VIDEO: Unlikely Goodwood - Rod Millen's Toyota Tacoma charges up the hill
Rod Millen's Goodwood run in a Toyota Tacoma -- Click above to watch video
Last year, Rod Millen took his Toyota Tacoma Pike's Peak runner to the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Looking, sounding, and handling nothing like a Tacoma, and powered by – according to the caption – a "2-little turbocharged 4-cylinder," Millen flings the thing up the hill, all the while the forced-induction drivetrain is chattering away like a pack of rabid chipmunks. He manages to avoid the hay bales, but then nearly collects what looks like a Bowler Nemesis at the end for his troubles. Follow the jump to watch the video.
[Source: Top Speed]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
John 12:41PM (7/14/2009)
Jesus that thing is nuts... No chance in hell I could drive that thing. That took some serious skill.
So much power from a "2-little tuborcharged 4-cylinder"!
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John 12:43PM (7/14/2009)
Now that I think about it... Wasn't this "truck" in the video game Dirt? As I recall it was a damn handful in that and ungodly fast.
adrian 2:19PM (7/14/2009)
To handle that monster on a damp twisting course commands respect. The way it weaved from side to side slowing down passing the finishing line was incredible.
Jared 11:10PM (7/14/2009)
Cloud of smoke out the exhaust reminds me of a Speed3
MeiSooHaityu 12:43PM (7/14/2009)
And I thought Nascar cars looked nothing like their production counterpart :)
Very cool footage..
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ij70 12:47PM (7/14/2009)
+1
Lucas 12:57PM (7/14/2009)
Yeah, what about that is a Takoma? Name *one* thing ...aside from the badge.
dwightB 1:04PM (7/14/2009)
Surprisingly, it's not really THAT far off...
http://www.mertzperformance.com/images/max_truck2.jpg
http://image.sporttruck.com/f/damngina/7192387+w450+h338+cr0+re1+ar1/1998-toyota-tacoma-2.jpg
The Pikes Peak Tacoma was only about an inch shorter than the production truck but it was 6" wider.
dwightB 1:34PM (7/14/2009)
Lucas, what the hell is a "Takoma?"
why not the LS2LS7? 2:29PM (7/14/2009)
The Millen truck is a tube frame underneath. Count on it. It's not a Tacoma at all.
homunculus 12:45PM (7/14/2009)
what the crap is that?
that thing cancels out about 100 prii, priuses, priora
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Joce03 4:06PM (7/14/2009)
I thought black smoke was good for the environment!!!
hashiryu 6:07PM (7/14/2009)
Jesus H. Christ, it is a race car, and a retired one at that.....
steve-o 12:45PM (7/14/2009)
his bung hole musta got water tight real fast coming up on that Land Rover like that...i know mine was!
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dwightB 12:52PM (7/14/2009)
No way! This can't really be a Toyota. They don't have any race vehicles according to the comments you all post every single time a Toyota or Lexus is mentioned on here. :rolleyes:
/sarcasm
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bluheaven 12:55PM (7/14/2009)
If I remember correctly motor trend or one of the big 3 car mags had millen run that thing down the 1/4 mile on it's pikes peak dirt racing tires. It ran mid 9s.
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montoym 5:06PM (7/14/2009)
I remember that article, it was quite a while back(well, at least as far back as the Tacoma had that body style). I was pretty impressed with the time considering the dirt tires. But, if I recall, the engine is also rated to make like 800hp at 10k RPM. At sea level, who knows what it makes.
montoym 5:21PM (7/14/2009)
oops, I meant 10k ft of elevation, not 10k RPM.
sfast 12:20AM (7/15/2009)
I remember that artical as well. I'm left wondering what kind of tires he had on it for this run.
Mike 12:56PM (7/14/2009)
It looks like you could run another motor of what is blasting out of the tail pipe of that 4 cylinder. BMW used to make over 1,500 hp from a turbo charged I4. They used production blocks that had to come from a road cars with approx. 20,000 kilometers on it. Something to do with hardening the iron block before subjecting it to the forces of turbo charging.
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