---
title: "This is a 1JZ-Swapped Toyota Tacoma Drift Truck"
description: "Brian Nimmo brings his one-off creation to Hoonigan's Donut Garage."
date: "2018-07-30"
modified: "2020-03-15"
authors:
  - name: "Danny Korecki"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/danny-korecki"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/22494/this-is-a-1jz-swapped-toyota-tacoma-drift-truck"
categories:
  - "Builds"
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Toyota News"
  - "Trucks"
tags:
  - "drift"
  - "Drifting"
  - "Hoonigan"
  - "pickup"
  - "tacoma"
  - "Toyota"
---

# This is a 1JZ-Swapped Toyota Tacoma Drift Truck

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If you were to pick your perfect project car for drifting, you'd likely end up with one of the established options—older Nissans, maybe a BMW—but a Toyota pickup? That's...unique

For Hoonigan's most recent episode of *Build Breakdown,* they had [Pro-AM driver and Toyota drift enthusiast Brian Nimmo](<https://www.instagram.com/driftslayer>) stop by the Donut Garage with his Tacoma X-Runner drift truck. The Taco is not only unique for being a competition drifter, but also because the old engine was swapped out for a single turbo 1JZ engine. On 14.5 pounds of boost, the inline-six engine gives the X-Runner 320 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BleLKxugtHf

Nimmo bought the X-Runner brand new back in 2005 with only 3 miles on the odometer. After 13 years and an obviously extensive list of modifications, it's clear to see that Brian's committed to the oddball skid-mobile.

Fans of Hoonigan may recognize the drift truck as it's been featured by the crew before. A little over a year ago, the team worked with the Discovery Channel to produce a one-off, one episode show called *Car Saviors*. Nimmo's X-Runner made a cameo appearance as Hoonigan co-founder Brian Scotto and driver Andrew Comrie-Picard loaded up [the back of it with weights](<https://www.instagram.com/p/BTA4oSbjWg-/>) to slide around and test it out alongside a wacky Rolls-Royce drifter.

During his visit to Hoonigan HQ, and with very little peer pressure, Nimmo was convinced by the boys to stretch his truck's legs in the Donut Garage lot; burnouts, donuts, figure eights, you name it.

For more of the details, check out Hoonigan's newest episode of *Build Breakdown* below.

https://youtube.com/embed/JLAr7U57Y0w

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