If an American heart beats in me...

Zil-157 is good for everyone: outstanding cross-country ability, reliability and unpretentiousness - it's all about him! But the engine is rather weak by today's standards. Yes, and there are few people who want to turn the gearshift lever. Again, why does ZiL need three bridges? The guys from the youtube channel Combat Crew decided to build the perfect "Cleaver" and did it by creating the ZIL-157 on the bridges and wheels of the GAZ-66 with locks, with an American gasoline V8 for three hundred forces under the hood, with an "automatic" and with mufflers from .. Lamborghini Aventador! As the “heart”, the creators of this monster truck, who called it the “Lumberjack Project”, used a 7,4 liter V8 - the engine installed on the old American Chevrolet Blazer K5 jeeps and army all-terrain vehicles HMMWV (Hummer H1).




Therefore, with the cross-country ability of the "Lumberjack" is in full order! Judge for yourself: our units for conquering swamps are crossed with the power of an American engine! The Combat Crew team tested this off-road conqueror paired with another “rogue”, the GAZ-66 in the factory version. And it should be noted that "Shishiga" next to the American-Soviet truck did not look like a "whipping boy"! Of course, engine power gives Zil an advantage, but well-chosen gear ratios of the GAZ-66 transmission and the “gasket between the steering wheel and seat” can work wonders!



But it is not even curious who won in this comparison. And the fact that it was a warm-up! To "continue the banquet", the Combat Crew decided to install arched wheels on the "shishiga" and low-pressure tires "that look like KrAZ wheels" on the Lumberjack. Looking forward to the next series!