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Praise the Lord! Speed cost money how fast do you want to go? LS swap would work too…

 

Oh I stopped keeping receipts long ago lol. But I do have both on my truck haha. 5.29 gears, the trd blower with smaller pulley, and then about 1k lbs of extra steel and giant tires to screw it all up

 

Anyone have a passenger side splash guard for a 2nd gen?

 

Not yet unfortunately. Its on the medium list. I’ll probably have a fullsize again by the time I get that far down the list though.

 

About to order the last few things I need for my front suspension rebuild. If anyone has some Bora .75" spacers by chance? Or a nice low mile set of lower control arms? I'd rather someone here got the money than Rock Auto or Mr. Bezos.

 

I have some 1” no-name spacers I ran for a while to clear my rear shocks. Just pulled them after my axle swap. Pm me if you’re interested

 

I keep hearing more about the OV Tune, is that something you offer? The OV Tune appears to handle the heat hunting and helps with throttle and the cruise control issue. DM if better to discuss.

 

Tune can’t fix the speedo. It’s a middle man module to fix it. hypertech or rough country module. Same parts. Just get the best priced.

 

Read @Atl-atl post on the last page. He said it didn’t fix any of that for him

 

OV Tune is different though. Im not sure if what the KD guys do changes anything versus a “canned” OV tune or if my perception is just off.

 

It’s really a gear issue, as gearing! Years ago I was hunting for the proper gear to install in gutless 2.7L. After sometime calling Toyota I was able to talk to an engineer Percy Chang that was close to retirement. His position with Toyota had him working on different projects per our conversation. I asked him why Toyota geared the trucks so tall was it for fuel economy? He said Oh No it’s the EPA and emissions. In a controlled environment vehicles are running in a simulated test. The lower the RPM’s the less emissions an vehicle engine will put out. So we have to try to get the engine to turn as slow as possible and still be drivable. So he said it’s the “Iron Hand of the EPA”. We talked for sometime he was very personable and forthcoming. He told me that he was close to retirement and gave me his personal cell number. He was hard to understand but very nice.

 

True, the KD guys are using OV tune as the tuning platform but are probably doing their own thing. I’ve still heard such mixed reviews about anyone using that platform over the last few years. I’d personally wait for HP Tuners to release support for 3rd gens. The progress and development on 2nd gens the last 2 years has been amazing. And when there’s a breakthrough on something new and exciting, the info is shared and you can update your tune whenever you want

 

Yeah I heard the OV Tune was different, the quest continues

 

@Atl-atl's post was regarding the KD Tune that @Edge48 is offering in Phoenix. @mOjO_Taco is asking about the OV tune. I have heard many phenomenal things about the OV Tune for these trucks, and a common theme is that they eliminate gear hunting, especially with overtaking on the freeway or when using ACC

 

I got the VF Tuner credits and cable (Tactrix). I found some various maps here on TW and have been playing with them a bit when I have time. I used Techstream to update to the latest TSB Flash then tried some stuff from there. I dyno-tuned close to 100 Evo’s on stock ECUs back in the day with OpenECU but haven’t had time to catch up and dig into all the maps for the Tacoma. If anyone needs the TSB update or any features turned on or off with Techstream, I’m happy to help. If anyone wants to buy credits for their VIN and flash an openly available map, I’m happy to help as well. I’m by no means a tuner but I also understand people like myself want to be able to edit their own maps and not pay an arm and leg. I’d be interested to try some of these tunes but I’m not willing to shell out cash on someone’s calibration file that may or may not be what I’m looking for and not be able to tweak it myself.

 

Are you re geared?

 

No he’s not. That was my question

 

No, the problem is the shitty transmission in these trucks. I actually really like the motor, trans is terrible, programming of it is even worse.

 

Thats one hell of a tangent, or like, 4 tangents hahaha