What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

neverstuck · Dec 4, 2014

Updated (by about 50 years) my recovery/traction ramps.

New set of TRED 42" from Boss 4x4.

FYI for CDN mbrs, I got them for around 190 CDN taxes and shipping in, but got charged another 70 bucks on deliver for duty. First time they get me unstuck when I'm out on the FSR's in the snow all alone I figure they will have paid for themselves.

TacoTrooper · Dec 4, 2014

teneighty said: ↑

Which ones are for winter?! Haha love the bronze fakelocks! Those would by my only wheels

That's sick!
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Bronze's are the snows. I bought the set like that last winter on CL for a song. No sense and swapping out till the tread wears in a few years. I do like the look of the TRD Beadlock style. Prefer black or grey, but happy with the Bronzes too. Definitely more aggressive look than the Sport wheels.

Dangerdave · Dec 4, 2014

Picking up my Softopper tomorrow from a guy in TN! I'm stoked!

darkfader · Dec 4, 2014

nad said: ↑

Nice I installed 4runner mirrors with heat, turn signal and puddle lamps, well worth the price I paid for them. Got them all wired up and the top covers painted silver, bottom is still black to keep the black on silver look you are referring to.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/31072432709...iewitem=&sspagename=ADME:L:OC:CA:3160&vxp=mtr
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great price for heated mirrors. do these vibrate while driving the way a lot of aftermarket mirrors do? thanks for the link, i need these if they appear stable while on the road.

nad · Dec 4, 2014

darkfader said: ↑

great price for heated mirrors. do these vibrate while driving the way a lot of aftermarket mirrors do? thanks for the link, i need these if they appear stable while on the road.
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Theyre not as stiff as stock mirrors, but they arent as bad as some have said. for me they seem to be just fine. I even broke a clip on one of the mirrors when I was popping them out to remove the covers and it's still pretty solid.

Some people have said their aftermarket mirrors vibrated so much that they had to get rid of them, I like to think I'm fairly picky and I would say this was not an issue with these mirrors.

floodedkiwi · Dec 4, 2014

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I finally installed my OEM roof racks, tbh it was more of a bitch than i expected but it turned out nice and flush

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I'm doing this on Saturday. Anything I need to watch out for?

Lord Helmet · Dec 4, 2014

floodedkiwi said: ↑

I'm doing this on Saturday. Anything I need to watch out for?
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Pretty easy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcwFFiWYxM

floodedkiwi · Dec 4, 2014

1rooster said: ↑

This is why it is a bad idea to bypass your throttle body coolant line:

First, we need to make some assumptions. The first set of these assumptions deals with the operating condition of the engine. Let’s assume that we are running the engine at full throttle at 4,000 RPM. We have a 3.0L engine that is efficient and has about an 85% volumetric efficiency. Our effective engine volume is 0.85*3.0L or 2.55L. Since we have a four stroke motor, we are pulling in 2.55L of air 2000 times a minute. Therefore we are ingesting 3.00 cubic feet of air per second, after unit conversions. Our throttle body’s inside diameter is 2.5 inches (D) and its total length is 2 inches (L).

The second set of assumptions deals with the air and coolant flowing through our throttle body. Let’s assume that we are pulling in air from outside the engine bay on a warm day. Our intake air is 80 degrees, Fahrenheit. At 80F and 1 atmosphere, air has the following properties:

Density (p): 0.0735 lbm/ft^3
Thermal conductivity (k): 0.01516 BTU/hr*ft*F
Kinematic Viscosity (v): 16.88*(10^-5) ft^2/s
Specific heat (Cp): 0.24 BTU/lbm*F
Prandtl Number (Pr): 0.708 Unitless

Let us also assume that our coolant is 280F and that our throttle body is not cooled significantly by the incoming air. That is, the surface temperature of the inside of the throttle body is always 280F.

Now we will figure out how much and how fast the air is entering the engine. Through simple calculations, knowing the throttle body dimensions and volumetric flow rate and the density of the air, we can find out the mass flow rate and velocity of the air entering the engine. These values are found to be 794 lbm/hr (m) and 88 ft/s (V).

We now need to know if the flow of the air is turbulent or laminar. This will allow us to determine what appropriate equations to use later. First, we need to find the Reynolds Number (a unitless number that allows one to know if the flow is turbulent or not). This is found by the equation:

Re = V*D/v

We find our Reynolds Number to be 110,000. This is definitely turbulent flow! (Anything over 10,000 is defined as fully turbulent flow)

We need to find our entry length, or the length of tubing needed for the flow to become fully turbulent. This value is defined as Lh = 10*D. This value is found to be 2.08 ft. This is acceptable, since there is, most likely, two feet of piping between the throttle body and the air filter.

