1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

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Just found this in my inbox

 

Good ole American Airlines just caused me to miss my connection in DFW. Myself and some girl ran to our next gate and got there right after it closed. She wasn't laughing at any of my stupid jokes along the way. Turns out she's deaf..

 

Man, I hear you on that one...

 

No Love at all on that field..

 

How long do yellow Bilstein last? I installed a pair on the front less than 13k miles ago and they feel like they're blown. Front of the truck is almost 4 inches lower than the rear. Only thing I can think of is the internal seals went bad with the truck sitting almost a year. Sounds stupid to me but the gas cap did the same thing although it was the original.

 

When we went skiing back in 2016, we got snowed out on the 2nd day. I got a 30pk of coors light and drank it all that day. I was pretty fucked up by the time it was gone. Like, falling down and had to be held up to pee. Good times.

 

Any fluid on the ground or anything?
It is unusual for them to go bad so quickly. But not unheard of for the seals to blow out. Not sure what causes it to happen, but I know I've heard of it happened to a few Tacomas before too. I'd look into getting them replaced under warranty.

 

I dunno man, sounds like you weren't pissing yourself, so by my measure, you weren't that drunk.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zertaMV7I/?igsh=MXU5d3FmbHN5YWloYw==

 

@Mr.bee I found these cams and wanted your opinions. The Kelfords are strictly for VVTI, but the XAT can be had for either.
Three different profiles.

https://kelfordcams.com/product/1uz-3uz-vvti-drop-in-performance-cams

https://kelfordcams.com/product/1uz-3uz-vvti-performance-cams-na

https://xatracing.com/XAT-UZ-VVTi-Cams.html

I think the racetruck would be sick with those XAT 264/254 street cams.

Not sure which would be ideal for the VVTI, but I'm leaning between the Kelford 264/258 or the XAT 264/254 over the Kelford 251/251 cams.

 

BEWARE: The People of WalMart... (this sucks, gd tweakers!)

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I wonder what they took from his car that was so important they had to demolish the handle?

 

Definitely an oh fuck moment. No brake pressure. Hardline off the caliper shit the bed and I almost shit my pants.

 

That's the same one I broke! PN 47318-0C020.

Edit: 47315-0C0202 if you wanna do the drivers side as well.

 

Got another one


And it grows

 

I should get a pic of all mine. I have a fridge full of them.

 

Time for steel lines and GX brakes

 

Get them redones from rockauto. I have them and I like them. Very firm pedal. Not quiet new car new but like 50,000 miles new.

 

I did a universal line from oreilly's and ordered both to replace!

I'll do it all whenever I go long travel. Actually considering going to an actual BBK.

 

When I'm ready to do mine, I know who to call

 

@455h0le_dachshund

 

The stock '06 cams are 188/194 @.050 and .314/.315 (7.975mm/8.001mm)lift. I used to have desktop dyno & could plug numbers in & get an idea of where the powerband would move to.

Well, xat says the stock cams are 240/250 and 8.6mm lift, so who knows?

For trucks doing truck things, you want torque coming in at the lowest rpm. Thats why the 250hp 4.7 v8 feels more powerful than the 270hp 4.0 v6 the v8's peak torque is 3400-3600 and the v6's doesnt peak until 4400. Cams wont do it alone, gonna need compression or boost to go with it. Unless its just for the idle. Someone needs to learn how to do a ghost cam with the vvti.

 

*240hp 4.0 v6 and 287tq

So what cams then?

 

Needs a supercharger

 

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Have 33s. What to buy, how much work, and what's the ROI?

 

No fluid on the ground or anywhere I've seen on the truck. I just noticed it the other day on the dirt roads. I installed them a little over 3 years ago. Rock Auto sucks for warranty returns unfortunately.

 

Wow. So aren't the fronts and rears different circuits (given the rears alone would have way reduced stopping power so there's the e-brake in this situation) What caused this?

 

I have 33's and went with 4.56's and I'm happy. Sometimes I do wonder what 4.88's would've been like. But I was afraid I'd kill my highway mileage even more. According to all the research I've done, 4.30 is perfect for 33's to get decent mileage and have improved low end performance.
4.56 is a step up in low end, but you lose hwy MPG, I imagine 4.88 continues that trend.

I paid a professional to install. Wasn't cheap.
A couple guys here have done it themselves. I hear it's complicated.