COMAtized's Tacoma- 2uz v8 swap

Holy shit. This is the greatest thing ever...

 

My apology for the crappy angle on the video. I have no idea why it is turned. I took it the same way I take photos... Anyway, Do some neck stretching, and turn the volume up, and enjoy.

 

Thank you for the mention of our hand built custom exhaust. This project was very interesting to me and I really enjoyed the opportunity to help design/engineer your exhaust system. I'm glad that it worked out so well and am very happy to see the truck together and running. Please stay in touch and remember, if you ever need anything, just let me know.

Keith 760-877-4234

 

Thanks for all the help Keith!!!

 

Well after about 2 months of my truck being up and running, for the most part things have been great.

Loads of low end power with the 4.56 gears. the truck doesnt feel like its turning 35s. However fuel mileage is not the greatest. Not bad, but not great. We had some snow in NC the last week, so my truck has spent a lot of time in 4wd. Thus I only got 12.5mpg... YIKES... from what I am finding, around town and on the back roads, I am getting 14-15mpg. On the highway I would say 16, maybe 17mpg. All in all those numbers are just a bit lower than my old 3rz was getting, but now I have 3 times the low end power.


In other news, I have not had time or really the drive to "tub" my fire wall for the 35s, so a 3 point turn turns into a 12 pointer.

I am still not running rear o2 sensors and have yet to get my trans bypass, so I have a few codes, and the MIL is on. I still have 4 months before I have to have it inspected, so I have a little time.

 

Did you need to fab your own motor mounts im seriously thinking of this. But using an auto tranny.

 

Sub'd awesome work!

 

I kept the frame mounts and built my own block side mounts. I used the stock v8 rubber mounts. I will try and dig up some pictures. They are not the nicest looking but they are simple and effective.

 

That would be great if you had pics just trying to wrap myvhead around it.

 

Sorry I'm just now getting back to you. I dont have any pictures of my motor mounts. They are really simple and someone with fab skills could do a better job. I. This link you should be able to see the motor mounts that went into a 99 4runner. I followed his design pretty closely.

 

You are getting what I get with the V6, not bad at all dude. Truck sounds fucking awesome too.

 

So you needed a 4runner v8 manifold? Or just the airbox?must have been hard to find a manifold if that is the case?

 

Thank you sir. I love it. A few more bugs and it will be perfect.

When you say manifold I assume you are talking about the intake? If so they ate all the same. Later years got an asic or something like that. It looks the same only it changes runner length for different rpms.. The non-vvti 2uz's have fixed runners so they are all the same. It doesn't matter if it was a Lexus, 4runner, Sequoia, Tundra, or LC.

The 03-04 intake box and tube are what you need. The Tundra air box is way too tall. The hood won't come close to closing. You can trim up the airbox if you want, but that's messy. The 4runner box fits nice, and the hood and inner fender only requires some minor love with a hammer.

As far as finding parts I use Car-Part.com. I bought my intake off there and had it shipped from CA.

 

Well, I cut my Tacoma today. More to come. I am trying to copy this guy. He has the cleanest tub of any I have seen.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-builds/269822-mrbeggins-04-tacoma-build-5.html#post7366742


Here is where I am as of tonight. I am hoping to get some work done tomorrow before the rain comes.

 

Haha, was reading your post and when I got to the part where you said cleanest tub job the only build I thought of was mrbeggins

 

Yes sir. He did an amazing job. I am going to try my best to copy his work.

 

One down, one to go.

 

Not much progress... Had a minor set back. I ended up getting a piece of metal in my eye. I had to have is "drilled out". That was fun......

Anyway, here is where I'm at.








Rock auto and their economy packing....

 

bad ass truck man this is officially one of my favorite yotas on the site!

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my ride: 2000 tacoma extended cab, v6, 4x4, 5speed, trd, fox 2.5" remote resevoir coilovers, caged front to back(almost done), BFG A/T 33" tires, 15x10 american racing rims, intake, flowmaster dump, etc...