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Texas has this modding thing down pat. I would never do this kinda thing (as i dont have the money) but it's intresting to see and hear! Moar power!

 

Max's out at 18 psi. I did some data logging last week with my Cobb Accesport to confirm what the tuner did.

 

I am also running a 3 core Mishimoto intercooler. My understanding is that most stock/standard intercoolers run 2 core elements for cooing. So if your looking for better cooling check the cores in the unit no matter the brand. It's a shame they don't give a number to how much air they process and the cooling effect they produce.

 

If I had a lift, it would take probably about two hours. Takes about four right now. No lift, and no air tools. If it were an N/A engine, it would take less, since there wouldn't be half of the extra stuff in the engine bay.

As for "was it worth it?" I can really only express it in this manner. For all that I have learned and what that has enabled me to help others do similar things performance wise;the stories they get to tell me; or we experience together because of such mods, has made it worth it. The reward might not be my own, but the return, from my hand in their accomplishments is very rewarding.

Aside from that, my time will come. When it does, it will be very exciting. For all of the people that have been involved with this build. Through headache and adrenaline rush.

Very good point to look at. Complementing your last sentence, I thout the same thing when i was last on Mishimoto's website, looking at their intercoolers. All of them, regardless of size, all boast the same flow specs. That is very odd. All of the other cores from various manufacturers, all have differing CFM per size, as well as HP capacity. Needless to say, that just doesn't jive with me. Coupled with some fairly lengthy pulls, and watching the IAT's continually rise, speaks enough to me that it is time to change.

I just can't wait to see what 18psi does on this built block with the new 6466.

 

Thanks bud, I don't think I could have spent that money on anything better. Driving without vibes is

The energy drinks you gave me, honestly man I was thinking they weren't going to be good, but after I had the chance to indulge in the non-sugar free one at a chilled 34 degrees I am now wanting more lol. Haven't had the sugar free one yet, but I'm sure I won't be let down, I'm going to hit you up for a few next time we meet.

 

My pleasure Large. Glad you are happy man. Just don't burnin' out every where now.

That is also great to hear about the drinks! Curious to see what your thoughts are on our Race Blend(Sugar Free). Gasonline Energy Drink FTW!

Keep me posted on when some localish meets will be, since you know which sections of TW that I mainly hang out in. Be good to meet up with some new faces.

 

Well said.

 

Thank you HomerTaco.

It is very hard to truly express the feelling you receive from helping someone succeed without all of the depressing moments that yourself have had to forge through. Giving them a strong foundation to build from while being able to avoid the costly mistakes. It has created some strong friendships. Those that will last a lifetime.

Upon a moment of reflection, none of that would have probably happened without forums. Where I started at XRU, and now here on TW. That is what these forums do. Become a community, and a tool to share a wealth of knowledge. Like I said in my first post, this build thread is to show all of the rights and wrongs, so that any of those who are ever interested in doing something even slightly similar, can gain the knowledge here. I hope this thread helps even a little. Then it is worth it.

 

I agree completely!

Joining TW has truly altered my life... In a very positive way.

I was able to take 9 days & drive cross country to meet up with some great folks last week...

Next time I've gotta swing through Texas...

 

Getting back to the Time Line of things, there was a large meet coming up in the middle of OCT. 2011. I had to get the dents in my wheels fixed, as well as add in a traction bar to help with the axle wrap that I had.

If I went over a bump in the road while under a medium throttle, it would make for some terrible axle wrap. The solution was a set of Calvert Racing CalTrac bars.




These are actually for the Xrunner, so it came with their lower axle mounting plate. Moddified by Calvert Racing with tabs for a heim joint. They had to be slightly modified where the leaf pin is. Little dremel work made that easy enough.

Being that they are at the farthest ends of the axle is why I chose them versus the Bud Built brand. Which attaches to the 3rd member. More leverage this way.

Here are some refreshers of the wheels in their bent states.







There was a large steel plate over a hole in the road, due to construction. Traffic was tight, and the plate was curved up, at the ends. FML. Couldn't even avoid it....

So, Grumpy referred me to a place here in town called SABS. They did an awesome job fixing them up, as well as poweder coating them in Matte black. By early Oct, I finally had them all finished.







They charged $500 a pair to fix the dents, and powder coat them. Did a pair at a time, and took them about a week for each set. But I was very happy with the outcome, and still am.

