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

That's why it has this adjustment screw too, so I could make my AC idle like 1750 haha



Kinda crude but I suppose it makes sense since this is the first year of the Taco and the AC was a higher option, so I imagine they wanted to make it completely separate to add in. On the other hand you could use one of these to make an electronic idle up for winching

 

this was literally my first thought when you said:

haha

 

That's a nice looking ride sir.

 

Here's the part number in case you beat me to it...

 

nah Im not gonna do that. Id do a hand throttle. Simpler and easier to implement. Though not as cool..

 

I have all the parts to do a hand throttle, bought them a long time ago. Never got around to it. Trucks been fine winching without it. The cruiser has an oem part for attaching a hand throttle for winching but again I wonder why they didn't do this instead because it would be super easy for the factory.

This is easy as wiring a switch but not variable without an Allen key on hand. Plus the valve is $200... Hope it never breaks haha

 

ooof. Yeah i'll go for the hand throttle haha

We have never been in heavy winching situations where we would really need it anyways. If I were to go do the Mackenzie trail..id probably do it before hand

 

nah by heavy i mean long periods of winching.

Zane's predicament was closer to that then my situation.

Only other time i've done winching that would straight a trucks electrical system and the winch was with my dad trying to get him up a super steep hill that was super loose big rocky gravel while towing 5000lbs of concrete. Had his winch snatch blocked off a ford at the top of the hill with every extension we had and it still barely did it. Dad's truck was near overheating when we got it up finally.

 

Think I'll get little metal brake and some sheet aluminum to make a heat shield over the header. So my new intake tube is even better protected. Intake temps are insane otherwise. Those holes on the cyl head should hold it well.

 

Why not just buy header wrap, its pretty cheap

 

It's really hard on the headers, causes them to crack at welds. I thought about the header shield stuff too which is better but even then they recommend wrapping the whole side of the thing and it'll just pick up mud if I go that low.

 

Ceramic coat them then lol

 

They are... That's why I'm back to make a heat shield haha. Solid headers but they don't give you lots of heat protection options if you aren't a street truck

 

Could always take the hood off... your engine will be really cool then...

 

Damm Monte haha too much skinny pedal haha


On a side note see ya PNW

 

The inner ricer says that's a good idea. The part of me that actually wheels this thing says that's how I permanently fuck something up.

 

Mah dude just imagine how light your front end will be now, you will just float over the mud in snow, and pick up all the chicks while doing it... that’s atleast what you gotta tell yourself lol

 

I got stuck in horrid traffic today because a semi flipped on the exit ramp I have to take on the way home for work.


Also realized I need gas

 

Hey that's my mountain.