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Discussion in 'Performance and Tuning' started by mbmchugh5, Jul 21, 2010.

  1. Jul 21, 2010 at 9:22 AM
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    mbmchugh5

    mbmchugh5 [OP] My wife is scheduleing an intervention as we speak

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    Anyone ever put a 4.7 or 5.7 in one of these 4x4 2nd generation tacomas or the new 4.6??
     
  2. Jul 21, 2010 at 9:27 AM
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    Only one truck had a 4.7 and it was a specially design custom tacoma. Other than that nope
     
  3. Jul 21, 2010 at 9:34 AM
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    imtwistd

    imtwistd Going nowhere as fast as possible

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    I dont know about V8's in a taco but I do know that TRD built an FJ Cruiser with a 4.7L. I personally think your better off just sticking with your 4.0. The 4.7 doesn't have that much more power but it also has more weight as for the 4.6 (junk) and the 5.7 both engines are to long and to tall to fit in the tacos' engine bay. Here is the link to trdusa for the V8 FJ Cruiser:bananadance::headbang::bananadance:
    http://www.trdusa.com/features.cfm?feature=fj_cruiser
     
  4. Jul 21, 2010 at 9:39 AM
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    There was an LS1 article Ill try to dig it up, but I would rather supercharge
     
  5. Jul 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM
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    You think the 4.6 is junk?
     
  6. Jul 21, 2010 at 10:14 AM
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    imtwistd Going nowhere as fast as possible

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    Yes I do if I had my choice of engine in a Tundra 4.6 or 4.7 I would take the 4.7 any day of the week, I've worked on to many 4.6 Tundras with bad cam gears, so in my personal thought the 4.6 sucks, but again thats my own thoughts and experiences
     
  7. Jul 21, 2010 at 10:51 AM
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    Oh, I did not know the 4.6 had problems. Those 4.7s may not be the most powerful but they have been around a long time and you can rely on them
     
  8. Jul 21, 2010 at 10:59 AM
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    Yeah I dont understand why Toyota would drop the 4.7 when it was a proven platform but I guess thats why I dont work Toyotas R&D dept
     
  9. Jul 21, 2010 at 11:42 AM
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    may be it was the fact that it couldnt compete with the smaller engines that Dodge GM and ford offered. Like dodge took their 4.7 and changed the output to i think 305 hp and GM has the 4.8 300 and ford...not sure.

    The 4.7 has been out since 98 i think when it went into the landcruiser
     
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    imtwistd Going nowhere as fast as possible

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    Tundra Racing's scope of business is aftermarket for the Tacoma/Tundra. Its what they do for a living.

    And I would hardly call that half-ass. Doesn't need to be lowered. With $30k invested into the truck, I doubt that the extra $80 for dearching the rear leafs or drop blocks was deterring them from lowering it. Besides lowered vehicles are much harder to sell.
     
  14. Jul 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM
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    Maybe, but I think it would look better lowered. I dont mean draggin frame rails down the road, just a couple inches would look good
     
  15. Aug 2, 2010 at 5:48 PM
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  16. Aug 3, 2010 at 4:18 AM
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    mbmchugh5 [OP] My wife is scheduleing an intervention as we speak

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    that 4.3 swap is pretty cool- my dad and i used to love stuffing v-8's into old cj-5's put a 30 over 305 in an s-10 once too you guys are right the s/c is the way to go but this guy says hes at 400 h.p with an s/c'd 4.3 that's gotta be tempting
     

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