomas, which really, probably appealed to me more, but in order to try to get a real slice of the market, it's hard to argue against what they did.

The motor in this truck is a BEAST.

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This, interests me a great deal, too.

"Toyota began selling a bolt-on supercharger kit for the 5.7L V8 Tundra during June 2008. Power output is increased to 504 hp (376 kW) and 550 pound-feet (750 N·m). When installed by a Toyota dealer the existing warranty remains intact.[10] This kit features Eaton's Twin Vortices Series supercharger which utilizes twin four-lobe rotors, a design shared with the newly introduced C6 ZR1 and CTS-V.[11]

MSRP for the kit is set at $5,875.[12]

Edmunds tested a TRD supercharged Tundra which ran 13.3 sec @ 103.8 mph in the 1/4 mile.[13] Edmunds previously tested a naturally aspired 5.7L V8 Tundras which posted 14.8 sec @ 93.7mph time.[14]"



OH YEAH.