LS6 Swap 2nd Gen Build + New Tundra

I think I need one. When my thermostat got stuck open, my oil wouldn’t get much warmer than 100*. Now it actually gets up to temp, but without it would probably be a struggle

 

Mirror mount is done. I’ll let you figure out where to drill the holes to mount it. DM me you address and I’ll send it off this week sometime.

 

huh weird, yeah mine takes a little bit to warm up but not too long but won’t get hotter than like 210 no matter how hard I push it.

 

Interesting. You’d think mine would warm up more

 

New tundra wheels are fire



I’ve got a set of 5 17x8.5-10 KMC IMS 552’s. Mounted tires, drove 10 miles, took tires off. Looking to get 1800 for the set

 

@Pittsy the big photo shoot guy

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ-Bq3xPRgJ/?igsh=cW4xeWRsaWhtcTVx

 

I totally forgot you can link IG posts like that. I dm’d them asking if I can post them myself. But that makes this easy. Thanks for posting it

 

Some photos for you guys courtesy of the @TacomaBeast crew

Feat @snowsk8air2 turning some tubes for me

 

Good to see the ponderosa and pinion trees of my hometown and your badass trucks. Thanks for posting. Action shots next! lol

Other than the oil cooler leak, how'd it do in the cinders?

 

Did phenomenally. Truck ran awesome. Actually, the oil filter block didn’t start leaking until after we were done playing around. Idling on the main road to get out and it started pissing. I’m gonna check to torque on the thermostat cover fasteners and see if maybe they worked themselves loose. But it didn’t look like it.

 

Here’s a vid:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ7MkK6utCc/?igsh=dTJ1N2Q4MXBnNGFr

 

Little bit more tuning on that rear end and sucker's gonna fly!!

I'm so stoked you came back to this build. Good work!

 

Yeah we were short on time chasing the last bit of daylight/ambient light that there was. My new rears had zero tuning but we hit one quick spot and I did a small adjustment on his and a few adjustments on mine. More room for improvement but I think a noticeable difference on both trucks.

 

I figured out the oil leak. It’s coming from a -10 ORB fitting out of the filter block. New ones show up tomorrow, and will get it swapped out. As soon as I do, the truck is gonna go over to network alignment and get dialed in finally.

Also have some guys coming by to install a weight distribution hitch on the car hauler, to hopefully help with some stability when being towed by smaller vehicles. Sways a little bit behind my buddies GX. I also got some new D rings put on in more convenient spots, and some new speed straps per the recommendation of @snowsk8air2



Mirror mount installed courtesy of @Airdog Thank you again for doing this for me!






Dropped the tundra off to get a BMC and ride height adjustment in the front along with an alignment

 

Your welcome. Looks awesome!

 

looks great. Curious how fast you guys are going bombing down that road and what psi you're running? I'm always slow crawling / cruising in the mountains and can't imagine gunning it

 

Lmao my tires were at 40psi. Should’ve been at like 18-20 but I was too lazy to air down, and also don’t have the equipment to do so efficiently or to air back up. I don’t even remember what speed I was hitting those whoops at, 45-50 maybe? I wasn’t looking at the speedo being honest, but it was quick.

 

That new gen Tundra looks great. How do you like it so far?

 

Thanks man. So far so good. Got some of the cosmetic Trd pro stuff on the way for it, and gonna do a switch pros and a couple Baja designs lights on it and call it good. Gonna do the same thing on the wife’s raptor when I get a chance. Trucks are expensive and inflation is a bitch. Gotta buy gears for the taco first

 

ECGS Thick 4.88's with a tru track in the rear and a helical LSD in the front are officially on the way! Tacoma done????