The 4.0 has some jam!

So I'm heading out to get gas tonight and in a spur of the moment type thing, after checking that no other vehicles were around, I figure "what the heck" and I mat the gas after turning onto the highway and OMFG did the truck ever take off!

I typically drive really conservatively and try to get the best mileage I can, but once in a while I suppose you have to let the truck run as well. Well damn can she ever run, LOL I did let off as soon as I got up to the speed limit but man did it ever get there quick. I really wasn't expecting THAT much, but mark me down as impressed.

I know this isn't anything you folks don't already know, but I figured it felt cool enough to post.

 

I tend to do that.....like every other day

 

+2.

I remember wehn i first got it and mashed the skinny.. i was so happy! I mean.. i know it can burn out cause theres no weight back there... BUT I CAN BURN OUT.. so i'm happy.

 

Yup, it has balls. Nothing wrong with giving it a little go juice every now and then.

 

+3, kills my mileage..... LOL

 

+4 not quite as fast now with the bigger tires, but still gets up to 60 nice and quick!

 

Mine used to be pretty peppy but with the lift and tires it takes about 9.5 seconds to get it to 60

 

i give mine hell more then i should bc i know it will preform

 

was trying burnouts tonite wasnt satisfied has to hold the brake to leave a mark even when turning

 

Time for a tuneup or something, damn!

 

Everything seems to be running pristine with the motor, but my flowmaster could be slowing me down a bit hopefully the TRD intake can fix that

 

Really fun to jam it with a manual, pretty damn peppy.

 

adding a s/c is where its at!

 

Yeah, even the stock 4.0Ls go very well for a vehicle this size. I had the TRD CAI and CatBack put one for a little extra umph. I am now considering, sometime in the next year or two, bolting on the super-C.

That was one of the main selling points for the Taco for me over other trucks I shopped - a lot more responsive at all throttle levels.

 

Yeah it runs wel...until you hit the rev limiter. Hit mine the first week of ownership...There went my gentle break-in I suppose..?

 

Yeah , lets just put it this way, I get really bad mileage and tire life.

 

I drive like a granny most of the time... but like you, every once in a while I like to see what she'll do. Usually when some douchenozzle pulls up to me at a stoplight in a lane that he KNOWS ends just past the light.

'Think you can jackrabbit and pull in front of me? Think again!'

 

I'm just glad I can actually press the pedal going up a hill and the truck will do what it is supposed to do... accelerate!!! Toyota finally got it right with this motor that's for sure!

 

It can't hurt to give it some gas every once in a while. I was on the redline a bit last week towing a trailer, with large load in bed, going up a hill from Flagstaff to Phoenix.