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

Does the icom get hot like that? I've considered putting my kenwood in like that, but with all the heatsinks on the back and bottom it seems like a bad idea. Instead I'm looking for one with a remote mount face.

 

It gets pretty hot but I haven’t had any problems.

 

well uh... thats how it swivels around.. the bolt has a shoulder

 

Introduced old bae to the new 4x4.

 

Finished cleaning up the intake.

 

I did similar with my CB.

 

Dang looks great now! it looked like a dirty swimming pool and now looks like a brand new engine valley.

 

Does anyone know if the 3rd generation suspension will be a match for the 1st gen (2003 prerunner), and how the truck will sit after? Just curious if anyone has done this to their first gen and what lift, if any they gained? Thanks

 

Psh, i've pulled out a Christmas tree and bent a basketball hoop back into a circle

 

I understand, but it has back and forth play. Not just swivel.

I added a washer and now it just swivels with no back and forth play.

 

Nope, won't work, completely different. The steering rack is on the front on a 3rd gen, back on a 1st gen, different UCA/LCA different struts. Would take a lot of fabrication, as in cutting off all the mounting brackets and re-welding, to get things to work. At that point, you might as well SAS.

 

Nope. Totally different size, valving, and mounting. Even if you did get it to fit, it would ride like crap. Remember third Gens are bigger and heavier trucks.

 

Is the top hat bolt pattern the same?

 

Not sure to be honest with you. I doubt it though.

 

Hmmm, cheap spacer lifts always pop up on KSL but never for 1st gens.

Kinda wanna throw one on the 02 to level it out a bit.

 

According to Maps, 3 hours

 

I remember the day mine started doing that. Like all of a sudden it was loose. WTF!

So felt around under the seat. Did a visual, nothing. Then felt along the right side seat rail, between the center console and the seat and there they were. Two half moon shaped pieces that up to a few moments before had been a spacer the kept tension on that arm.

IIRC, it had a formed shape, so not as thick as the washer you are using but considering the molded spots, some spots on the ring/disc/washer/spacer might have been as think as your spacer.

 

Did a couple things today. Got my O2 sim on cause engine light was intermittently coming on with magnaflow cats. Also got my dynamic tensioner on and got like 2 pounds of boost out of it. Still only averaging 6 with spikes into 7 in 2nd gear WOT with the 2.2 pulley.

 

The 2nd gen wheel hub assembly is quite a bit different than on a 1st gen, I bet the axles are not compatible. I've never heard of anyone using them either.

You could have shafts made to any length you want, it might be a little on the expensive side to have just a few made, but it would not be hard for any decent machine shop to turn and spline shafts with a couple snap ring grooves at whatever length you need.

I think there is a company doing +1.5" LCAs, I recall reading something about it @Blackdawg