2009 titan?

**helomech** · 03-03-2008, 09:14 PM

A friend from work has a titan, and was at the dealer today. He said the service guy told him the titan will get a different engine a 6 liter with 400 hp. The dealer told him there is no literature out on it yet, and they were building it to beat the tundra.

KINGMADE · 03-03-2008, 09:16 PM

If anyone has the room to build a massive horsepower motor... even with the strict new laws about mpg's... it would be nissan, becuase of slow truck sales.

I don't believe it though.

Yellomantis · 03-03-2008, 09:21 PM

They gotta do something to boost sales.... They're obviously not investing in advertising like they should.

pedalhappy1053 · 03-03-2008, 09:22 PM

I would trade in my my truck for one of them 400 pony "super-TITAN'S"

**helomech** · 03-03-2008, 09:26 PM

I am just passing on second hand info, i might go ride by the dealer tomorrow to get the info first hand.

kttnmthking · 03-03-2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellomantis

They gotta do something to boost sales.... They're obviously not investing in advertising like they should.

yeah i dont understand the lack of advertising, the truck can out compete the big 3. it would help with aftermarket parts too

hooligan · 03-03-2008, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by helomech

A friend from work has a titan, and was at the dealer today. He said the service guy told him the titan will get a different engine a 6 liter with 400 hp. The dealer told him there is no literature out on it yet, and they were building it to beat the tundra.

i wouldn't doubt it. dodge has the 6.1L hemi, they're thinking of incorporating into the new 09 Ram later in the model year, chebby has the 6.0L already, Ferd is currently working on the 6.3L Boss motor v8, so a VK60 with DOHC VVTI with a silky smooth 6sp tranny, has got to be another Big 4 Killer!!!

**helomech** · 03-03-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by hooligan

i wouldn't doubt it. dodge has the 6.1L hemi, they're thinking of incorporating into the new 09 Ram later in the model year, chebby has the 6.0L already, Ferd is currently working on the 6.3L Boss motor v8, so a VK60 with DOHC VVTI with a silky smooth 6sp tranny, has got to be another Big 4 Killer!!!

Man that would make it hard to keep my 05.

hooligan · 03-03-2008, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by helomech

Man that would make it hard to keep my 05.

tell me about it... i see the PROfx4 and i'm envious but i'm attached to my 04 for life... she's a keeper and unless the wife is wanting a VK60 bad or i strike oil in the backyard i ain't getting one...

Kooshtaka · 03-04-2008, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by hooligan

tell me about it... i see the PROfx4 and i'm envious but i'm attached to my 04 for life... she's a keeper and unless the wife is wanting a VK60 bad or i strike oil in the backyard i ain't getting one...

Don't be too envious of the PROfx4. They are nice, but you can't get the same options on it as you used to. Man you can't even get the same options i have on my truck anymore. Infact i haven't seen/heard any other titans having the same combo of options.

but i think that the new direction that nissan needs to take is in making the Titan more fuel efficient. It is a truck yes and yes there are trade-offs between mpg and power, but maybe nissan can come up with a better compromise between the two with out sacrificing power... wishful thinking probably but ya never know... haha

hooligan · 03-04-2008, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Kooshtaka

Don't be too envious of the PROfx4. They are nice, but you can't get the same options on it as you used to. Man you can't even get the same options i have on my truck anymore. Infact i haven't seen/heard any other titans having the same combo of options.

but i think that the new direction that nissan needs to take is in making the Titan more fuel efficient. It is a truck yes and yes there are trade-offs between mpg and power, but maybe nissan can come up with a better compromise between the two with out sacrificing power... wishful thinking probably but ya never know... haha

well from the few i've had the opportunity to check out, its 10x better in terms of interior quality over my 04. seats are better, stitching is better, the plastic trim is beautiful and better, to sum it up the entire interior is better! as for fuel-economy if cylinder deactivation in the hemi motor shows that fuel economy isn't much better than if it just straight ran all cylinders. unless Nissan built a turbo-charger to attach to the vk56 to yield more power with the same fuel-economy or better would be great!!

**Juday** · 03-04-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by helomech

A friend from work has a titan, and was at the dealer today. He said the service guy told him the titan will get a different engine a 6 liter with 400 hp. The dealer told him there is no literature out on it yet, and they were building it to beat the tundra.

Gasoline or Diesel? My assumption would be gasoline, but there are many of us out there praying for the diesel.

TecheTitan · 03-04-2008, 08:48 AM

Awwwwww crap, and just when I'm getting mine set up how I like it.....if it is true I will have to make the trade!

harrolldean · 03-04-2008, 09:22 AM

that would be awesome. i'm extremely anxious to see the next big change for the titan. i took my wife's versa in for an oil change and tried to probe the service manager (as usual) and he didn't have any info. All he could tell me was he was about to build a no fear titan w/ one of the pro-4x's on the lot.

**helomech** · 03-04-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Juday

Gasoline or Diesel? My assumption would be gasoline, but there are many of us out there praying for the diesel.

My friend said it was a gas engine.