Here is a before shot.



Edit, and one more for laughs. LOL

 

The last picture reminds me of the guys running Chevy Caprice with giant wheels. Its the opposite on your truck when it was lifted but still similar in my mind.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/12/video-30-inch-clear-wheels-can-burn-rubber-glad-to-know/

 

TEXFEST Rolled around on Oct.14 2011. Had a good turn out, for the 3rd year's event. Mini mod day at my house.

Gadget from URD went to PowerFab and dyno tuned an XR with his URD MKIII kit. Made 450whp! ^_^ The SWB on the left, next to Toon's Turbo PreRunner.



Went to the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, on Friday. My truck started showing signs of a bad problem, but others did pretty dang good. Sdxrunner619, in his drift spec XR did a 13.37 @ 105. 8 psi on TRD S/C.



I will see if I can find some videos of that night.

Here are the pics of the Saturday Mod Day at www.NonstopTuning.com shop.







Toon's truck





The Coupe





Organizer Trd_sport





Later that afternoon, it was off to Track 21 for some Kart racing....WOOT

 

We pulled up for our meet, and there was an S2k meet going on there as well. Tacoma's took over.







My girl's truck.





The stunning truck belonging to MicPun





Gadget from URD in the middle. Getting ready to test his skill against the crew.



Think Gadget's kart was just too small.



Following the Kart racing, we had dinner at Rudy's, then went back to the Hotel for Firewater.

Sunday was the Lonestar Drift event. Sdxrunner finally got a change to test out that trd s/c on a drift course. Needless to say, he LOVED it!





















This year's TEXFEST will be in November. Hoping my truck is up and running by then. .....

 

WHOA! I wouldn't do a burn out if my tires cost that much...lol At least he won't get suck in a flooded street. Ha!

 

good times last year at texfest......
pretty wack that ima miss this yr texfest.

 

A few more pics that my girl took.







Gadget checking out his MKIII





Her unofficial TexFest mascot.



Me doing back to back fuel pump upgrades with the URD walbro 255LPH



Spare tires anyone?











Here are a few clips of the racing that day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKAeCYuXQkw&list=UUY6smW2Tj-MhTiOTY5r8L8w&index=3&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw3l5ueQj24&list=UUY6smW2Tj-MhTiOTY5r8L8w&index=2&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPm0p8Xm4cc&list=UUY6smW2Tj-MhTiOTY5r8L8w&index=1&feature=plcp

 

Would have been better had you known you could have boosted bro. Lol.

You will be missed for sure my man. But, we will be at your going away event no questions asked!


Forgot about this one. URD tagged Track 21. HA!

 

Here is a really good video put together by a local H-Town member.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=rzVRaM-FenU&NR=1

Needless to say. The driver Kevin, has come a Loooooooooong way in skill, from that day. More modification to his handling, and a much harder course has made him capable of toping a Pro at his local course. Cannot wait to see him this time around. Hopefully he will be caged, and can compete against the Lonestar Drift series Pros here.

And one last vid of TexFest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqNu2r8qRt0

Not my finest moment drag racing. Cynlinder head started leaking, and manual trans sucked balls. Oh well. All before the T56 was in.

 

Prior to the TexFest, I also installed this fuel pump.

Due to the Walbro 255 starting to show signs of stress at high rpm and higher fuel pressure. So the upgrade for that is here, and needs to be installed. This is the Aeromotive Stealth 340 LPH.







Then was the AEM Dry Flow filter. Very nice piece.








The Saturday of the TexFest event, cylinder number 4 gave out, where the JB weld was. Blew coolant all over the engine bay from the overflow tank.

I guess it just didn't like 14 psi.

This is where the JB weld blew out of, if anyone needs a refresher.



Got on the phone that next Monday, and ordered a used 1GR for $1750.
That way I could ship this one out to have it sleeved by www.DartonSleeves.com

When it came in, I took off the valve covers, to get an idea of how the engine looked.
This is how the cams looked.....UGH. Covered in burnt oil





This is how my nice non working engine's cams looked, for comparison.





You will also notice the pick-ups are different between the older 1GR (pre-'05), to current. I ended up having to swap those out a little later on.

Had I not been in such a rush to get that engine in, I would have pulled all of the covers off and cleaned it up. It really needed it. That poor judgement call, ended up bitting me in the ass later down the road.

 

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