Toyota Tacoma X-Runner RTR (Ready to Race) high-performance SEMA project truck Tuesday at Pomona Raceway in Southern California. The street performance with the full-size Tundra’s mighty 5.7-liter V-8.
Then it ups the ante by bolting on Toyota Racing Development hardware, including a supercharger and intake kit. The end result is a 504-horsepower, 550 pounds-feet of torque hero truck that’s expected to be piloted to quarter-mile times in the 11-second range.
Then it ups the ante by bolting on Toyota Racing Development hardware, including a supercharger and intake kit. The end result is a 504-horsepower, 550 pounds-feet of torque hero truck that’s expected to be piloted to quarter-mile times in the 11-second range.
The 5.7-liter V-8 and six-speed automatic transmission have been installed in the Tacoma without a single calibration change, Williams said. The engine still thinks it’s working in a full-size pickup, not a 3,920-pound dragster. The X-Runner RTR weighs only about 150 pounds more than a stock X-Runner.
The stock rear brakes and the 15-inch steel wheels are the same that come with the base Tacoma, though they’ve been narrowed to 4.5 inches wide in front and widened to 10 inches in the rear to accommodate the massive Goodyear Eagle Dragway slicks needed for maximum traction at launch.
The exterior details include painted front fender badging that resembles the Tundra’s similarly positioned 5.7-liter i-Force V-8 emblems and a tornado logo next to the words “TRD supercharged” in front of the hood’s air inlet.