Since our entry length is less than our actual piping length, we can use Dittus-Boulter equation to determine the Nusselt Number (Nu):. (Sorry about all of this name dropping)

Nu = 0.023*Re^.8*Pr^.4 = h*D/k

We find our Nusselt Number to be 214. The ‘h’ value above is the average heat transfer coefficient. Now, we can actually find the temperature of the air coming out of our throttle body. Solving for h in the above equation yields h equal to 15.58 BTU/hr*ft^2*F.

By using Newton’s law of cooling, where the rate of heat transfer (Q) is determined to be:

Q=h*(area of heat transfer)*(Surface temperature-Medium Temperature)

By using differential equations, natural logs and some other hocus pocus, we get the following equation:

Texit=Tsurface-(Tsurface-Tinlet)*exp(-h*A/m*Cp)

Finally, by using the above equation, the outlet temperature can be determined to be 81.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

Now, using the SAE J1349 correction factor, you lose ~1% of your total power for each 10 degree increase in inlet air temperature. With this 1.3 degree increase, due to the throttle body coolant, you are losing 0.13% of your power. Or, on a 200hp car, you are losing 0.26hp. By overriding the coolant flowing through your throttle body, you are risking having your throttle body freeze open in cold weather (the whole purpose of running coolant through the throttle body in the first place). Hope this clears up any confusion.

Sounds like someone did their homework. Even after reading this for some reason I still want to do mine! Maby I just like doing mods
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Ok, now I feel really dumb!
I think I will stick to what makes sense to me....#beer...

floodedkiwi · Dec 4, 2014

Lord Helmet said: ↑

Pretty easy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcwFFiWYxM
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Awesome, thank you "Lord Helmet"

Lord Helmet · Dec 4, 2014

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Awesome, thank you "Lord Helmet"
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No problem....

Newlife · Dec 4, 2014

Someone decided they liked my recovery shackles on my rear bumper more than I did and took them home with them.

Lord Helmet · Dec 4, 2014

Newlife said: ↑

Someone decided they liked my recovery shackles on my rear bumper more than I did and took them home with them.
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Dam dude that sucks I hate low lifes who steal stuff like that

Lespaulkid01 · Dec 4, 2014

Newlife said: ↑

Someone decided they liked my recovery shackles on my rear bumper more than I did and took them home with them.
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Happened to me last year. stupid you'd think they're made of gold when really you can get them for $6.99 down at Tractor Supply..

BeaverYota · Dec 4, 2014

darkfader said: ↑

great price for heated mirrors. do these vibrate while driving the way a lot of aftermarket mirrors do? thanks for the link, i need these if they appear stable while on the road.
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I tried to take off my mirrors the other day, and the bolts would not go back in very easily... I don't know why, but they were stripping and it was annoying.
In the end I more or less fixed it.... had to get new bolts. But made me a little worried about removing and installing them again if I ever switch my mirrors

ERMB · Dec 4, 2014

Newlife said: ↑

Someone decided they liked my recovery shackles on my rear bumper more than I did and took them home with them.
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That sucks! Sorry to hear that man.

Keey · Dec 4, 2014

floodedkiwi said: ↑

I'm doing this on Saturday. Anything I need to watch out for?
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Yea that video that was linked would have helped me alot
One of the things that kind of pissed me off on mine was this little metal square with a threaded hole in the middle fell out and i couldn't screw the cross bar in, had to take it all out and push it back

BeaverYota · Dec 4, 2014

Lord Helmet said: ↑

No problem....
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I keep trying to get my wife to watch Spaceballs with me but she never seems interested..... haha

Lord Helmet · Dec 4, 2014

JRGMann said: ↑

I keep trying to get my wife to watch Spaceballs with me but she never seems interested..... haha
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She doesn't know what she's missing, better then any Twilight or The Notebook movie by a long shot

HaveTwo · Dec 4, 2014

I've been getting people to watch galaxy quest, I almost like it better than space balls!

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Almost.

Fiend13 · Dec 4, 2014

Lord Helmet said: ↑

She doesn't know what she's missing, better then any Twilight or The Notebook movie by a long shot
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You got that right! Along with the Evil Dead Triology, Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail, Blazing Saddles, and a lot of others.

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