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

Slapped on a new decal.

 

Annnd just to make the sensor happy, a temporary “I hate all of you” pipe so the truck runs right till the rest of the exhaust is done

 

Tossed on 01+ mirrors (won’t be wiring them) that @45acp grabbed for me a year ago… finally have a use for them lol.


I’m done for the night. Drive to work tomorrow and I’ll align it

 

Came with the new axle, goes on before the axle nut. I didn't use it because it spaced the nut out too far to use the castle nut. If that makes any sense at all....

 

The 16 year old in me thinks it must sound bitchin'.

 

I'll second that

 

it is beyond obnoxious

 

Drove at a little lower than usual altitude today and gained some extra boost, went from 3.6 to 4.9psi


Lower altitude around here is still probably higher than most

 

But in a good way? My truck sounded amazing with the exhaust dumping straight out of the turbo before I got the downpipe built

 

its not mr2 noises. but its a healthy meaty v6 sound

 

Finished a side of the Tub!

 

nothing fancy.... just straight up front brakes. checked the rears & they looked fine.

did drilled, slotted, vented rotors with carbon fiber/ceramic pads. didnt change the calipers or hoses. they looked fine. just had soft pedal & could tell it was mainly in the front.

got em changed & bled real good with my little hand held pump. they be super hard now.

PS: this truck had a very clean looking greenish fluid in it & even after bleeding it didnt need any.

 

I don't think brake fluid is supposed to be green. That usually means it's really old and should be flushed. Brake fluid should be clear!

 

ehh. When the resivioir gets old and stained sometimes the fluid always appears to have a green tint

 

cool, that's good to know!

 

its clean as a pin.... but it is very green almost a glow green. should have took a picture.

i just figured it was a toyota thing or the type the last owner put in it when he did the brakes. still feels & tastes like regular brake fluid.

will grab a snapshot later.

 

LOL! The Green color is Algae growing in the fluid due to moisture. Drain the reservoir and clean out the old fluid and algae with a Qtip.
Then refill and flush the lines. Your brake fluid should be replaced and flushed as a normal maintenance item.

But Stopping is Way Over Rated!! LMAO!!

 

First on the road test drive.
Felt fine with a 1lb spring.
I had to pull the IAC vacuum for my MAP.
What are the turbo people doing in terms of added vacuum connections?
I'm bout ready to start drilling out the manifold because T solutions are gross.

 

I didn't really add much TBH... I use an old unused port (used to be the AC idle up solenoid but the haltech deleted that 90s nonsense) on my intake for the blowoff, my ECU takes its MAP signal from the little port on the back of the upper intake manifold, and the boost control solenoid is fed from a bung I added to the elbow that come directly out of my turbo. My gauges all come from the CAN datastream out of the Haltech so no extra junk really is hooked up.

 

Very nice,
Oh oh I see.. I was so unsure of whether or not I could just say fuck the IAC valve. SO i dont need to plug that fucker back to vacc? I've got the BOV T'd off the evap

We've got the map in the same source! and a pretty similar routes all around. I am also using can gauges. Where'd you mount it? I got a pod pillar but im not quite sure I like/ wanna give up my ohshithandle
I appreciate the insight on your set up