Souped up sleeper

I have an 03 4.7 2WD with 103k on the dash. Id like to soup it up a bit, the mods I’m planning on are:
Thicker Sway Bars front and back
New suspension (perhaps lowering it)
Big brake kit
Wheel Spacers

I’d like to get a noticeable power increase alongside handling improvements and I’m looking for suggestions for both that would be worth my while. Also cosmetic mods would be appreciated, just nothing that draws too much attention. thanks!

 

Look here

https://www.tundras.com/posts/3379743/

 

Just sayin', and not trying to be a smartass, but you picked the wrong vehicle for that.

Don't install 'hot air intake', you'll lose power.
Don't bother with oiled filters, you'll clog the MAF.

You can eek out a little extra power with long tube headers, other than turbocharge/supercharge, you're not going to see much for gains with that 2UZ-FE. It's designed to run a million miles, not to run races.

I'm biased, but this thread is worth a read: https://www.tundras.com/threads/so-you-wanna-buy-just-bought-a-1st-gen-tundra-eh.115928/

 

LS swap it!

 

Now that's how you get power! And tons of bolt-on easy mods to choose from!

And it's also how you turn your 100k-150k engine into something that needs to be rebuilt in 30k-60k miles. Been there, done that.

 

some of us are here for a good time, not a long time.

 

It's a spectrum, I'm here for a moderate amount of both.

And I'm definitely on the spectrum, also.

 

5.4L stroker kit if you’ve got money and want to keep the 4.7L block and look.

 

LT4 crate motor swap would be fun. Only $17K from GM.

 

I dont think i'd want an aluminum block or high compression on a truck (i know the titan is aluminum, but its 2wd & doesnt have a hitch. Basically a crossover.). Low rpm and cool would be the ticket. Thats my main beef with the 2uz, it wants to spin, but has 2 bolt mains & '03+ has weak rods.

im not happy with ethanol gas, wouldnt hurt my feelies to swap in a diesel.

 

Lets go be real for a moment.

Headers - $800 - $1,200
Exhaust - $500 and up
Suspension drop kit - $800+
Hellwig Sways front/rear - $1,200
Supercharger - $7,000 - $10,000
Built forged w/ARP long block - $9,000+
Turbo - $900 (kit only, no engine managment)
Cams with valve springs - $2,000+
Ring/pinion (RWD) - $1,200
Injectors - $400

And that's if you do your own work. Some of those parts require specialty tools. Pick your poison, and how much you want/care to spend.

I have a dyno proven 30ft-lbs of torque at the low end and only 5hp at the top end by headers, exhaust, injectors, and having all maintenance items new. Spent maybe $2,500. Granted, I designed my system to make low-end torque.

Want to feel quick? Re-gear your rear end to 4.30:1 or 4.56:1 with stock sized tires and get some headers. You'll zip around town and have some nice passing power on the highway. Trust me, it will feel plenty quick enough.

Want to race Mustangs and Corvettes? Spend $20,000+ on a built bottom end with a supercharger at 12+ psi. Your stock rods are only good for under 6psi.

As stated by other folks in here the 2UZFE is built for the marathon, not the sprint. These motors are proven to make some serious power but the Supra and Lexus guys who swap in the 1UZ and 2UZ engines are doing it with fully built motors. The 1UZ can handle 700hp with an MLS headgasket and head studs. 2UZ has the displacement but weak connecting rods.

 

I'd like a day to play with fuel pressure, compression, and cam timing to find my perfect 200hp @ 2000 rpm engine. Might be neat to see what a 2uz can do as a 2v engine. 12 hole injectors & golf ball intake ports & polished exhaust ports.

Wanna win stop light races? 4.88's and a sonnex trans with a compushift controller. Could launch in 2nd and wet any panties within earshot.

 

Santa isn't sure how he feels about wet panties...

 

Never gotten snow in your britches before?

 

Santa does not wear panties; shame on you for assuming Santa's involved in those kind of fetishized perversions...

... it'll be the naughty list for you this year

 

gonna like it. Unless he wears skinnyjeans.

 

Good point; I'll have the elves knit up some custom panties for him and make sure to leave them unwrapped under the tree...

That should make for an interesting Christmas morning conversation in the Toasty home

 

If I were Santa…….. I’d be selling Santa’s wet panties in Asia during the off time to keep the elves employed. Happy elves, happy shelves

 

Dads getting a telescopic mirror, and mom is getting a henry mare's leg. Gotta talk to my brother to see if he wants anything engraved.
Polo will probably get some deer bones.

 

Well, thank you

Now on to the other topic...

Santa did not see them on the naughty list; what kind of shenanigans have been perpetrated in TJ household this year that warrant coal lumps??

PS>>> I'm going to have to get back to checking my lists twice

 

Santa does not own or operate an OnlyFan's account and therefore cannot be involved in vending used, moist, heavenly scented, textiles

 

But he could. Probably should.

c'mon santa bump those 6112's up to kings or fox qs3's. How often would you need my services to go LT?

 

LT Santa Sleigh???
Hell yeah...

 

That's 525 lb-ft of torque. Surely not something the 2UZ is going to eek out willingly, even with forced induction.