Truth Be Told

This was a truth discovery mission. We took a 2018 Toyota Tacoma 3.5L manual truck to the dyno to find the truth, and break lies.

A Toyota OEM 04A72 Calibration, OV2.0 SFOB (Regular) & (Premium), KDMax Pro, KDMax Pro 10.0, YW Blackhawk (Regular) & (Premium), OTT 9.0 were all run on the dyno on the same truck, the same day, on the same fuel, without being unstrapped from the dyno.

As we’ll demonstrate, and with appropriate testing protocols in place, none of the commonly cited ‘variables’ many of the Toyota tuners claim really matter. While we do acknowledge different dyno manufactures do/can read differently to the DynoJet, it is widely established the DynoJet is the benchmark and industry standard for good reason.

To be perfectly clear our objective was to either validate or disprove the dyno claims made by KDMAX for their newly released 10.0 files based on the claims posted regarding the performance of their newly released tune on 87 Octane.

To be fair to all parties, and to answer the question every Tacoma owner wants to know, but many are afraid to ask, we decided to put all the cards on the table for the public to see. Whether our testing validated or disproved the KDMax claims, it was only fair to test everything under the sun and let the truth be told once and for all. Files were purchased by the vehicle owner prior to testing, and made available for testing purposes.


The KDMax Claim

KDMax claims 20Hp and 33lb-ft over Stock on 87 Octane fuel. We’ll put that to the test.

Establishing a Baseline

Our first dyno chart shows 3 back-to-back pulls of the truck to establish our baseline.
This truck is consistent and performs on par with other 3G Tacoma’s that have been tested elsewhere across the country by various entities. See for yourself by Googling “3G Tacoma Dyno” and click on “Images”.