What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

The stock motor can’t handle that but can be built to handle that. The crank would remain stock. Upgraded pistons and rods etc would happen to hold 800-1000hp with lower compression to be more boost friendly. Stock motors about 700-750 is about the limits. The transmissions the weakest link but there’s upgrades to those or even transmission swaps happening by a few

 

Wow, still 700-750 hp is very impressive imo. And yeah the lower compression for the blower. Gotchya. And tranny swaps? Have you done those or do you get the OEM beefed up?

 

Couple members here are doing 4L80 swap and one’s working on an 8speed. Most of us are upgrading the valve body to hold power.

 

That's such cool stuff!! