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

Don't drive with no oil makes perfect sense.

 

Fixed my rear locker today, it was nice and crusty inside




Sorry for the huge pictures.

 

Finished up most of my sas....this wasn't today bjt this last week....

Went and picked up a project that has a partially finished front end.... on trailer with some boxxer parts we headed back to shop...

03 quad cab
Toy rear with e-locker with solid opinion spacer
Rock assault 5" over front housing
5:29 gears
Detroit Locker front
Tundra 231mm front brakes with fror brackets
Skys manufacturing billet pitman arm
Trail gear 3" SAS
Creeper rear joints
Bilstein shocks
6 shooter knuckles,
Trunion bearing eliminator kit
Long field 30 spline
Long field outputs
Trail gear hydro assist
1650 pump
2x8" ram
Abs eliminator
Square tube front shaft
Dual cases
Hid headlights
Warn 9.5 CTI winch
Large capacity aluminum radiator so its above the frame rails
Electric fan
Tg bumper
All pro sliders
Raceline bead locks
MTR Kevlar 37" tires
ARP studs
Upgraded hub studs
Ifs box
Plated frame front and rear
High steer set up
Wilwood brake proportioning valve


Of the parts listed I'm down to finish.... this week
Hydro assist dual cases and trunion bearing eliminator this weekend

Front was almost finished so ripped into it Monday and between jobs got to this point....

 

^^^ very cool dude! well done

 

Bad ass sas^^

Link to the intake tube u used..I like that

 

Looks so good your truck is shaping up nicely!!!

 

*without oil

 

I have a pic or two in my build thread. I'm running a mini truck transmission and gear drive cases so it will be a little different than tacoma running gear. I already had dual cases in the tacoma so it was straightforward to swap the rear case.

 

Question for the first geners....

A dbl cab frame is the exact same frame as an extra cab, minus the body mounts....right?


I need to do a cab swap. Take off rolled dbl cab and put in a clean extra cab.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/359531-cab-swap-time-questions.html

Got some tips advice, post it up I this ^^^ thread please

 

I'm sure Monte will give you insight. I know he switched from Xtra cab to Xtra cab. But he probably knows either way lol

 

How much did it cost you for him to modify them?

 

Took less than an hour to get down to the knock sensors this time. Hopefully this new sensor does the trick. There was some dirt in the plug of the old sensor so maybe it was trippy.

 

Ya I've been searching his build, one of the best detailed builds.

 

Agreed. I usually go to his build or Box rockets if I'm in the need for answers. Typically find it out in one of those two lol

 

Went ridind

 

Sweet. Now I'm throwing codes for both knock sensors.

 

Took my spare tire and holder off since a 265 would do me no good if I had a flat lol

 

Replaced the rear brakes.

 

Strange. Maybe the harness is messed up somewhere? Maybe the connector at the ECU has a loose connection or something. I know when I soldered in the wires for my 7th injector, I was afraid I was going to mess up other connections while pulling on the harness and stuff.

 

After reading a lot and finally understanding exactly what those knock sensors are doing, I'm almost positive my engine is done for. As the knock sensors detect knock, they retard the timing. Exactly what is happening to me at about 3000 rpm or more pulling up a hill. The timing is retarded so much that it starts flat lining and cutting power. If I stay in the gas long enough (which I have to because I have no power), the CEL will come on. Guaranteed. It will also come on randomly. I think I'm just driving around pinging and I can't hear it. So my conclusion is the knock sensors are good, the engine is bad.

I guess I will put the supercharger up for sale and look at engine options. I would like to do that 6bt but damn it's a heavy engine!