97 Tacoma surges at a stop

lol, what'cha building? My dad just picked up an 86 pickup w/ a 350 in it

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/builds/27036-turbo-build.html

God i havent updated that in a LONG time! haha

 

So let me get this straight, you're runnin 12lbs of boost on a stock bottom end?

 

yep. Guys are doing over 18 on stock internals for years now.

I dont plan on running this setup forever. This will probably be a built engine by this time next year.

 

I always wanted to turbo my 2.7L but it's a bit expensive, lol. LC Engineering has some nice turbo/supercharger kits. But then again, a bit pricey. And I can't afford that right now.

 

My build, not counting the transmission mods, ran right around 2000-2500. Not that bad, but A LOT more is planned for it in the near future. New wheels, completely new suspension set-up and so on..

Turbo builds are definitely do-able on a budget, and can be done right.

 

Boyfriends got a T25 layin' around w/ a side mount intercooler from a supra. He was plannin' on turbocharging his car, but then realized all the work it'd be. lol All I'd really need to fo is find a manifold with the flange for the T25. Piping, my dad can do. lol he's certified to weld anywhere except underwater.

 

t25 is waay too small and would probably be boosting at idle lol. I have one sitting about 2 feet from me. You're gonna want a t3 or t3/t4 hybrid. Plenty of manifolds out there, i'll probably end up upgrading to a manifold with an external wastegate, then i'd sell mine.

 

Well I know this may sound crazy, but I had a similar problem when I put in my new motor. I had the truck apart for a about a month, time and money you know(gaskets, belts, fluids adds up fast). Well when I got her all back together I had a real rough idle(and its electric), what had happened was a wasp had made a nest in the fitting coming off the throttle body to the brake booster, cleaned them out and it purrrrrred so beautifully. So blockage or leak in the vacuum lines. I just put in all new vacuum lines on mine about two months ago and yeah it did make a difference, I really had no driving issues but much smoother and her hwy cruising speed went from 58 to 63, stuff isn't cheap though. I don’t know how long you have you truck apart and what conditions, I got wasps cause I have to have the garage open in the warm California summer when your throwing a wrench on the truck. Just one more thought, might be wrong, isn’t there a check valve in the brake booster where the hose goes to the TB, don’t know for sure I think mine has one V6 though. Chris4x4 will have the good intel. Hope this helps