What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

My MPG and engine load would be utter garbage with 3.58s and an auto.

 

I can climb hills at like 2200 rpms #S/c'dLife

 

Hmm. When did they start using 4.30 in the 4 cyl manuél ?

 

That's good for a Tacoma from what I've seen, not great for literally any other vehicle. I was surprised watching my Dad's Escalade pull our trailer up a 7% grade at 1800RPM at 65MPH

 

You have an oil pan gasket leak for sure!

 

That's a less common gearset, its existence has been sparse up until the 3rd gen Tacos which seem to all come with it if you get a manual. I have a set of 4.30s for my truck but I haven't put them in, still riding on my 3.58s

 

Transfer case oil! LOL

 

I have them. Assumed it was the norm. Interesting.

 

Lol dude so turns out that this tire was flat for like 3 days. I drive highway at like 70 mph everyday with some city traffic. Get a damn set, thing held its own like a champ.

 

Some 4Runners had them too but they use a different rearend. 4.10s are the most common of the gearsets with 4.56s being second

 

On a 4x4 truck all the gear oils are the same. Try to keep it synthetic.

 

Just when you think you have the world figured out...

 

No... also read ECGS's webpage to find out why synth oils in gearsets that don't reach high temps or have a chance of getting wet are a bad idea.

 

Usually when I run across a 4.30 gearset it is one for the locker rearend, I really have zero idea why it wasn't a more common ratio. Toyota used it so infrequently on 1st gens that you can't hardly even find a replacement set of gears in the same ratio.

 

4.30 8.4s can be found more easily in 1st gen tundras.

 

Opinions/ideas/suggestions please. Im thinking SCS F5 16x8 3.5BS in matte gunmetal. What say you?

 

I say color match the grille. It'll further complement whatever wheels you decide to get.

 

I'm a bit partial to those as well...

 

sounds good to me for another idea maybe level 8 mk6's?

 

Nah, scored a TRD tip and didn't want to weld it on the old piece of shit rusted, pitted exhaust pipe running from the muffler. So I had a shop chop it off; weld a new pipe on and weld the new TRD tip on.

I didn't want a magnaflow. Had them on most of my sports cars and like the OEM sound just fine. They did a great job, $120.