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

4runner brakes are slightly bigger and require 17s I believe

 

Thought Tundra brakes were the only upgrade for 1st gens

 

Thats what i was thinking. Are 13WLs not the go-to set up anymore?

 

You can get the larger 4-5th gen 4runner ones if you want. But those require 17s. Think they are close to 250mm or something. Can't remember what they are called.

 

Ripped these out yesterday and replaced them with the upgraded Denso motor west injectors. Hoping it could fix my p0300. Also replaced the fuel pressure regulator. I can’t hear the misfire anymore when starting but my CEL just came back on but now the p0300 is under pending codes and my p0420 is under stored codes. Usually it was the other way around.
Starts and runs great though.

 

This! Buddy of mine has a spare set when we where talking brakes. I know i need to upgrade. It's kinda scary driving sometimes. Lol

 

Uncle jay?

 

Lol. Not going to lie, I was thinking about him and those rope hooks while I was removing them. I try not to be OCD about my vehicles though, at the end of the day it's just a truck.

 

Pulled the trigger on a TRD supercharger woohoo. Fresh rebuild with receipts, new plugs, belts and gaskets. I guess I made my mind up and keeping the ol girl! Haha! Can’t wait for this. Perfect timing now that fuel prices have dropped substantially up here.

 

I loved mine while I had it!

 

Who has done this? And, is there a write up?

Is it just like doing the Tundra swap?

 

yeah basically. Although I think there is something more involved, i can't remember. Might have to machine something. Things are huge though. 6 piston calipers I believe. Think it was @Empty_Lord I was talking to about this maybe?

 

Ya, I just looked it up. The bigger 4th Gen 4 Runner brakes are the same as GX470 brakes... at 338mm rotors

 

Yeah big boys. And I remembered, you have to machine the mounting points on the spindles for the calipers to get them centered. Or the calipers I suppose.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ner-calipers-for-1st-gen-tacomas-14wa.767060/

 

First post on here! Got new wheels and tires, 15x8 FB marketplace find rims with 4" BS and 32x11.5R15 Falken Wildpeaks

 

Looks great, now mount the bumper!

 

Unfortunately the bumper is gone from rear ending someone in the fall. Been saving since then to try to budget in time/money to make a tube or plate bumper

 

I Can’t wait!

 

Changed the transmission mount. It made such a difference driving it down the road and hitting small bumps that used to make the transmission and transfer case bounce an extra bounce or two. Next up, motor mounts. Not right now though!