Two of the Legendex crew reading a power trace on the dyno screen in the workshop

Performance · stages

Toyota 1GD⁠-⁠FTV 2.8L

Toyota Hilux N80 2015 on · Toyota Prado 150 Series (GDJ150) 2015–2024 · Toyota Prado 250 Series (GDJ250) 2024 on · Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series (GDJ76/78/79) 2023 on · Toyota Fortuner 2015 on

All dyno results

What this engine has actually gained

One chart per version of the engine, because the same code is not the same job. The years and the vehicle it went into change what it makes standard and what there is to find. Each chart is a single vehicle: a standard run the day it arrived, and the best run after the work, in 4th gear.

2.8L 1GD-FTV, Hilux pre-2020

2015–2019

Measured on our dyno

Road speed in km/h

Tuned, measured
Standard

90 → 127 kW at the wheels

Hover or tap the chart to read both curves at any speed.

The standard run and the tuned run are one vehicle, measured at the wheels on our own dyno, corrected to DD ATMC3 (factor 1.039), 37°C ambient, 2WD, both in 4th gear.

Best result: +37.5 kW+41.7%

This vehicle’s own before and after, whatever stage it ended up at. It is not a promise for a particular stage, and your 4WD is not this 4WD.

2.8L 1GD-FTV, Hilux 2020-2021

2020–2021

Measured on our dyno

Road speed in km/h

Tuned, measured
Standard

86 → 118 kW at the wheels

Hover or tap the chart to read both curves at any speed.

The standard run and the tuned run are one vehicle, measured at the wheels on our own dyno, corrected to DD ATMC3 (factor 1.005), 31°C ambient, 2WD, both in 4th gear.

Best result: +31.6 kW+36.8%

This vehicle’s own before and after, whatever stage it ended up at. It is not a promise for a particular stage, and your 4WD is not this 4WD.

2.8L 1GD-FTV, Hilux 2022 on

2022 on

Measured on our dyno

Road speed in km/h

Tuned, measured
Standard

113 → 143 kW at the wheels

Hover or tap the chart to read both curves at any speed.

The standard run and the tuned run are one vehicle, measured at the wheels on our own dyno, corrected to DD ATMC3 (factor 1.144), 23°C ambient, 2WD, both in 4th gear.

Best result: +30.8 kW+27.4%

This vehicle’s own before and after, whatever stage it ended up at. It is not a promise for a particular stage, and your 4WD is not this 4WD.

We have measured too few of these to publish a chart yet: 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Prado pre-2020; 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Fortuner pre-2020; 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Prado 150 Series, 2020 on; 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Prado 250 Series; 2.8L 1GD-FTV, 70 Series; 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Fortuner 2020 on. Ask and we will tell you what we have seen on the bed.

The stages

Stage 1

adds service, intake clean, exhaust and tune

from $3,320.00parts, tune and servicing, everything in Stage 1

Get a fitted quote

Service, clean and breathe. We service the engine properly, chemically clean the intake and EGR, fit the exhaust, then write a map to the engine as it actually is on the day: fuel, timing and boost read off our own dyno rather than off a file somebody emailed us.

Most of what you feel is low down, between 1,500 and 2,500 rpm, which is where a loaded 4WD lives on a hill or in sand. It stays road legal provided the exhaust is DPF-back where the vehicle has a DPF.

What this stage addsfrom $750.00 of parts

Exhaust (one of 2, depending on your vehicle)

Big Boy DPF‑Back to suit Hilux 2.8L 2016 on$750.00
Big Boy DPF‑Back to suit 2023 on 79 Series Dual Cab$890.00

The work in the price

Custom Dyno Tune, Stage 1 and 2$1,250.00
4WD Minor Service$660.00
Intake and EGR chemical clean, single manifold$660.00

Stage 1, 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Hilux pre-2020

Projected from our own dyno

Road speed in km/h

Tuned, projected
Standard

90 → 109 kW at the wheels

Hover or tap the chart to read both curves at any speed.

The standard run below it is one 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Hilux pre-2020, measured at the wheels on our own dyno, corrected to DD ATMC3 (factor 1.039), 37°C ambient, 2WD, in 4th gear.

