Haha mate, she's realised that you're serious :P
Yeah, I'd love the prado (mines a D4D) to have a bit more getup and go, but it's not worth chipping or remapping a D4D as it's asking for trouble with injectors and holes in pistons (that's the sese I get from reading around anway- might be some who have had success, but it's not something I'd be willing to risk without putting better pistons in and new injectors). It's a real shame about them as there are still good diesels around- You don't hear too much grief from 70 series owners. I know there was oil chewing going on early but I think a lot of that was down to guys doing their own services and using incorrect specs and weights. The Izuzu 4j1 and Duramax engines are great and Cummins still make an outstanding engine in the 4BT/ 6BT- It's not as though it can't be done, but Toyota have fell well below the mark of something like a 1HD-FTE.
I'd imagine that the Y62 would be a lot more comfortable than the prado on big trips and it'd have more space for sure- and the power would be exceptional no doubt. I know about the only things you see Y62's doing on youtube is either pulling power runs from 0-100 or racing up sanddunes (which to be fair seems to be what they were designed for- Hello Saudi Arabia). It's frustrating as a Toyota owner that you know that they're able to make better engines but they don't have to- People keep buying them in droves, I know I went to my local show recently and the salesman there told me there was a crazy waiting period for a 70 series in graphite and a 4 week waiting period for a VX 200 series in the same colour- Why would Toyota bother spending money on R&D if people keep queing up to buy them....
Yeah, I'd love the prado (mines a D4D) to have a bit more getup and go, but it's not worth chipping or remapping a D4D as it's asking for trouble with injectors and holes in pistons (that's the sese I get from reading around anway- might be some who have had success, but it's not something I'd be willing to risk without putting better pistons in and new injectors). It's a real shame about them as there are still good diesels around- You don't hear too much grief from 70 series owners. I know there was oil chewing going on early but I think a lot of that was down to guys doing their own services and using incorrect specs and weights. The Izuzu 4j1 and Duramax engines are great and Cummins still make an outstanding engine in the 4BT/ 6BT- It's not as though it can't be done, but Toyota have fell well below the mark of something like a 1HD-FTE.
I'd imagine that the Y62 would be a lot more comfortable than the prado on big trips and it'd have more space for sure- and the power would be exceptional no doubt. I know about the only things you see Y62's doing on youtube is either pulling power runs from 0-100 or racing up sanddunes (which to be fair seems to be what they were designed for- Hello Saudi Arabia). It's frustrating as a Toyota owner that you know that they're able to make better engines but they don't have to- People keep buying them in droves, I know I went to my local show recently and the salesman there told me there was a crazy waiting period for a 70 series in graphite and a 4 week waiting period for a VX 200 series in the same colour- Why would Toyota bother spending money on R&D if people keep queing up to buy them....
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