New Fastest SUV - 2,000 HP Landcruiser

[Farkas]

 

https://www.thrillist.com/cars/nation/toyota-land-speed-cruiser-2017-fastest-suv-in-the-world

 

 

The SEMA Show in Las Vegas is currently underway, and in a sea of glitzy and modified cars, it can be hard to stand out. Most SEMA vehicles tend to be over-the-top monstrosities just designed to attract attention -- and then you have Toyota, which has done virtually the exact opposite. The deceptively normal-looking Land Cruiser you see here is, in fact, the world's fastest SUV. With 2,000hp, the "Land Speed Cruiser," as it's called, can hit 220mph.

 

So, about that engine. It's a heavily modified version of the stock V8 that came in the Land Cruiser. The engineers slapped on a pair of "volleyball-sized" turbos, and added some holes in the bumper for air, so they ultimately produce more power. The end result is over 2,000hp -- more than enough to cause a few problems for other components, which is why virtually every single facet of the vehicle was modified or replaced.

 

When dealing with something like an SUV -- which has almost none of the aerodynamic efficiencies you'll find in ultra-high-speed vehicles like the Bugatti Veyron -- top speed is limited as much by the shape of the vehicle as the power under the hood. By lowering the Land Speed Cruiser, less air goes underneath it, and by smoothing out the underside, turbulence is kept to a minimum. That means not only less drag and higher top speeds, but more stability at those speeds, too.

 

Sure, if you look from certain angles, you can see that it's not exactly stock, but by and large it looks like a normal-ish Land Cruiser -- not a 2,000hp beast that can beat a Ferrari F40 on the Autobahn. That's very much by design, and was actually one of the hardest parts of the build. A team of engineers at Toyota's Motorsports Technical Center literally cut the body off of a Land Cruiser, modified almost every single thing from the frame, to the suspension, to, well, obviously the engine, before carefully putting it back together again.

 

There's nothing haphazard about that at all.

[jeffro]

All that work just to go 160mph? Arn't there TBSS's going that fast with just a turbo kit?

[spankis]

All that work just to go 160mph? Arn't there TBSS's going that fast with just a turbo kit?

 

Does it not say 220mph in the post above?

[jeffro]

Does it not say 220mph in the post above?

 

lol. I only watched the video and saw it get up to 160 on that circle track.

[Farkas]

lol. I only watched the video and saw it get up to 160 on that circle track.

 

Sigh....

[2 Sweet]

That is cool as fuck in so many ways

[BigOxley]

Middle easterners have been doing this for years by slapping huge turbos on Nissans and Toyotas. No suspension mods needed. Inshallah

 

 

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[iwashmycar]

Looks like a Forester

[Geeto67]

Does it not say 220mph in the post above?

 

by the way to put this perspective why it is pretty amazing, it only took 1100hp for Keith Turk's 2nd gen camaro to so the same number due to aerodynamics. It took 900hp more just because the Land Crusier is that much of a brick.

 

The article takes some liberties saying it is faster than a ferrari F40. In LSR weight is less of a penalty so it may be able to hit 200mph and beyond, but it may take twice the room or more to do it because of the weight.

 

Either way, It's an amazing truck.

[ImUrOBGYN]

Sigh....

 

Haha

[Doc1647545523]

Not so impressive ...... A stock Bentayga does 187 and has 22 way front seats, electric seatbelt adjustment, and a hands-free tailgate.

[Aaron]

Doc, this is nothing you don't know, but those extra 33MPH are very difficult to achieve. I'm surprised at your stance on this. Unless trolling, then I hate you.

[jeffro]

Doc, this is nothing you don't know, but those extra 33MPH are very difficult to achieve. I'm surprised at your stance on this. Unless trolling, then I hate you.

 

Of course hes trolling. I could hear the sarcasm through his keyboard.

[Not Brian]

Does it not say 220mph in the post above?

 

It says it "can hit 220mph." Not did. It did go 160-something.

 

Sigh....

[Crossle]

I mean 165 in relaxed "shake down" runs is impressive.......

[Not Brian]

David Wiggs' Lambo can make 2000hp.

[10phone2]

curious to see a more detailed video of them narrowing the suspension and what thickness of metal they used.

[coltboostin]

Like EVERY single car at SEMA, EVERY power/performace claim is overtstated. This thing did not, and likley never will see 220mph. It did not make 2k anything on a dyno. We have done turbo kits for SEMA cars with 35r's that would go to Sema and claim 1200+HP. Hell, if you are there the last day to see/help people pack up, you will see 90% of the cars there dont run at all, or run like utter dog shit.

 

Cool project non the less.

[silentcropduster]

Fap fap fap.

 

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