Can This New Sump Prototype Transform the 300 Series? First Look!

[@tombell410]

Great to see the progress on the enlarged sump.Have you considered an oil drain valve and an extension hose so that you don't have to remove the bash plate at oil change time.With the 5000km oil change intervals I can see the situation where oil will have to be changed with out the use of a hoist.Removing the bash plate could be a pain in this situation Cheers Ross

[@AlexSwan]

Bash plates have to be removed regardless to access the oil filter

[@andretorben9995]

So you pay $150 grand for a new toyota and then have to modify it so it doesn't destroy itself. Sounds like a well designed vehicle.

[@LVNITUPM8]

Bye bye to all warranty aswell

[@mattw1393]

In all fairness this is for pushing the vehicle beyond what Toyota intended.

[@mortifiedpenquin]

They only destroy themselves when you flash tune them

[@DrewFixIt]

The issue is that people are pushing these drivelines beyond what the manufacturer designed them for! I don’t understand why people don’t just buy a RAM?

[@mattw1393]

@@DrewFixIt because American. Because no nationwide support.

[@troopy7834]

Great to see your passion and engineering to try to make Toyota's more suited to Australian conditions and what we use them for. However I am a little concerned about Toyota warranty being affected or even totally void. Have you guys got a solution for that too ?? Keep up the great work and content.

[@terrytapper9424]

Unfortunately it will void the warranty as you are modifying from the original design, Toyota will use any excuse to get out of paying. But once out of warranty I’ll be 100% fitting one.

[@JustAutosMechanical]

@@troopy7834 yes we are working on this also

[@markmcmillan5728]

Void the warranty?

[@AlexSwan]

Good effort. Be interesting to see the data. But yeah… Goodbye warranty.

[@CDI.Motorsport]

Awesome 🔥👌

[@trevorbrann2640]

Toyota stuffed up after they stopped making vehicles with the 1HD-FTE

[@robincollis6349]

Agree I would have loved to have seen that engine developed with common rail maybe a second or vgt turbocharger a twin cam setup opposed to the rocker setup it had and with the time that engine been around they would have known what to change internally to make it compete performance/economy wise with the euros but much more dependable

[@reelflare7828]

Just pull the thing out and put a duramax in it

[@Peugeot_Lion_Atelier]

Yeah and deal with $15-$20,000 of injectors when they pack it in or an undersized oil cooler. Or an EGR system that’s a known failure or an seriously expensive DPF. Get out with the dumb yank tanks the you have trouble getting parts for.

[@carlmenzel8744]

Jeez they really don't have much of an oil sump do they even your bigger sump to me is on the smaller side for what id feel was big enough.

[@AlexSwan]

6.2L oil capacity and an oil filter the size of what my ride on mower uses.

[@davetunbridge6637]

@@AlexSwanyeah even my dinosaur 1HZ holds about 10litres and has a decent sized filter

[@stevegordon-hall2732]

Think you will need to have deep pockets to fix all the problems with the 300. Maybe the best solution would be not to buy one end of problems.

[@zachchay9541]

Love how Toyota people think there the best cars in the world yet you need to spend 10s of thousands on an already 130k plus car to make it “good”

[@deanriley5690]

70 series is perfect. Also there and they're are different 😊

[@carlmenzel8744]

That's all cars especially now none are perfect all companies are cutting corners.

[@brownhairydog6472]

​@@deanriley5690I see what you did their

[@oldbloke100]

what a joke, toyota fan boy's, hahaha

[@andretorben9995]

They used to be good but now its about budgets and dollars.

[@art-is-lazy4509]

Interesting, isn't it just easier and cheaper to buy an American F truck, if y'all towing heavy down under? I hear they are avaiable now and cheaper than those landcruisers to buy.

[@matthewphair2469]

Sorry what an overpriced lump of shit. Then there is the 100000 odd engine replacements for the petrol in the US. Toyota always produced an underpowered yet reliable motor that is embarrassing.

[@mice6390]

Buy electric. Combustion gone soon.

[@Rsvmick1]

What are you gunna plug it in to ya muppet? A tree.