Can I make my taco faster?

100% accurate. nothing worth seeing, thought the manual trucks are a bit better nothing special no exciting. heck, my wife's Ascent has a better 0-60 time. her 2.4l vs my 4.0

 

Turbo ram jet (Pratt & Whitney J58) mod time!!!

 

I've got a screwdriver, a crescent wrench and a ball peen hammer. We got this!!!

 

I think the manual 4.0’s chug along pretty good. Minus 1st gear though. My truck isn’t loaded up with heavy ass armour or big tires……yet.
Coming from the Honda world of smooth high revving engines, the 4.0 is nothing like that at all. It feels like a old V8 without the torque

 

Bit less sluggy for sure!

 

lol you want a 4 cyl to go as fast as a 6 or 8 cyl. Do you want a small pizza to feed you and three friends? An acre of land to feed your whole town? Are you towing a three axle racing trailer too?

 

@Taco 422 bro it’s a simple fucking question. Some people can’t afford to buy a new truck. I was just looking for a cheap temporary solution so

 

Swap to donut spares, faster acceleration for sure

 

Well you’re not going to get real answers because there is no answer to your question.

 

My turn. Cheap, fast, reliable pick 2. Can’t have all three. Cheap and fast = weight reductions. Remove all the cladding and seats you’re not using. Leave your spare tire at home (you might need AAA from your parents or girlfriend). Next would be tires/rims. Get lighter street tires and some used lighter rims from CL. Some cosmetically challenged rims can be had for cheap. Anything in the engine bay outside of maintenance (plugs/oil change/clean stock air filter) won’t be cheap.

 

I'm guessing you bring a lot of negative life experience upon yourself.

"cheap and temporary" https://turo.com/us/en/exotic-luxury-rental/united-states/new-orleans-la

 

I will say my XRunner with bolt ons including a very minor tune…truck was pretty quick!

 

Of course it is possible. It's just not worth the money that you would have to spend. If it makes you feel better, the V-6 is nothing to write home about, and just about everybody takes me off the line, and I'm OK with that.

But take comfort in knowing that you have an engine that can go 300- 400 K miles.

 

I’ve come to a point in my life and age…my Tacoma is slow with all the armour and 35’s. Why push and strain the engine/drivetrain, to save a few mins to my destination lol!

 

Big battery pack in the bed and 4 electric motors. immense torque and RPM.

 

I bought a 4cyl Tacoma, wasn't expecting a Ford Lightning.

OTOH, one of my sons has a Colorado w/factory 5.3 that'll pucker yur bung if you stab it!

But to answer your question as stated (cheap), nada chance.

 

All these comments and only two people gave the correct answer - TURBO.

Seriously, the Toyota 4 banger is great on boost. When I had my '01 5 lug I found a used KO turbo for around $1500. Sooooo worth it and lots of room to upgrade over time. I ran it on stock injectors and stock tune at 5 psi and it was still awesome. It won't break any records but it is the power improvement you're looking for an LOTS OF FUN!

 

Can't help with making the engine faster, but we can certainly help make it burn gas faster. That's the same thing right?