TripleThreat Tier3 Prerunner Build/Mods

So my serpentine belt decieded make a statement I think it was "stop hitting the gas so hard"

 

Too much boooooooost!

 

Whoa damn

 

talk to @Torspd see if he has the S/C version of this.

Gates K060837RB Blue Racing Micro-V Belt

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TTM5J6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00

 

It wouldn't be to hard to find. Just need to find a Gates belt with a similar length, then make sure the tensioner has enough play to take up that length. If they aren't equal. I used a string around all of the accessory pulleys. Adjusted the tensioner, and marked the string. Compared those marks with the available belts, until I found a suitable match.

 

My truck has been in the garage for about a month between the MAF sensor and it running lean while I troubleshooted it on the weekends. I used CRC Maf cleaner to clean the MAF sensor but only after changing it out did I fix the issue entirely. Granted when it was running a rough idle it sound like a slow stroker V8 but even though it sounded bad ass really it was a bad sound for a 1GR-FE. I also put on a new filter and a sock to protect it from future sand and water. After changing out the MAF sensor I checked the throttle body and sprayed some CRC throttle body cleaner on the throttle body as well.




The finish product

 

The question is though.......when are you getting it back on the track?!?!?!?!

I'm also curious about another build of yours.....text me as I want to hear some updates!

 

Glad we got to talk bud i'll post more pics when I get them and I will start posting pictures of the other build when I get them

 

Subd

 

Mud terrains take 2 years of offroading to fall apart I'm just glad this didn't happen all at once =)

 

Good lord man! How did you manage that?

 

Gotta be cause of Boosting in the sand to redline! Lol

 

Not sure this is my second time getting a puncture in my tire. Im not sure when the puncture happened but the tire went really easily im sure if I was on the road it could have killed me considering the speeds I usual drive.... I actually was drifting in the sand near the rev limiter for a good couple of minutes so that could be it =)

 

Hello yall!
Two months ago I purchased the Level 10 transmission gears, Valve Body and Torque Converter from Level 10.
I was excited working with my local Tranmission shop CDO transmission here in San Diego California!
Well two months later here I am finally getting my truck back on monday and now I get to fill everyone in so they don't make the same mistake.
Yes I drag race my truck but I also offroad it and i'm not the only one that has destroyed a transmission.
So three months ago I was driving normal highway driving when my 1st gear started slipping and it would release like I was in neutral then catch and i'd be off again. Soon all the gears where doing it. Then it wouldn't go into 5th gear since the check engine light came on and thats when I pulled over off the highway.
Soon I called the nearest toyota dealership Chula Vista and boy was that a mistake! They said since its only at 53,000 miles I was covered for my transmission.
Now my truck doesn't have a prerunner bumper or midtravel or long travel shocks. It doesn't have kings or fox 2.5s though now it does have king 2.5 front struts and is going to have long travel rear shocks once I get it into the shop at trac performance in march. It does have fiberglass front fenders, offroad lights, a supercharger, methanol injection and other engine mod goodies mostly unseen to the general toyota mechanic. After a week of working with the dealership and them saying they can't give me a rental untill the toyota corporate rep looks at it. They call and say they are waiting for the results of the oil analysis and that the service manager is the one that receives it. I get a call from the dealership saying that they can't fix it due to the heavy mods and lift kit and offroad tires and that the service rep was there.
I about lost my mind because I immediately corrected the service adviser "Bryan Trudell". One, I do not have a lift, body lift and that shouldn't matter! Two I don't have over sized offroad tires! I have 275/70/r17 BFG mud terrains! Now I have 33's since I got the truck back but I had 33's and they had the nerve to tell me that causes problems! I then asked to talk to the service manager "Greg Chalmers" who said there is nothing they can do since the toyota warranty rep said they won't cover it. On a side note I have this amazing thing I always leave on to see the mechanics test drive and work on my truck which is a vico view dash cam. Its located in the cab and records up to two days of video in 1080P with great sound! So I got that on with a piece of electrical tape to cover the light for the recording indicator light. Turns out not only did they not want to fix my truck but they lied to me on several occasions. They cleared out my speedo sensor codes on my ECU and told me they checked good. But I have a video of them talking in the shop where the service adviser tells the old mechanic "Joe Peter" to clear the codes and give it back to me. They also did an alignment not I understand mechanics have to trash talk some times. I had to return to the dealership because my alignment was still off when I left the dealership and this apprently is called being a "tweaker" where custmers complain about the small things. So because I returned to the dealership after an alignment was still off and my tires were still riding rough I am a "tweaker". Some how after I get my truck back the truck ran smooth as butter since I had another service team do my alignment. I refuse to ever return to this dealership and I have the videos to prove that they cleared the codes and vocal confessions. Please don't trust the dealership even if its free its not worth your brand new truck.

After all this I went to CDO transmission where my truck spent the next two months getting serviced I pick up my truck twice only to return it to the transmission shop because the torque converter gave way. The owner Art at CDO transmission told me some interesting things i'd like to share. The level ten torque converters are actually made by recon also known as trans star and they have had many issues with them. If you look online you will see many recent complaints and honestly the bullet proof torque converter they promise is less reliable then the Toyota OEM one. The price should tell you that since an OEM torque convertor is 928.00 before tax and a trans star/level ten "bulletproof" one is 498.00 before tax. Yet it took two torque converters to figure that out for me. I noticed "Pat" at level ten in New Jersey did not hesitate to send me a new torque converter but did want another transmission shop to look at it until talking with the transmission shop foremen. The last two months have been hell to finish this thing but I am happy to be able to even drive it though it shifts like butter now!












@MadTaco461, @Trigo, @computeruser6, @NKspartan, @c.swnsn, @nfs257, @Evenflow, @sladesdaddy1022, @Torspd

 

So which torque converter are you currently using?

What was that? Like a r month saga between the dealership and your transmission shop? Glad your transmission shop were some honorable people.

 

Trans star cause they have given me another free one to rectify the situation but once it pops i'm gettin a Toyota one its not worth being stuck out in the desert for i'm not taking that chance haha.

 

Yes CDO really came through for me and ART is a great guy even though he worked for free I got him and his foremen 2 packs of beer