Steve's adds action SsangYong's Actyon bakkie

Published Apr 25, 2007

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Korean 4x4 automaker SsangYong recently launched a funky turbodiesel, the Actyon Sports bakkie, for folk who prefer something different in their garage and now Steve's Auto Clinic has the goods to give it more perfomance.

The bakkie's standard two-litre turbodiesel engine produces a healthy 104kW at 4000rpm and 310Nm at 2400 but has to haul almost two tons of metal (not to mention passengers) and suffers from the dreaded (particularly up on the Reef) turbo lag.

Moving to the coast, where the air is oxygen-rich and cars go better, is probably not an option for you so Steve's has a R3750 "chip tuning" upgrade for the trendy truck that chops almost three seconds off the tough "40-80km/h in fifth gear" test.

The more realistic "80-120km/h in fifth" test also show a substantially improvement; in fact the benefits are spread right across the Actyon's rev range, the tuning house claims.

"This vehicle will certainly be better off-road and when towing," a Steve's spokesman said. "The cherry on the top is fuel consumption - given the same road and conditions, the tuned Actyon should use less diesel at any given speed.

"You'll have a real outdoor vehicle that will be happy whatever the road might throw at it."

Here's how the acceleration times pan out (standard figure first) for the SAC SsangYong Actyon Sports:

Sprint times

0-60km/h - 5.63 / 5.47sec

0-80km/h - 9.43 / 9.01sec

0-100km/h: - 14.63 / 13.92sec

0-120km/h - 22.20 / 20.71sec

Standing kilometre:

36.25sec (138.2km/h) / 35.35sec (141.5km/h)

Flexibility:

40-80km/h (4th) 9.56 / 8.92sec

40-80km/h (5th) 19.77 /16.92sec

60-100km/h (4th) 9.48 / 8.89sec

60-100km/h (5th) 12.70 / 11.79sec

80-120km/h (4th) 12.63 / 11.75sec

80-120km/h (5th) 14.74 / 12.77sec

Top speed:

Standard: 152.97km/h (4100rpm in 5th)

SAC: 155.09km/h (4200rpm in 5th)

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