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Can I retrofit the fake V8 sound from the new Tundra in my Taco?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Stocklocker, Dec 12, 2022.

  1. Dec 12, 2022 at 9:15 PM
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    He made it work. Wish he would do a little more content with it.
     
  3. Dec 12, 2022 at 9:19 PM
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    You know, they told me that growing up. Here I am, years later, starting to think they lied o_O
     
  4. Dec 12, 2022 at 9:20 PM
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    How is this?

    If the 3.5 wasn’t so weak. You wouldn’t need “sound”.
    The 4.0 will walk a 3.5 all day, every day.
     
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  5. Dec 12, 2022 at 9:21 PM
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    Ride with this dude, he can replicate any sounds, lol.
     
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    I ain't the one wanting vroom vroom sounds.
     
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  8. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:18 AM
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    What, you mean you guys don't already make this sound every time you drive? Who needs to waste money on a rumble speaker? I can do this for free.





    I even make the turbo blow off sound with every shift! Though with this gear hunting trans, it's more like...

     
  9. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:22 AM
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    No no. The 4.0 was replaced because it was old and dangerously slow. The 3.5 is :muscleflexing:
     
  10. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:23 AM
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    Just don't ask your partner to do it. Women make car sounds about as well as they make gun sounds.
     
  11. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:25 AM
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    5.7 with duals does sound good. You could swap in the Raptor R exhaust note. I don't know which is louder. Maybe Raptor R with headers and pipes.
     
  12. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:27 AM
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    No, the 4.0 was downsized because the EPA thinks less displacement means less emissions and improved MPG.

    Trickery Re Displacement
     
  13. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:28 AM
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    That's where the Jetson car sounds came from.

    Try asking the so if she can make the sound of an EV and see how that goes.
     
  14. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:29 AM
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    Just like the new Highlander? :rofl:

    Go on, check the fuel economy ratings on Toyota's website for the 22 and 23 Highlander. Then tell me why they went from a NA 3.5L V6 to a turbo 2.5L I4.
     
  15. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:33 AM
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    I refuse to look at info on Highlanders. Had our '04 for 15 years, then it cost me one taillight bulb, valve cover gaskets and worn out floor mats. All in around 130k miles. Never again. :anonymous:
     
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    Welp…. Time to good ol 350 V8 swap my truck.
     
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  17. Dec 13, 2022 at 5:59 AM
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    You should drive with your feet on the dash to avoid wearing out the floor mats.
     
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  18. Dec 13, 2022 at 6:21 AM
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    Try getting it to sound like a real V6 then move up from there.

    ….and it looks like autocorrect changed “Grindr” to “Tinder” in your subsequent post.
     
  20. Dec 13, 2022 at 6:58 AM
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    The most cost effective would be to record the sound on a cassette and then play it full blast whenever you start your truck.
     
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