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

Not even sure why it's called the "Big 3" (It's actually 4 wires you're doing) and none of those wires are the wire to the fuse box.

1 - Increase wire size for body ground (wire from negative post to fender)
2 - Add ground wire direct to frame under battery to negative post
3 - Add ground wire direct to engine from negative post (I think the best place for that to connect is the upper alternator bracket bolt)
4 - Direct wire from alternator to positive post on battery.

 

Only issue I have with the Cadillac alternator is the oil filter is now a bigger PITA to get out but that's about it

 

^^^ This ^^^

 

I keep meaning to do a oil filter relocation. Cause lets be real, it's a messy PITA regardless haha

 

Hurry up so I can copy it.

 

Same but I've got other things that pop up and I forget until I need to change my oil again then I have a fit for about 10 minutes trying to get a new one on ha

 

or the old one off..

Yeah pretty much the same thing for me haha

 

Yeah, hurry up so I can copy yours, that you copied from Monte...

 

5 if you upgrade your starter wire while you are in there too.

 

its' already 2ga...so...don't see the point really..

 

Hmmm now you are making me second guess my setup. I also am not sure I am running engine block direct to the neg vs engine block to firewall. It's been 4 years and my memory is failing me.

EDIT looks like i just upgraded all the existing wiring vs running additional straps like some of the upgrades say to do.

 

That's a bonus ... but doesn't help your charging system.

 

I ordered it off someone on here... I think... I can't remember.

I think @Fernando knows who does those.

 

All this talk about charging and wires... forgot to add that I got some new shoes yesterday.

 

Got some universal 10" stroke fox 2.0's to work in the rear
Got a bunch more down travel out of the dakars as the nitrochargers were acting as limiting straps before.

 

Stock location?

 

Yup.
Didn't wanna do the relocation and give up the ability to have my spare under the bed quite yet.
This way I can still get full travel out of my leafs

 

Are you bottoming out on uptravel?

 

I like it, I cant fit a tire under there anyway so Im just shooting for a relocation. Do you have upgraded bumps aswell? Or are you not worried about bottoming out the shock. (I dont recall what the stock bottom out is on our trucks)

 

No I'm not. I'm about a 1/2" away from the rubber shock shaft bump on the driver side on full stuff sitting on the bumpstop