What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

good deal! Probably gonna have to meet later in the day

 

Sounds good. I'll be in touch.

 

I've replaced plugs & wires, but no 02 sensors not cats. The truck's idling hasn't changed in the year I've had it. For any given outside temperature, initial startups and running temp idle points have been the same. Figured it was right haha. I actually don't know.

 

Im in the 1500 rpm club, on cold start up. it drops quickly enough, but when its really cold the rpm's hang up there for a good bit. The annoying thing that happens is when I drive it cold, the rpm's spike up when I clutch in coming up to a stop. Its enough where if someone is on the curb, they'll think I missed the brake and jammed the skinny pedal in neutral Never have figured that one out, goes away after 4 or 5 stop and starts

 

Yeah, same here. Boring battery. (Optima)

Can you post pics/opinions on your new muffler? Thinking about doing the same but hesitate for fear of the dreaded "drone" on the highway... uggg...

 

I don't have any experiences with magnaflow, but I know on the JBA system I run, the drone is real. I ended up soundproofing the cab floor/behind jumper seats with mass loaded vinyl. It worked awesome, so much so I went ahead and did the entire cab. There really is not much beneath the carpet and sheet metal. Another well loved solution is to just crank up the tunes when your highway driving

 

Well if you clutch in at pretty much the same time you take your food off the throttle, it the RPM will jump up because of a combination of rev hang and then the engine no longer being bogged down by the trans. That's normal. But yeah it will be more pronounced in the cold.
Even at 1500RPM cold starts, the truck has yet to feel like it's not running correctly, so I am going to keep on assuming that it's simply how my truck is.

 

I finally took some baking soda + water to my battery terminals. That shit's been building right back up after each time I shook the corrosion off. Hopefully this finally fixes it.

I also fluid film'd the frame and underbits. A bit messy in spots since I am pretty shit with aerosol applications. Also, question about quantity. I used about a can and a half total. Should I be a little more liberal with it and put on a heavier coat? I have read about guys using 3 whole cans.

 

For those of you (like me) who like to buy yourself christmas presents, URD has 10% off superchargers. Pulleys are on back order, but they're on sale too. There's also a 5% discount code for stuff that's not on sale.

 

Happy Thanksgiving TW folks!

 

As to you and the other first genners!

 

Debating on putting a GPS in the truck any suggestions?

 

Built a small platform so i could haul all of the camping & hunting gear. I hope she holds together! 1st actual trip out in about 2 years

 

Got some lean going

 

I've blacked out all my logos, I've blacked out my rims, I've installed a bull bar, installed 2 led light cubes on my bull bar, installed bright white led map lights and dome light, installed blue led lights in my instrument panel and as an inside underglow, and I've done my own spray in bed liner.

 

What bed liner? I just tested raptor liner on a golf cart, stuff is tuff.

 

I used rust-oleum bed liner cause I had some rust starting to form where the edge of the plastic drop in liner was.

 

I will also be buying a black tool box for the bed on Saturday and will have it installed in like a week depending on when the no drilling mounting kit comes in

 

Yup first time its had any weight on it. these 63" chevys are squishy!

 

Did a lot of painting on my front end today, everything should be done/installed on Saturday.