Tuning the Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon
When tuning your Land Cruiser Amazon it is important that you get it right so follow our Land Cruiser Amazon tuning overview and see which the best modifications are.
Available in standard form with power of upto 237bhp (depending on the year), so this goes to show the tuning potential of the Land Cruiser Amazon. From this you can increase the power from anywhere between 260.7bhp to 402.9bhp and this would take a lot more than just bolting on a massive exhaust and adding a go faster stripe.
For serious power hikes like this you would need to look at rebores, porting and polishing and add into the mix a hefty dose of forced induction.
The Car Tuning Guide suggest that if you have a lower powered version you should do an engine swap with a ’237bhp Amazons’. The more powerful Land Cruiser Amazons respond exceptionally well to tuning mods. Top of your list for tuning mods will be a sports exhaust system, a fuel boost valve (for a snappy throttle response) and a good quality induction kit.
A fast road cam will make quite a difference to the peak power of your Land Cruiser Amazon. Internal engine modifications that should be high up on your list would be polishing and porting the head.
The Land Cruiser Amazons come in various power levels right up to 237bhp as per the Amazon If you apply a few tuning mods to this model of Land Cruiser Amazon you will see power gains from anywhere between 260.7bhp to 402.9bhp. But this sort of power requires some pretty heavy investment and a hell of a lot of engine work. .
Forced induction Land Cruiser Amazons respond exceptionally well to tuning mods especially remaps, also add an intercooler to your mod list. The most powerful Land Cruiser Amazon has a healthy 237 bhp. In a competition setting you may well, with some forced induction, reboring and other major work see power figures between 308.1 bhp to 450.3bhp with mods we have outlined above.) Many Land Cruiser Amazon owners improve the handling of their cars with slightly stiffer springs. To avoid other problems you should lower the car no more than 36mm.
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