War StoriesThis section is for discussion of any races you may have particpated in. If you smoked someone like a pack'o'cools, let us know. Likewise, if you got beat... let us know by what, so we can keep an eye out for it next time.
A while back, it was late and this guy and his bud pull up next to me at a light and gave me a little signal in their off road V6 tacoma, it looked about a 2002 around there. I thought I might as well give them a challenge and show them what I got. I never raced at all and never tried WOT at a stand still, but I knew If I gave just the right throttle my tires would not spin as much and sure enough, I beat the guy the whole way. Nothing big, but just something to be proud of. I slowed down to meet the guy, and he claims he got beat because I have a V8, that may be the case, but what he really means was "I want your truck!"
Ha! He chose to race a v8, good kill. Those tacomas can be fast lil btiches though, I know a few guys who had some real quick ones. They are so tiny though, it's like a lil toy truck, my dad had one an the inside is not roomy at all. But that's my opinion, I love the roomy interior. If I ever decide to pick up another truck, it"ll be the dodge megacab, those things are monsters!
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2008 2wd cc red brawn
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Injen cold air intake.
4" spindle
Extended length Saws
Deaver c-30 pack
Prg upper control arms
CST carrier bearing drop bracket
Prg off-road traction bars
bilsteins in the rear
35" toyo m/t's
20" boss 309
Cdt components
Sundown 100.4
Box from tech with two 10" kickers
Pioneer 2000w mono amp.
he thinks he lost because you have a V8? 2002 tacoma V6 was only a 3.4 rated at 190 hp. Thats why he lost lol. Hell a frontier would have blown his doors off.
I think the 3.4 with the TRD supercharger is still in the 15's. The 05 and up are the ones that can be pretty quick.
Good kill.
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2008 5.7 Tundra RCSB- Sport Appearance Package, Volant CAI, Magnaflow Dual Exhaust, Unichip Custom Tune, Toyota 20" Carved Wheels, McGaughy's 2/4 drop kit, Blacked out Tail lights.
You should see people with bolt-ons and a tune in those things. you slap bolt-ons and they go from like 15x whp to like 17x. Then with a tune it's like boom, 19x whp and they only weigh between 25 and 2600 lbs.
What other outcome did he expect? That was child's play for a Titan. Sure a Tacoma can be fast, but stock for stock Tacomas don't hold a candle to the T. Duh
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Niice kill op. Shoulda told the guy he lost because the only good 6 cylinders are inline 6's.
Negative. Should I remind you of the infamous Buick 3.8? Or the GM Cyclone 4.3? Or Nissan's own VQ30 and VQ35/37? Now I do like the way an I-6 sounds vs a V6 in general with a few exceptions but I think the 2JZ is one of the best sounding I-6 engines made.
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2008 Titan KC LWB XE
Titan Tough with the right stuff!!
Cherrybomb c/b 300621 (tailpipes) Hooker Aerochambers with custom equal length X-pipe, Free airbox mod, Drop in K&N, 2+ Timing, Silverstar Ultra bulbs (very bright).
14.57@94mph FST/14.427@95.052 MPH Corrected 986' DA
Next: LT headers, BDGT or Uprev, Brute Force CAI, IPT valvebody, JWT cams, 3.73 gears, Eliminate one wheel peel!!!!
Negative. Should I remind you of the infamous Buick 3.8? Or the GM Cyclone 4.3? Or Nissan's own VQ30 and VQ35/37? Now I do like the way an I-6 sounds vs a V6 in general with a few exceptions but I think the 2JZ is one of the best sounding I-6 engines made.
Okay your right, to an extent. The Syclone motor is not very great IMO, the Syclone and Typhoon guys even complain about the upkeep problems with that motor.
Yes the VQ's are great motors, aswell as the notorious 3.8, but IMO the inline 6's are superior.
I was more talking about Toyota wise though, thier best engines are all inlines. Heck thier 1.8L 3tc has gone low 7's last time I ckecked. I really like the old Toyota engines like the 20R, 18RG, 3TC, etc. For the price of bolt-on's for a VQ engine you can make a friggin little monster out of the 20R or 3t that will flat out embarass a VQ equipped car.
What cars did those engines come in? Are they all 4cyl? I like the 2JZ but expensive for my blood, same as the RB25/26DETT engines. For 4cyl engines, I think Honda makes some of the best if not the best 4cyl engines around, not to knock Toyota, Nissan or Mitsubishi. One of my all time favorite cars I've owned was a 1992 Accord coupe 5spd H22A swap with Crower stg2 cams, header, full exhaust Hondata tuned and true CAI. Wasn't the fastest dude around but the little thing made 238whp and pulled all the way to 8800rpm. Screaming little sh*t.......lol. Handled really good for a larger coupe and was just an all around general fun car to drive. I had a real good sounding Magnaflow system installed on it. Very smooth and clean sounding 4cyl. The K series are the new H22's of today it seems. Very pricey too.......
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2008 Titan KC LWB XE
Titan Tough with the right stuff!!
Cherrybomb c/b 300621 (tailpipes) Hooker Aerochambers with custom equal length X-pipe, Free airbox mod, Drop in K&N, 2+ Timing, Silverstar Ultra bulbs (very bright).
14.57@94mph FST/14.427@95.052 MPH Corrected 986' DA
Next: LT headers, BDGT or Uprev, Brute Force CAI, IPT valvebody, JWT cams, 3.73 gears, Eliminate one wheel peel!!!!
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