Is there benefit in flooring tacoma once in a while

I always give it what it needs, I'm not concerned with going over any RPM's either accelerating or heading down a steep mountain pass using engine breaking. We recently lost our 2nd vehicle. So it's been just the truck. My Commute is just long and varied enough to exercise the RPM range and burn off any condensation. Too many short trips these days by my wife after I get home from work. So I like to give'er once it's fully up to temp when I can.

Just the other day I drove the wife over to the nearby grocery store on a dank and damp evening. It was hovering just over the freezing mark outside. I waited outside with the truck idling. We left and stopped at the intersection waiting for the light to change. Truck was just barely up to operating temp. Advanced left turn light turned green. As I finished the turn there is a steep hill. No one was around. I hit the throttle. I think the auto trans shifted to 2nd climbing to an easy 5k RPM. held it there, then slowed down for the crest of the hill to make a right turn.

In my rear view mirror, there was this huge thick cloud of condensation that I left behind. Kinda embarrassing leaving that along with the scream of that little V6. It was a bit of a spectacle. Was satisfying at the same time getting all that condensation out of my DCLB's exhaust system and engine. Reminded me of my old work Ford Power Stroke diesel. If you idled too long warming it up in winter. There was this huge, thick cloud, of eye watering exhaust that was choking anyone behind you as you moved down the road.

 

But wrong on a couple points there...
RPM + mass air matters, so accel > decel due to throttle position
Your engine sucks in the full amount in one stroke, it just holds onto it for longer

 

IMO, a long steady multi-hour drive with a fully heated engine does more to clean out the injectors, clean off the intake valves, burn off any bypassed fuel in the oil, and evaporate any water in the oil supply than an occasional rabbit acceleration.

 

Yes, it's called a Italian tune up. Get that girl out onto the highway and give it the beans, then set your cruise control at the max MPH you can go without getting a ticket and let it run for a while like that. Burns off any deposits and also burns off any water in the system from condensation.

I'm not saying go out and beat on it, but letting it run once or twice a week is better than babying it on short trips where it rarely gets up to full operating temp.




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I floor mine daily.

 

I get to compare it to my other v6, a GM 4.3 so yeah the Tacoma sounds good. My Tacoma has TRD intake and exhaust and while it doesn't sound like a big block V8 it does have a nice refined rumble to it. My 4.3 has 2 1/2 inch pipes, no cat and a good quality turbo muffler and honestly it sounds..........cheap.

The Tacoma sounds tight, like it's well made. I love my old S10 but it sounds like huffa huffa huffa!

 

That's opening it up at 85 MPH? On my truck thats around 2200 RPM. During the winter I drive from Palm Coast to Ormond Beach and back almost everyday. Around 85 in the norm, sometimes I drive a spot faster. Even at 96 MPH it's no where close to the red line.

My radar detector has paid for itself many times over.

 

This sounds like a myth than a fact that It does anything … heat alone is not going to clean the engine from carbon deposit . U need some kind of cleaner additive like sea foam .

 

Benefits?

Flooring it for me is the smiles of feeling fast again. Feels like I'm "Fast and Furious", but in reality I'm "Slow and Gentle".

 

I owned a C6 Corvette with the 434 HP LS3 motor that would pin you to the seat when floored. I am thinking flooring my pickup truck motor will be somewhat of a disappointment.

 

*big wheel

 

air/fuel ratio's dictate that if you're slowing down, and engine braking, the motor increases it's air intake amount because fuel is largely cut off from entering the combustion cycle.

 

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Say what?

 

OP, if you want to floor it, give Mode Loco a try on a gravel road with plenty of space. 4LO-ETC-TRAC off, and give her the full beans

 

if the motor isn't making power, fuel isn't needed.

 

Soundman, You've got it a little backwards, and the order of control is different, too.

You control how much air the engine gets by opening / closing the throttle. The engine looks at how much air is coming in and adds an appropriate amount of fuel for combustion. More air = more fuel, and vice versa.
Technically we should call the gas pedal the air pedal.

For GTGallop: you're right that the volume of air is the same at full or partial throttle, since that is based on the engine displacement. However, the pressure is different (atmospheric pressure at WOT, partial vacuum anywhere else).

At lower pressures, the air density is lower and you pull less mass of air through the engine. And it's the mass of the air, not volume, that determines how mich fuel to add for combustion. (Hence the mass airflow sensor).

 

I think it was more beneficial in days of carbureted engines and really doesn't matter as much today. But also, never hurts to exercise those ponies every now and then and see what she's still got.

 

Huh. You mean my 4cylinder will hit 88mph?

 

Not what I was questioning, it was the increased air.

 

Do you mean before the TB?