New Land Cruiser

Peak figures mean little until you see the shape of the 'curve'.

The V8 has 400 of torque at 1200

Lucy,
are you sure your 4cyl puts out 400nm???????

Toytruck

Lucy, getting traded in? 650 Nm sounds better than that little Jeepney.... hehhe

To: Dear Mr Toytruck(SA)

The answer is yes! Following URL corroborates it.

en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Jeep_Liberty/Engines.

Iknow its hard to get your head around - because I to was p i s s e d and amazed when I first became aware of it.

USA 295 ft lb's = 399.969999 Nm's

Numbers on paper don't mean jack-chit, Lucy.......

That bloody jeepney of yours still couldn't pull the skin off a snot-block...hahaha

You've been very quiet lately? We miised you at the monthly meeting last night ya ol' b@stard!!!! Are you coming on the next club trip, next weekend? Narrung on the banks of Lake Alexandrina? (while there's still some bloody water in it!!!! haha

Maybe not 'Mr President' - but it would pull the 'skin' of your bitz if still intact that is.

Got any 'numbers' as you so eloquently put it, for that 'lump' you now drive that apparently needs a transmission 'heart transplant' before you do anything serious with it.

Talk about the - Missin Nissan.

Next weekend is out - wedding on the Friday and Kupunda Lobster festival on the Monday with 'works in progress' filling in between.

The works in progress are slowly killing me.

So much so that when I was filling Ms Lucy with fuel two days ago with the camper trailer on the bac,k the dude behind the counter looks out and informs that when he gets 'old and grey' he to will have a rig like that.

I was so gob smacked I just staggered out, got in the Troopy thinking there just has to be a better place to live. (LOL) Hope his girlfriend/partner gives him a dose of genital warts.

The weekend of 3-4 March 2007 does look very interesting and I'll contact you re same.

Ms Lucy

PS

Has it been hot over there on the YP

HOT, DAMN HOT!!!!! (quote from Good morning Vietnam).....

Now it's Wet!!!!

Might cya at Barmera then?

Roachie, nearly take the fire tank off Moses again now. Was pretty worrying just 10 days ago with the ash falling. Has Willem got his ark finished at Warraweena?

Ms Lucy, at what stage will you get "old and grey"?

hell if thats it looks good I thought it was going to look like rubbish.

Yeah Sam, not a lot different - just wider front end for the V8. Wonder what the inside of the cab is like - should know soon.

Nice, Nice

Looks a tad like a Rocsta to me...................

Willie said: "Looks a tad like a Rocsta to me..................."

I reckon you're right mate......me thinks Mick Jagger!!!!!!! hehehe

They better have not bought that european rubbish into the dash and interior it looks good the way it is.

Gday John,
Yep, seriously detuned sums it up. But if you look at power and torque in their working range (say 1200-2500rpm) the difference is nowhere near as great.
Toyota like to ensure reliability in its commercial range.

Forgot to state that your link refers to the twin turbo 200series which doesn't come out until Oct 2007.
Here we're talking about the cab chassis and troopie (78/79series) replacement due next month, which has the V8 single turbo motor.

Thanks for the pointer Phil, but you don't expect me to notice the difference in vehicle designations for cough'yotas do you? LOL I mean to me a 100, 200, 78, 79 or whatever they are all the same. Isn't there a 130 too somewhere and a 90? Guess it means something to you.......

Hi John,
I got worried when I saw you had been doing some reading about Cruisers and even had the link :-))
The only thing you'll need to know from now on is that the 70series Cruisers are OK and the rest are soft!!

Okay John, I think you've led these poor sods on long enough....they're starting to get the impression YOU might be considering a move to the "dark side"......it's not nice to play with their foibles you know!!!!!

Roachie, that is unlikely when I even reckon people who pollute their Nissans with massve implants are no longer pure. We have an aging 60 series. That is the limit of our knowledge of the "Dark Side"

There are two 4.2 diesels resident within a few hundred metres and an aging 60, a small European/American supercharged coupe which hardly qualifies. Two John Deere tractors, one aging Clarke commercial loader and assorted motor bikes here. hardly anywhere near the "Dark Side".

Sorry Phil, I hadn't responded. Google will find all sorts of things I know nothing about but I can help others with fewer skills in searching. I can even find out things that assist me manage my delicate mortality, just like managing Nissans ;-))

Brian,
Not yet. We're still at the guessing stage. The forums have had the links and leaked dealer info.

Yep, hence the bonnet scoop

Interesting isn't it. But theres heaps of people out there who are keen to depart with $60k+ to lay their hands on a Toyota cab chassis. I think its all about reliability and longevity.