LQ4 powered Toyota tTacoma

[weldithto79]

haha that always makes for a fun day of thrashing! What's left with the wiring? Just neaten it all up? Obviously most of it must be done in order for a test drive lol. Oh and how did you like the power from the LQ4?

There is a lot left on the wiring side, the only gauges hooked up are oil pressure, water temp and tranny temp. The guy that is going to do the wiring is going to use cannon plugs at the firewall for the harness and all instrumentation, and then again at the dash and light bars, to ease disassembling it later on. The power is pretty good, but then again I have 5.83 gears right now and can barely hit 95 in the dirt. Im thinking about swapping to 5.13's or 5.00. Ill let you know what I think of the power then.

[fullthrottle]

Ohh ya that definitely makes for easier hookups instead of a million weather pack connectors haha. That is still pretty good for that gearing! What tranny are you running and what's the engine tachin to? We had 5.13 gears in our 4x4 buggy with a stock LS2/TH400 and Atlas II case, we tached out around 6k at 80mph on 42's. We were a little disappointed..

[Toadz]

There is a lot left on the wiring side, the only gauges hooked up are oil pressure, water temp and tranny temp. The guy that is going to do the wiring is going to use cannon plugs at the firewall for the harness and all instrumentation, and then again at the dash and light bars, to ease disassembling it later on. The power is pretty good, but then again I have 5.83 gears right now and can barely hit 95 in the dirt. Im thinking about swapping to 5.13's or 5.00. Ill let you know what I think of the power then.

5.13's would probably be a lot better. How fast are you going through the gears?

[weldithto79]

Ohh ya that definitely makes for easier hookups instead of a million weather pack connectors haha. That is still pretty good for that gearing! What tranny are you running and what's the engine tachin to? We had 5.13 gears in our 4x4 buggy with a stock LS2/TH400 and Atlas II case, we tached out around 6k at 80mph on 42's. We were a little disappointed..

We hit 95 on the GPS around 6300 rpm on a pipeline rd, with a pretty close to stock th400, just manual valve bodies and heavier clutches.

5.13's would probably be a lot better. How fast are you going through the gears?

In the dirt, not too fast, its hard to find traction... on the street real f***ing fast! I might have to take it to speed world one time to see what it does in the 1/8th mile.

Here is a picture with the bedsides mounted. I still need to build the rear bumper and upper lightbar before the 22nd, that is when its going to wiring.

And here is a link to a video my friend took from his phone, next time Ill tape his hands to the dash so its not so bouncy. lol

[Toadz]

Let me know if you're taking it to Speedworld. I'll come out and watch.

[567234ta]

that vid is awesome, what a cool truck.

why the brakes so squeaky though?

[fullthrottle]

AWESOME! Just flat out bad ass! Ahhhh I need to get going on mine now! Haha thats some good footage though it looks likes a really good place to drive and test at. It sounds strong and responsive. Let us know how it does at the track.

[cjriojas]

you inspire me

[weldithto79]

Thanks for the compliments guys, here is a link to a photo shoot we were invited to. the wiring was completed two weeks ahead of schedule so big thanks to Tony at Gecko Race wiring!

http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/gene...alk/118845.htm