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

This came in the mail today. No i don’t use AM/FM radio so I don’t care about it picking up stations.

 

Goddamnit Toyota.

anyway. Anyone here ever relocated the battery to the bed or inside the cab?

 

Maybe a tool box in the bed but if you have the xtra cab you could stuff it there

 

Tool box would work and would probably be the best place for it.

 

New cars like the chevy traverse,dodge durango, some benzes have them under the passenger seat

I know this cause i change them at autozone

 

Right. Been doing that for years now in BMWs.

Just curious if anyone else has already done this.

 

I have a wicked driver side lean on my t4r may relocate the battery to the rear passenger side after i replace the strut cause the springs collapsed and shocks are blown

I like a clean engine bay

 

We have a new way around that now, it's called pitch the stock ECU and throttle body in the shit can where it belongs. Seriously though, if you wanna delete ETCS-i then that is what's required to have no engine or other lights. My IS300 has the ETCS-i, honestly it's easy enough to work with it cause the 2JZ has a responsive curve for the throttle. But you can manipulate the ETCS pedal sensor signal to make it more aggressive on dogs like the Tacoma and Runner. They still have a cable too for limp mode so if you wanted there's still a cable that works perfectly for a normal throttle body.

 

Ive seriously considered it.

BUT. I have the 04 Auto transmission with no kickdown and 04 ABS. I would probably need a older trans. It’s just not worth it. Might as well wait until I pay the truck off and get something that has options for performance.

I have also considered a standalone but closes tuner is 2-3hours. Probably looking at least 2k before it’s all said and done.

Too bad OV won’t be able do anything for us. They’ve switched lanes and are now only offering tuning software. Don’t blame them just disappointed.

 

https://people.well.com/user/mosk/images/Early_Tacoma_ECUs_v2.pdf

Here 2004 Tacoma mentions VSC in the diagram

 

Just finished putting dual batteries in my bed, one in each front corner. Got rid of the one in stock location and put a power distribution block in.

 

Pics?

 

Deciding if I should put a light hoop.

 

Give me a few minutes

 

Planning on doing this soon with dual batteries, but my plan is to put them both in a toolbox on the passenger side all the way up front. Stoked to see pics of your solution!

 

Here are some really crappy photos, the tie down method is temporary.

 

Build a battery tray and put the battery behind the bedside. Little bit of a pain to get to, but I mean it would at least not limit bed space and make use of otherwise unused space.


Or just keep the battery where it is and get yourself a 300lb woman to sit on the passenger side.

 

Nice, Dan!

Are those NOCO brand boxes?

 

Thanks Jason. They are some cheapos off Amazon, my batteries are a weird size (group 65), so they were the only ones I could find that fit the batteries and fit in the space in front of the wheel wells.

 

Dusted the engine bay because I and that freakin’ bored. Then l ran it up and down the expressway for 20 miles just to blow the dust off the rest of the truck.