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

Im sure it comes down to driving style and location like most everything else that we are forming opinions for.

Just because you’ve done the swap doesn’t make you the authority on it. There are other’s that have done the swap that would highly disagree with you.

Hell I’ve been married and would definitely say I’m not the authority on that.

 

I love driving and wheeling with a manual. Do I stall it offroad sometimes? Yeah. Not often but it happens. In my opinion its more challenging to wheel with a manual and that makes it more rewarding.

But you know what they say about opinions

 

Add snow to the list

 

Lol none of these make any sense to me but the whole manual vs auto debate is so worn out I'm going to just bow out of this one with this

The only time I can see an auto being easier is when you want to crawl slowly over rocks. Feathering a stock clutch over rocks all day does get old. But there are ways to make that easier (and superior) with a manual.

 

All I wanted was a trans mount recommendation

 

I like the a340, way more than the new Tacoma 6 speed auto.


The Manual is superior though. I’m still torn on building my A340 or manual swap the 01.

 

Wouldn't you want to control the wheel speed in mud and snow?

I'm pretty sure you do.

The ways to make the "manual superior" are doublers etc... which isn't making the manual trans "superior" to an auto trans... it's adding a doubler to a manual transmission to make it not suck.

 

New trucks feel sluggish compared to the 4.0 with the 5 speed auto.

and it seriously can never figure out what gear it wants (but they do get better once you drive it for a while, remember I only drive trucks with like 2 miles on them so the computer hasn’t learned driving habits yet)

 

I'm able to control wheel speed just fine with a manual...the only time I'm not necessarily able to is in extreme slow crawl situations where you have to feather the clutch to keep from stalling. In snow, mud, sand, etc 90% of the time I can keep it in 1st gear and have enough range in speed to get through it.
I feel like people think manual drivers must constantly be shifting non stop when offroading. That's not the case at all and if I do need to shift 99% of the time there's no issue from it. Feathering the clutch on extreme slow crawling/climbing scenarios is the only time I really have to do footwork.

In my case I'm talking 4lo and slow stuff... High speed wheeling isn't my thing so I can't comment on the matter with that.

 

All i know is when following my buddy with a manual v6 4 runner whose engine redlines at 3k rpm for some reason i need to redline just to keep up

 

The folks who comment on it being a clutch burner or being a pain to find a range just haven't done it and if they have they were really bad at it. With how much power and response is robbed with the a340 I wouldn't want one whether or not I was off roading. It really isn't hard to not burn your clutch, and I've never had any tougher time than anyone else. My auto in the LC deadens everything, almost makes it boring, part of the fun of these trucks is they're lite and you can hoon them around at high RPM with quick response on the manual. Plus hitting 50mp in 5th gear in 4low is a blast, so are 4low launches.

 

I'm guessing I struck a nerve?

Did I a say I was an authority on manuals?

 

Its the reason I usually avoid the manual vs auto topic especially in this thread haha

It's really just about personal preference, whichever one you prefer you're obviously going to excel at eventually and will likely feel strongly about. But it really does just come down to preference initially.

At the end of the day we're all 1st gen Tacoma enthusiasts...at least we aren't out wheeling Chevys

 

Fuggin A, can I get an up in this MFer?!

 

You sure that's all you axed? I thought you asked in your post for everyone's personal take on whether or not you should do a transmission swap to manual and everyone's perceived pros and cons as well?
Huh, couldn't find that in your post. I must be imagining things.... Or you did a ninja edit

 

Look what you've forced us to do

 

I laugh at it all. I think most folks are more messing around (gosh I hope so, and if it's not jokes, it could explain some things lol)(that's also a joke everyone)

 

I’ll fix it


555 is Oem

 

Now that does it.... You've officially gone over the edge

 

I never mess around