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6 July 2018

This 40 Series Land Cruiser has the 10.4L V8 heart of a semi

By Iain KellyIain Kelly
  • Just looks like an ordinary Land Cruiser. (image credit: Reaper Performance Diesel) Just looks like an ordinary Land Cruiser. (image credit: Reaper Performance Diesel)
  • Holy cow! How did they fit that in there? (image credit: Reaper Performance Diesel) Holy cow! How did they fit that in there? (image credit: Reaper Performance Diesel)

This may look like any other 40 Series Toyota Land Cruiser ute, but it is hiding a gigantic 10.4L Caterpillar diesel V8!

Built by Reaper Performance Diesel in West Australia this regular-sized monster truck rides on a 100 Series Land Cruiser chassis. But we can only imagine the work required to fit the ginormous #3208 Caterpillar 10.4-litre engine!

Formerly housed in a Ford Louisville water tanker, there is no word on how much power the 636ci turbo-diesel makes but it would make so much torque that really doesn't matter!

Iain Kelly is the revhead behind The Creators Online.

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