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

yeah your right, i forgot out blinkers are in the plastic bumper. Ive had my plate bumper for to long i guess...

 

Damn nice truck, wish I could've found one like that. But I wouldn't have been able to afford it. Good luck man

 

Smart man!! I wrapped mine with teflon tape then with electrical tape since its a really small crack....didn't work LOL

Good job man

 

I had mine wrapped in duct tape for about 5 years it finally started to give haha

 

Created a nose cone support for my TRD S/C just like Gadget did a while back. I followed this:

http://www.gadgetonline.com/Tensioner.htm

I got a static tensioner plate and cut it up so it cleared the dynamic tensioner and pulley. The plate mounts to the nose cone of the S/C and acts as a support. I agree with Gadget that the nose cone of these S/C's should be supported. There is a lot of tension from the belt that is pulling down on the nose cone. These superchargers are bolted to our soft aluminum intake manifolds with a few bolts torqued to like 13 ft/lbs IIRC.

Before:


Cut:


No support:


Supported:

 

You cut up a tensioner? Oh man, what did the seller charge you for one?

 

I think around $100. I don't mind. I was considering making my own but decided finding one and cutting it would be cheaper, easier, and probably look better.

 

Well today I ordered a Flowmaster 40 Series Delta Flow after reading the great write up about the delta flows (specifically the 50 series delta flow) that Tooter did. I really needed to relocate my rusted old tubing so I figured throwing in a new muffler wouldn't be much more work for the muffler shop.

I am thinking of having them do a side exit before the rear tire. Two questions about that, will it make it much louder in the cab? and will it cut my clearance too much?

 

Upgraded her.... I introduce to you the Mistress, powered by duramax and EFI Live

 

Lol I'm sure, only thing is this one actually has my tags on it

 

Nice. Deleted comment because i didn't want to ruin it for others who wanted to try. haha

 

I had my exhaust dumped straight down before the axle and it gets a little drony, I would do it to the side and down so the sound doesn't bounce back and forth off the underside of the bed. Depending on how you do it clearance would be gained not lost.

For the 95-97's we don't worry about melting any ABS wires back there so even if the exhaust gasses pass over the axle it should be fine.

 

Mellow. Looks good. How?

 

How what ?

 

I have the pipe going over my frame and out before my rear tire
Doesnt drone because the gas actually gets out from underneath the truck and doesnt affect my clearance at all
Best part is i did it all woth the original exhaust pipe and didnt have to buy any extra

 

thats not a tacoma guage...

 

Because he got a new vehicle.

 

Noooooooooo

We were like twins haha

 

Same here, I used existing pipe with a 40 series flowmaster and dumped at the rear axle. Runs quiet at highway speeds.

 

Ahhh. i should think before i speak.