Watch An Old Soviet Truck Out-Drag A Porsche Cayman

There's some epic trolling going on, here, as an engine-swapped Russian ZIL-130 truck takes to a track to humiliate a Porsche Cayman - and a BMW M2
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The Russian ZIL-130 truck was a mighty Jack of all trades, built for almost 30 years until being replaced in 1994.

It can haul dirt, building materials, scrap, bulk liquids or even missiles, if you have a few that need moving to somewhere more strategic. What it can’t usually do is out-drag more or less any other type of road-going vehicle. This one, though, is a bit different.

Watch An Old Soviet Truck Out-Drag A Porsche Cayman

The original 6.0-litre V8 may have been under-stressed, easy to repair and capable of a million miles between services, but speed is something that eludes ordinary versions of the 4.3-tonne truck. However, thanks to the nutcases at AcademyG, this one has had ‘some work’ done. Here is a good time for us to hammer our fists down on the ‘understatement’ klaxon.

Various parts look to have been swapped for lighter equivalents, and, rather importantly, a huge section seems to have been chopped out of the middle to create a sort of cut-and-shut short-wheelbase ZIL-130. Weight saving, bro. Russian style.

Watch An Old Soviet Truck Out-Drag A Porsche Cayman

Then there’s the other key change. Under the bonnet is the V8 from a crashed BMW X5 M. A little tuning work and hey presto, it’s up to a claimed 700bhp. Combined with the weight savings and permanent all-wheel drive the truck has found a significant turn of speed.

Across several heats the ZIL clearly asserts its dominance over the Porsche. We have to take the video creators on trust that they really were pushing the Cayman to its maximum, but an M2 also features – and gets utterly humiliated thanks to a terrible, wheel-spinning start. Trolling or not, this is a brisk truck.

Source: Autoevolution

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CasualG

My grandfather had one, the suspension is horrible

10/24/2018 - 21:03 |
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Advanced Handling Flags

We need more things like this

10/24/2018 - 22:32 |
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Foxx

TRI PALOSKI
TRI PA
TRI PALOSKI

10/24/2018 - 23:07 |
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Kenji (Oldsmobile Fan) (GoldWing Enthusiast) (wheel nut)

Papa Stalin is probably proud

10/25/2018 - 07:27 |
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Yuriy Baliuk

The bed was re-manufactured from fibreglass to look stock

10/26/2018 - 10:51 |
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Jonathan Claus Hendra 2.0 (still the best racer in West Coas

When a Russian mechanic is really drunk on vodka, this is what he do.

I can say this is amazing. Just wait until Engine Swap Depot recap this.

10/28/2018 - 01:20 |
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Anonymous

I think there can be better tasks for the truck than a racing competition with a Porsche. She can bring you a lot of money in fact. For example if you buy a used Iveco truck https://www.truck1.eu/trucks/tippers/iveco-380e42-8x6-zf-full-steel-a3364436.html and offer your services to a construction company or to municipal organizations for disposing of snow, sand and other debris, your input to the life of people will be much more valuable.

06/17/2019 - 20:24 |
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