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TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 300 SAHARA 300 SAHARA

POWERTRAIN & PERFORMANCE

ALL LandCruiser 300s are powered by a 3.3-litre twin-turboV6 diesel engine that makes 700Nm of torque and 227kW of power, so it has higher outputs than the oldV8 diesel engine.

An interesting thing about the design of this engine is that it is a ‘Hot-V’ design. This means that the exhaust manifolds and the turbochargers are mounted in theV between the cylinder heads, and the intake manifolds are on the outside of the engine. This helps to make the engine more compact and puts the turbochargers closer to the exhausts ports to reduce lag.

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