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

I was going by how much work he has put into Frank was all. Last major obstacle he had was with the super charger and tuning it

 

hell no. You'll have to do an entire wire harness swap. And do lots of other rewiring to make all the taco stuff work right.

Like I said. A motor swap done right is NOT for the faint of heart. You have a TON of reading to do on that subject.

Kind of agree with everyone else in saying..sitting on jack stands sucks. I absoultly hate it that Frank spends more time now in the shop than on the trail. Drives me nuts. Doing everything you just listed(regearing, new rear axle, long travel, and engine swap) ALL those projects have about 10+ other smaller side projects that go along with it to make it great. That is a few years worth of mods and if you did it all at once in your own garage, you won't drive your truck again for i bet at least 12-18 months.

Who cares about standing out. Just go outside and have fun.

Man..what a fun trip hahaha That was some classic not paying attention shit right there haha

 

still have to work on that..

and rear suspension..

and finish front suspension

redo the interior

redo wiring

lot and lots and lots of stuff to still do.

It never ends.


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Your all probably right, more and more I read into it the more it sounds like I should just take the body off and drop it on a tundra frame. I need to stop drinking and thinking lol.

 

FTFY

 

well considering the tundra frame is 6'' wider than a tacoma frame...i don't think that would go well.

 

Don't listen to these guys, I think a V8 powered 1st gen is the shit. Not sure what they are trying to prove by making you think you need to go their route.
In fact, every 4x4 I ever owned with the exception of the Taco, has had a V8 swap done on it.
It's been done already, not seeing a problem with it. Looking forward to your progress.

Look at all the dudes on here who did a prerunner to 4x4 swap, while every asshole on here says to buy another truck...
fuck em.

 

So I’m ordering a blower motor because mine is making all sorts of squeaky noises, and my research tells me that’s what it is. Can anyone tell me if I need to order one with or without the wheel??

Thanks!

 

I'll more then likely take the parts I want out of the tundra and stare at them for a looooong time before I do anything else

 

I think you're mis-representing what's being said. No one said "don't do the v8;" rather, we're just saying "don't wait to be done modding before you take it out driving."

We can all mod forever. If that meant never adventuring, would it be worth it? I don't think so.

Do a project at a time, between trips, and based on whatever you find to be "most annoying" on the last trip(s). Then you get the best of both worlds

 

Kinda early to be drinking whiskey, eh?

 

I took as the massive undertaking of this dream I had and you guys were slapping me with the "hey look this is what your up against" I appreciate what you guys said and I didn't think of the"behind the scenes" stuff I'd have to do to make this work.

 

Sometimes the little clip that holds it on the motor spindle gets rusty (condensation) but you should still be able to remove it with some force. If the wheel is under $10 I'd just buy it to save the effort of trying not to break the other haha.

 

LMAO I meant Facebook

 

Lol man you read everything all wrong. All we're saying is we've been through and are still going through everything he wants to go through. And we are just encouraging him to think less about a bunch of mods all at once, especially the more difficult and more time consuming ones. Because we know it'll end up on jackstands for a long time. And we know it's shitty and it's better to enjoy the truck and get out there and have fun. And do the mods when they become necessary so you don't end up waking up every morning looking at your truck on jackstands thinking "Why the hell didn't I just wait a few more months" It's a lot of money and a lot of time and usually you're only going to have one or the other. So enjoy the truck in different stages is all.

 

Plus quite often you only see the really cool stuff on here, not the hours of shit it took to get there. Gives a false perspective of the amount of work to payoff ratio.

 

Agreed, some people don't realize how much work it takes to do all these things. Which is fine, but that's why we're here to tell everyone it's a fuckfest

 

Thanks! That’s sounds like a safe idea. We wouldn’t want to test my patience too much

 

lf wheel bearing, tundra 13wl upgrade, rear brakes with all hardware, rr axle seal, fluids in front and rear diffs plus transfer case, oil change and rotate..... I'm tired

 

The Cockoma. Gives new meaning to lubing the driveshaft.