What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

I think it cost about $170 for the "AC inspection service"

 

Wouldn't this indicate a leak in your AC system somewhere?

 

Like nearly 20 years of service!

 

Turbocharged my 2TR-FE!

 

I have the Dasaita version. I bought it almost three years ago and I can honestly say it's still going strong. You have your usual android operating quirks here and there but A9 still works great. Mine has 4gb of ram and a 64gb storage with a PX6 cpu (remember I bought it a fews years back). Just look at it as a fully loaded head unit "tablet".

Be careful which brand you get, there's a few crappy ones out there.

 

How is it?
Was it worth it?
How did you tune it?

 

Just gave the rig it's yearly spit-shine, and ghetto rigged up some cali-raised fog lights I got from @716cummins into the arb bumper.

 

Hell ya! Thanks man. Looks worlds easier when it's off of the truck

 

this is the 3 piece 4 cyl tow hitch......if you get the 6 cyl 1 piece hitch it is more out of site, has less bolts to deal with, and has higher towing capacity. I swapped mine to the 1 piece unit and love the simpler cleaner unit......not that I'm towing a bunch more stuff tho.

 

hit 54k today on the truck not a super major milestone but its something right? Also washed the truck since it got pretty dirty from the dirty from all the dust blowing from the fields. Didnt take a picture unfortunately...

 

So far it is absolutely fantastic. I had the URD sc before and this is a huge upgrade over that kit. It was a ton of work but 100% worth it. I tuned it myself using the MAPECU3. I started with the URD tune, and pulled a good bit of timing and added lots of fuel.

here’s how it’s running so far. Still a little more work to do on the tune, but this was like 3/4 throttle
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/6HTRvXtAX1U

 

Hell yeah! Nice job

 

Did this on Monday while fighting a cold and extreme humidity.

12-15 lower dash swap into 09-11. Straightforward install. Just be mindful that if you have an offroad, the Atrac plug is the same as the Aux plug. Atrac is the BLACK plug.

09-11 lower dash will be for sale when i clean it up from all the coffee stains

 

So cool man! Nice work!

 

My truck is a 2005. This isn’t the 3pc hitch. This is the one that came from the factory with the truck.

 

When the hitch on my 2005 was getting real bad I just replaced the entire thing figuring that the structural integrity had weakened enough. I paid $105 for a new hitch shipped from etrailer.com

 

Great "upgrade". I have done the same. Lasted really well until I mistakenly went through a touch-car wash thinking it was foam (touchless) only. Anyway - the carwash did a number on them and now its time for a refresh. But hey - looks great.

 

I fucking love that!! you need to do a fly by video too. How much boost are you pushing? did you reinforce the head?

 

Thanks! If I get on the throttle quick, it will spike to around 10-11lbs but once the waste gate opens up it settles down to 7lbs. Im still trying to find the sweet spot on the preload for that though, so it may go down a little.

And yes, I have ARP head studs which are necessary imo. other than that, stock bottom end and top end.

 

Might want to do a stronger head gasket also. I have blown threw a few of those with 8 psi on older builds that weren't meant to be pushing boost.