Rod Millen's Pikes Peak Toyota Tacoma Hits the Dyno and the Track!
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
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Earlier this year when it was announced that Rod Millen would be returning to Pikes Peak in his 2x winning Toyota Tacoma, I knew I needed to get in contact with him and his son, Rhys, to go over their plans for the 100th running of the famous hill climb. Back in April, I was able to visit their shop to go through an initial breakdown of the car with Rod that you can watch here:
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This time, I caught up with them at the Dyno and at the track as they made their final preparations.
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The quintessential HillClimb Monster 👌
When I see your channels videos I think of Rods Yotas
Yessssss I watch your channel!!!!!!!
Couldn't agree more.
I love the slap in the face to American Dyno Jet “fudge the numbers to make everyone feel happy, …the American way” 😂
best bit it was said by an American.
Americans be watching Australian dyno videos like "why is it only making 500HP?"
after the first video, i went to ebay & got myself a hot wheels version of the pikes peak taco 💪🔥
Respect
The Kiwis are a very underrated country of motorsport gurus
Respect 👊🏽
Thanks man 👊
"It was a combination of Toluène and Isooctane and some chemicals you cant get now " i wish Rod gave the full reciepe 🤣🤣
Might be Tetraethyllead or Methyl tert-butyl ether and Benzene, all are banned compounds.
Methamphetamine 😅
RODS SHIRT IS SPOT ON
The first thing to draw my attention 🤣🤣🤣
I’d be curious to see a more in-depth dive into the 503E engine. Maybe an old Toyota crew member or engineer will be present at some point. It would be cool to see what tech Toyota did in the 80’s that translated into newer engines.
Its basically rnd/test block at toyota before 3sgte goes into production...
Iirc it never went into mass production and only available as trd race engine programme during its days...
@@AmirPomen Correct the 503E was never a production motor, but didn't stop Toyota from publishing in magazines calling it a 3SGTE, lol. In a tear down there's nearly nothing similar to a 3S from a 503E, only thing I know that is the same is the bolt pattern for the bell housing. Like how different 503Es were it's easy to see with the heads having its own coolant manifold plumbed into the head, I don't really know of many motors or any production motor that ran a coolant manifold to the heads, at least not after 1980.
This Tacoma is engrained in my teenage memories, I remember getting up early to watch them race on TV and being amazed at their speed up the mountain. So awesome for you to be able to have this experience and share it w/ the rest of us. Thanks, Larry!
This scratched a 25 yr old itch I forgot I had. Larry this just brought me back to childhood.
So awesome, My grandfather was Mel Egen from New Zealand he grew up with these guys. Flying out to Colorado tomorrow for the 100th! Also can’t wait for Leadfoot festival in New Zealand that it’s opening back up.
Rod Millen is the legend. Need to meet the guy, i'd talk his ears off about his old rotaries.
EPIC. I remember this truck from when I was a kid. This was the pinnacle of Pikes Peak.
This car was life changing for me.. Cant believe it was that long ago...Respect!
Couldn't be happier to watch a video again 👍👍👍 Thanks for fixing the end Larry! Glad you didn't lose your footage
This is by far my favorite race car. I wasn’t following the Pikes Peak 100th anniversary very closely until I heard that Rod and his team were waking up the Tacoma for the race. Beautiful
What a legend, the single seat is just the icing on the cake
Pray for good weather this weekend
Well your prayers weren't very effective, were they ? 🤣
Thank you Larry for the re upload!
Superb content here Lazza! Greetings from the home of Millen, New Zealand!
This havs always been my absolute favorite car to climb Pikes Peak!! Thank you Larry for following this rebirth and showing us all that has been involved in doing so. Thank you to the Millens for bringing it back!! I wish I had been there to see it run!!
Love these videos! You’re the best mr Larry Chen for sharing these moments with the community.
Great video! I remember first seeing Rod's Celica at Goodwood and thinking that was a monster, then when he came out with the Tacoma it was a whole new level. Rod always drove like he stole it! A certified legend in my eyes.
Would love to see them refresh the Celica also!! Especially with a modern Turbo
Oh hell yeah, dude this is rad Larry!! I’m so glad you were able to film this.
Larry turns Italian when he interviews.... those hand gestures lol
The body work gives me RC car vibes - love it
Looking forward to seeing the results on the mountain. So cool to see this truck brought back to racing with the new Millen budget. Hats off to them.
just love following this story, thanks Larry. This Tacoma is just brutal, raw, so well engineered
can't wait for the mountain run!
I love the work that went into bringing this car back to the track.
The hoonipigasus was nearly stock underneath the fancy bodywork. This is for sure more advanced
Saw you at Pikes Peak today. You were RUNNING getting all the shots. Was really cool seeing you cover the event.
First video I ever downloaded on a 28k modem was of this screaming through the lower sections of Pikes peak. The download took about 2 days 🤣
What a mad machine. Love it. Choo choo's like a champ.
This truck still brings back good memories for me and it's just such a fascinating machine with a heck of a driver to boot.
that thing doesnt stop revving!
Haha. I like how they mention it's mainly about the noise and the nostalgic hat will be the run. Rod is a race car driver, he will push it and the run will be something to watch!
I would love to see the Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak car run the mountain again like this. That would be epic!
I want the Cultus more than the Escudo, but that's only because I considered it a more wild design, and it's twin engined. 😎👍
It's comming in gran turismo 7 virtually hopefully the pikes peak track
Larry, sometime later, can you do the same kind of technical review video, but for the Celica ?
Rod Millen, kiwi legend! 👊🇳🇿
Coolest outro on the tube 😎
Hats off to that Dyno.
This thing deserves all the likes.
That Tacoma Is Crazy Fast 9500 Rpm And 666 HP I Want To Hear It
this is my Fav hillclimb car in DIRT 3
W O W that revved higher than I thought it would!