The upper curve is 50% of what that same 4WD gained: the share a calibration carries before the exhaust and the intercooler go on. We dyno a vehicle as it arrives and again when the work is done, never once per stage, so this rung is worked out rather than measured.

Stage 2 Power

adds intake, for power

from $4,715.00parts, tune and servicing, everything in Stage 2 PowerStage 1 + $1,395.00

Get a fitted quote

Stage 1 plus the intake.

The measured vehicle. The nearest result our dyno has measured for Stage 2 Power is the 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Hilux pre-2020 chart above.

What this stage adds$1,395.00 of parts, on top of Stage 1

Intake

GTurbo 1GD‑FTV Power-Pipe$1,395.00

The work in the price

Custom Dyno Tune, Stage 1 and 2$1,250.00
4WD Minor Service$660.00
Intake and EGR chemical clean, single manifold$660.00

Stage 2 Towing

would add intercooler and transmission cooler, for towing

Get a fitted quote

No intercooler or transmission cooler is listed in this stage for the 1GD-FTV. Ask us. There may be another way to get there.

The work in the price

Custom Dyno Tune, Stage 1 and 2$1,250.00
4WD Minor Service$660.00
Intake and EGR chemical clean, single manifold$660.00

Stage 3

adds high-flow injectors and a bigger turbo

from $11,035.00parts, tune and servicing, everything in Stage 3Stage 2 Power + $6,320.00

Get a fitted quote

The point where the hardware sets the ceiling instead of the map. High-flow injectors put in more fuel than the factory ones can pass, and a larger turbo puts in enough air to burn it cleanly rather than making smoke.

This is a fitting job with a tune around it, not a bolt-on. It wants supporting work (cooling, clutch or converter, sometimes the fuel pump) and we will say so before anything comes apart.

What this stage adds$6,320.00 on top of Stage 2 Power

The parts below+$5,880.00
Stage 3 tune in place of Stage 2 Power's+$440.00

Injectors

Toyota Hilux 1GD‑FTV Injectors Service and High Flow (Exchange service)+30%$2,890.00

Turbo

Toyota Hilux/Prado 2.8 1GD‑FTV GD‑G250 TitanG250$2,990.00

The work in the price

Custom Dyno Tune, Stage 3$1,690.00
4WD Minor Service$660.00
Intake and EGR chemical clean, single manifold$660.00

Stage 3, 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Hilux pre-2020

Projected from GTurbo's published figures

Road speed in km/h

Tuned, projected
Standard

90 → 170 kW at the wheels

Hover or tap the chart to read both curves at any speed.

The standard run below it is one 2.8L 1GD-FTV, Hilux pre-2020, measured at the wheels on our own dyno, corrected to DD ATMC3 (factor 1.039), 37°C ambient, 2WD, in 4th gear.

The upper curve is our own tuned run for this engine, drawn to GTurbo's published 170 kW at the wheels for this hardware with the rest of the stage on the 4WD.

GTurbo quote 650 Nm for the same build; torque here is shown on our dyno's scale.

Stage 4

would add larger injectors and a larger turbo again

Get a fitted quote

Stage 4 for the 1GD-FTV is quoted by the workshop, not sold as a package. Ask us. There may be another way to get there.

The work in the price

Custom Dyno Tune, Stage 4$2,450.00
4WD Minor Service$660.00
Intake and EGR chemical clean, single manifold$660.00

Before you choose a stage

Stage 1 and 2 stay road legal provided the exhaust is DPF-back where the vehicle has a DPF. Anything that touches the DPF is not road legal and is sold for off-road, closed-circuit and private property use. We will tell you which side of that line your build sits on before any work starts.

GTurbo offer G250, G300 for this engine, and injectors at +30%. A bigger step than the stages above is a conversation, not a checkout.

Where to next

Put your rego in the builder. It works out which of these parts fit your vehicle rather than your engine code.
Every dyno result we publish. The other engines and models, same rules.
Suspension and GVM. Power a loaded 4WD cannot put down is power you paid for twice.
Servicing and the intake clean. Stage 1 starts here, and on a high-kilometre engine it has to.
Ask us what yours would do