Newbie, 06 X-Runner!

oh hay dere!

My name's Adam, and wanted to join here for future referance and support.

Story:
My DD blazer started having too many problems for me to want to keep up with (didn't really like the truck) so started looking into a new truck. It was originally going to be a Colorado, but i found this while searching for a manual truck and was like 'hmm... tacoma... never heard of it!'

Here she was...


Real nice looking little street truck, right!

Honestly i never knew much of these other than the famed Top Gear episode where they spend an hour trying to destroy an old Tacoma, lol!

Anyway, after a test drive, I pulled the trigger on her.

06', 90000 miles! (she will make it another 100 i assume, right? )
Mods: Bates exhaust, K&N intake, rain gaurds, and i think that's it!

I gotta say, it's in great shape and drives amazingly for a 10 year old truck! No creaks, rattles, engine runs smooth, clutch and gears are crisp! I'm really impressed.


bye bye blazer...



Anyway, I'm not new to the whole forum thing, I am a moderator on the CobaltSS network lol. Speaking of that, here is my 350+whp Cobalt! For those who may be interested who rock the TRD blower kits, its on a stock block besides modified crank and balance shaft delete, ported head, cams, bigger supercharger on a tiny pulley, ATI damper, E85, bigboy injectors, return style fuel system, full intake, exhaust, and a whole slew of other goodies all around the car. I make custom headlights on the side which helps pay the bills on some of it haha



anyway, just an into and hope to enjoy this truck for a while!

Only concern is getting around in the winter - any good suggestions for tires and how much sand is needed in the back to help with traction? RWD 6ft bed here.

Thanks for reading!

 

Oh and guess i should add for anyone wondering, I plan to just leave this badboy stock (besides winter wheels) and probably make some retrofit headlights for it; i think the front end looks kinda goofy with those big chrome housings, they are just begging for some big ole projectors

 

Ah, no love for the newbs, eh? Lol.

Well just ftr, the cobalt guys recommended me to get the Tacoma so don't be scared!

 

Welcome. Great looking truck! I always liked the X-Runners

 

Hey! Forgot i have a question, it shows tbe redline to be at 5500 but it seems so low! Is it safe to rev higher? Is there a cutoff? How is the valvtrain on these?

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome to TW!

 

Thanks!

 

Love the X-Runner and the Cobalt

 

Good deal! I think they will both look good next to eachother. Low tuner type vehicles. Cobalt is so much fun and this truck is also great fun

 

Welcome!She looks pretty!

 

Thank you!

 

Is this a 4L or 2.7?

 

Xrunner are 4.0L