--- title: "Wild Isuzu D-Max Diesel Pickup Has More Turbochargers Than Cylinders" description: "Not one, not two, not three, not four..." date: "2020-02-26" modified: "2020-02-26" authors: - name: "James Gilboy" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/32368/wild-isuzu-d-max-diesel-pickup-has-more-turbochargers-than-cylinders" categories: - "News" - "Trucks" --- # Wild Isuzu D-Max Diesel Pickup Has More Turbochargers Than Cylinders ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* One-percenters who drop $3 million on a [Bugatti Chiron]() may think they're the baddest, most-turbocharged Mother Hubbards on the road. They'd be wrong, though, because there's a fellow just outside Bangkok, Thailand whose diesel Isuzu pickup truck has more turbochargers than it does cylinders. YouTuber and photographer Chad Burdette of Chadbee Photography recently made a trip to Bangkok to visit some friends, and while there, he visited a shop whose demo vehicle is the aforementioned [Isuzu](), a third-generation D-Max pickup. This truck has Isuzu's 4JJ1-TCX engine, a 3.0-liter turbo-four that normally produces 187 horsepower and 330 pound-feet of torque, but with no fewer than five GReddy turbochargers and three bottles of nitrous oxide in the bed, this truck surely produces a boatload more. ![Quintuple-Turbo Isuzu D-Max Diesel Pickup]() *Quintuple-Turbo Isuzu D-Max Diesel Pickup* *, *Used with permission from Chad Burdette, Chadbee Photography** ![Quintuple-Turbo Isuzu D-Max Diesel Pickup]() *Quintuple-Turbo Isuzu D-Max Diesel Pickup* *, *Used with permission from Chad Burdette, Chadbee Photography** ![Quintuple-Turbo Isuzu D-Max Diesel Pickup]() *Quintuple-Turbo Isuzu D-Max Diesel Pickup* *, *Used with permission from Chad Burdette, Chadbee Photography** Unfortunately, no power or torque figures were reported as the language barrier prevented Burdette from learning much about this fiendish Isuzu. He managed to communicate that he wanted to take a short ride in the truck, which he got to film, showing that the truck has carbon fiber door skins, a partially stripped interior, and admirably, a six-speed manual. During the ride, the truck constantly burps soot, and while *The Drive* doesn't normally condone [rolling coal](), we'll grant an exception for a build this unique. https://youtube.com/embed/MkSn3DUmAlg The quintuple-turbo Isuzu ridealong lasts only a few minutes, and in that time, we don't get to witness the full-boost pull everyone so desperately wants to see. But if there's one thing we can learn from this truck, it's that Texas is slacking—we haven't heard of an octuple-turbo [Ford F-350](), have we? Step up your game, Lone Star State. *Got a tip? Send us a note: tips@thedrive.com* ## Author James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids." ### Author social links [Instagram]()