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Originally Posted by cnielsen
I had the 4Runner up in West Seattle last night going house shopping with a friend. We were on these little steep windy roads traversing the hillsides...and the Runner did fantastic! Going down the steep hills, just put it in first, let out the clutch...there is enough compression there to keep you crawling down the hill without using your brakes. Then going up steep hills, you can lug it up in 2nd and it just powers right along. You can tell it makes 100% of its torque right off idle...there is no need to ever rev this motor above 2000RPM! And the sound echoing off the house fronts was addicting.
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Great to hear. I absolutely get this. I feel the same way about my diesel ML. The huge torque and the fact that the engine is never stressed makes for a whole different driving experience. It feels like you could drive up vertical walls. This is particularly cool in mountainous terrain, where my ML seems to leave everyone else very far behind. Also love the mileage. I've owned a lot of cars and I have to say if I could own only one it would be the diesel ML. Best all-around car I've ever owned.
Sorry for the hi-jack.
Very cool swap and I commend you for it. You'll have a ton of fun with that truck.