Awesome series
I will forever remember this car. ESPN, and GranTourismo. Despite that, it would be a hard sell for me to believe modern fuels are in any sort of way superior to the lead based racing fuels available in the 90s. That sweet, sweet smelling 112 leaded UniCal, is also engraved in my memory. My Chevelle ran so good on it.
Nice! I was wondering what was up with the end brother! Keep up the good WORK!
I'm so glad this vehicle is making a comeback. I have been using the Pikes Peak Celica as my wallpaper on my tablet for years because I like the look more but I still can't get enough of the Tacoma. Keep up the good work Larry👍
That laughing of the other guy when the dynoman emerged from the cockpit... 😂😂😂😂
Arguably the best engine ever Toyota 3SGTE
I loved and hated this car. Loved it for it being 1000hp of 4cyl fury. Hated it because I preferred Rod's Celica and because it beat Monster Tajima's Escudo. 😂👍
Monster tajima later destroyed his record I think 🤔
@@olavofernandes7286 no the record stood for 15 years untill the road was fully packed
Great build, cant wait to see it run!
What an epic beast of a car! I always wondered why they chose a Tacoma as the base. Was it a marketing decision by Toyota, or was it the four wheel drive, as it was still running on dirt?
So glad to see this come back, I loved driving this up Pikes Peak in the Dirt games.
Marketing more at the time. The Celica program didn't translate over in America for sales, especially since Toyota USA didn't get the ST205 Celica GT-Four and Toyota only built 2500 of those for WRC homologation globally and not a car more. Japan got 2100, Europe got 300 of those, and even down under, we only got 82 total (77 in Aus, 5 in NZ) of that 2500, the remaining 18 went to other markets globally. 80% of them are still in Japan. 👍
@@MafiaboysWorld Thanks for the info, I had no idea. It's a shame Toyota never shipped many of the Celica's to other markets, but why would they, it probably sold like hot cakes in Japan.
They must be worth a pretty penny today.
@@Yvolve #77 of our Aus delivered ones is up for $90K with 170,000kms on it, #52 for 68K with almost 280,000kms on it 😬, and a couple of the 2100 JDM ones are here for similar money. 👍
Oh that compressor surge as it loads on the dyno...
Would be crazy to see full development thrown at this to see how close it would run next to a brand new build ie Hoonipigassus.
Whiskey helps
I couldn't agree more
LEGEND!
I know a lot of racing cars do this....but calling that thing a "Tacoma" is particularly hilarious.
I was really waiting for this video
thx for showing HP figures
I grew up watching this taco and celica battling the monster suzuki...
Actually i was hoping the escudo come as well for the 100th aniversary....
Too bad they didnt come 😓
the numbers are great but the noise is better.
I'm getting a Tacoma, lowering it and a spoiler. I should be pretty close to this spec.
Am I the only one that is thinking they took the dodge prototype from the 80's movie the wraith?? It looks identical just not black and is even old turbo tech!!!!! The wraith said turbo on it 😆🤣 I bet that thing is so fast! That's so cool! Love this channel you always cover the coolest cars man
Not at all.
Magic
After the race, this is now my all time favorite car. It was in the top 5, but after seeing it run- it is hands down my favorite. The escudo just lost that title lol
666 the horsepower of the beast.
This appears to be a fine piece, but don't piss down my leg and claim "it's a Tacoma" LOL
Brother has worked with these guys at Pikes
hell yeah bro this its sick
This is one of the craziest dyno videos I have ever seen. Hahahahahah
TIL this thing ran on a Toluene mixture... YIKES
Cool video.. I’d love to watch it Without Your Hand in it!!!
BTW where can I buy Rod’s Tshirt?! 😃💛#whiskeyhelps
Would be cool if they tuned it with a newer generation turbo on it
Hello from CO! i got a 21' taco...i'd kill to test my kansas country roads drive skills in this, maybe cut up my truck? lol i wish...maybe some day
17:00 lol it's a beast
That's the difference between an enthusiast and a racer, a racer dynos their car only when it's having issues, or originally being tuned
That was a short run on dyno. 8200 RPM He should have taken in higher and for a few seconds. I think the number is higher than 666. You san hear it slipping around mid run. It's like a chatter.
You hear the turbo surging. Not slipping
@@helldiablo8471 Is that what I'm hearing? Strange. Other than I can't type. It's that noise starts about mid run and goes away near the end? Yeah it's the turbo after hearing it again.
Man I was 75% through watching this when it was posted yesterday then it got set as private. What gives?
Yea he uploaded this vid yesterday
@@technicbuilder6410 comment below said the ending was messed up. Glad he got it fixed.
I LOVE IT WHAT A COOL MOTOR .
Awesome!
Man, I was halfway through it and then it disappeared!
Coolest race truck ever
Re upload? Why?
Some dyno-sauce would help that tire slip
love to see what would be faster, the toyota in its prime, or kens new porsche
I’d be willing to bet the Toyota just playing around will shock a lot of people …
that thing is a monster in wolves clothing
sweet. is the suzuki escudo or cusco running also?
Life the Millen's and their motorsport lagacy! I coulnd't hear if they said what engine its running, can someone tell me?
Total BAS! (bad-ass s**t)
Hard to get parts??? I would expect you guys to just make them.
That blow off sound 😍😍😍
Thats not a Tacoma, it's a go cart.
awesome
The Kiwi hammer
Why the re upload hoons been doing same
I don’t know what some people are whining about, “dat not a tacoma”. It’s very obviously a mostly stock Toyota Tacoma with a few choice bolt-ons.
Decent troll attempt.. 6.5/10 from me, boss.
666. Pray he doesn't crash 🙏
"500. Ha!!"🤣