What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Improves low end torque, throttle response, and just how it breathes overall- I'd recommend.

 

Ah, ok, I thought it connected the existing PCV valve directly to the oil filler cap, just making a loop between them and bypassing the intake. That would be kind of silly. Looks like this just adds an additional vent at the filler cap that goes to the intake, or just replaces the current PCV with a better location.

 

This is what comes with the kit. It caps the old PCV and reroutes from the intake to the fill port.

 

I ordered damn near every item they had for the taco, great upgrades.

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On a video it says there speakers are cut out? It’s yours older?

 

Yeah pricey but the header and gears woke up this little 4 banger tremendously

 

Every dollar spent towards performance was well worth it IMO. Just need an upgraded exhaust and I'll be golden

 

Crashnburn touches on this topic in his brake thread. Not really a specific time or amount of use but rather inevitable like atc250 said

 

3way in the front doors and 2way in the rear. The best upgrade was the ds18 tweeters. The rear was worth the money, I can hear them now.
They are clear and louder than I'm going to crank it. I like it.

 

Yup, I've read posts that say doing the rear doors is worthless, but I found that I can rear my rear speakers now. And yes, the DS18s were a very good update.

 

I had drilled ones installed in the spring. will see how they hold up over the winter.

 

Little side quest I finished today. I’ve always wanted onboard air, and as much as I like the Decked system, there is a lot of wasted space on the sides. Decided to install an ARB single under one of the hatches. Made a plate to fill the gap and mount the switch and air chuck out of a piece of Kydex. Definitely not precision manufacturing but it works well. The recessed mounting plate is made by ARB, I just randomly found that and coincidentally it fits perfectly.

I’m pretty happy with how this turned out. I have e-lockers so this is just utility air, I think this location is good for that purpose.

 

Friday post.

 

Since I blacked out the fender flares with plastidip, the bright machined surfaces of the TRD Sport wheels really stand out now. I don't feel like plastidipping them, so I may go fo those vinyl overlays until I can get some aftermarket rims. But before I even bother with the vinyls, I wanted to see how much of a difference blacking them out would make, so I used a dry-erase marker to color one of them in. Yes, I know it's janky AF, but it give me an idea of what it will look like. I think it looks better than silver, so I'll probably go ahead and order the vinyls. Any thoughts on gloss vs satin? Gloss would match the rest of the black on the rims better, but satin might look nice for just a tiny bit of contrast.



Don't laugh.
Actually do laugh.



Alternatively, I was going to put some black electrical tape on them to try out the look, but figured that might be a PITA to clean off it it leaves behind any sticky residue.

 

Sending off my oil for analysis at Blackstone Laboratories.

111,000 miles. 0w20 advanced fuel economy (mobil 1)

Interesting, I was getting some insane gas mileage on this last 7400 mile trip. There were parts of Arizona and New Mexico I was getting 27-28mpg. When that happens I always look at the weather and see if I'm getting a push from the wind.

For anyone wondering; the kit from Blackstone is sent out FREE, standard analysis is $35, check or credit card.

 

Were you tucked behind tractor trailers or even trucks pulling enclosed trailers? I can really up my MPG if I can find a large vehicle to draft from. Helps a lot if I'm towing a trailer too.

 

Not typically no, I've had enough chips in my windshield for a lifetime. I've had 3 on this truck. I have probably 3 in my lifetime on other cars so I avoid trucks for the most part, if they have mudflaps, sometimes I will try to draft.

But usually whenI get 25+ I notice the wind is blowing with me. The other odd thing is, it was HOT, in the 90s. I thought good gas mileage usually comes in cooler temps.

 

I went with the matte vinyl and I like the contrast. Very happy with the way they turned out.

 

This. This is exactly why we're all here. Creative solution. Looks great, thank you!