Thanks man! I appreciate it. Hopefully someone finds the information useful. I'm super excited about this next round of upgrades. Hitting "Complete Purchase" on $3155 of SPL parts was rad.Wow Impressed with all your research and gusto to get er dun! Mine will be very similar (still in the shop) - as I bought it for short daily commute and track days. Appreciate sharing your updates and progress
Have towed it a couple of times locally, honestly not because I needed to (yet), but I wanted to see how the Tacoma would do. I rented a lightweight car trailer. I'll say this: It's not a V8. My opinion is that it would be fine in my area (KY) and the region in general. Towing through the big boy mountains or coast-to-coast? I'd rent a V8 something or ship it. It's not that it couldn't do it, it just wouldn't be pleasant. I'm not willing to give up on the Tacoma platform because I like to do redneck truck shit, so long term I'll likely do a supercharger. The brakes on the truck are fine as are the other applicable supporting systems. It's the trash Atkinson cycle V6 Toyota decided to vomit into the engine bay rather than use the perfectly fine 4.0L V6 from the 4 Runner. I'd be very interested to see what the 4th gen Tacoma has to offer. The low-end immediate power delivery of the hybrid they're doing would be very, very attractive.How’s the Tacoma towing it around? I know it’s not a heavy duty truck but I was considering the same combo for the future
Perfect exactly what I wanted to hear! ThanksHave towed it a couple of times locally, honestly not because I needed to (yet), but I wanted to see how the Tacoma would do. I rented a lightweight car trailer. I'll say this: It's not a V8. My opinion is that it would be fine in my area (KY) and the region in general. Towing through the big boy mountains or coast-to-coast? I'd rent a V8 something or ship it. It's not that it couldn't do it, it just wouldn't be pleasant. I'm not willing to give up on the Tacoma platform because I like to do redneck truck shit, so long term I'll likely do a supercharger. The brakes on the truck are fine as are the other applicable supporting systems. It's the trash Atkinson cycle V6 Toyota decided to vomit into the engine bay rather than use the perfectly fine 4.0L V6 from the 4 Runner. I'd be very interested to see what the 4th gen Tacoma has to offer. The low-end immediate power delivery of the hybrid they're doing would be very, very attractive.
All that being said, if you're going to do it, it'd highly recommend the latest KDmax tune for the truck. It gets about as much low-end grunt out of the truck as possible. Great tune and improves drivability and towing immensely.
The shop called on Wednesday and cancelled Motor Mount and Downpipe Day today! It was much celebrated in my household until they unceremoniously cancelled it. First time they've ever done that. The tech that works on my car ended up going on vacation, so that's cool. It's now all being done on the 18th. I also received the MST intake and it's pretty. I'd like to throw those BMS braces on at the same time but I'll be damned if I can find the stock mounting hardware (the Cusco brace on there meow uses a different set of hardware). It'll be like driving a new car when I pick it up later this month!November 4th (local shop) - Evolution Racewerks ceramic-coated downpipe, Big Daddies Garage mini cats, and Doteki billet aluminum motor mounts (race version w/ firmer insert)
November 18th (local shop) - CSG C21/11 brake pads, Motul RBF 660 brake fluid, Turner Motorsports braided brake lines, Eibach EU-spec springs, all of the SPL parts except the traction links which are already installed
Thanks! Hoping for the same results.Great build, on my first supra i went with AA catted definitely adds some noise (nothing major) and GREAT quality.
On this supra i went with armytryx catless, GREAT sound and with the Simulator no CEL.
knock on wood it's only been on for 1500 mi. BUT I PUSH THE CAR EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT LOL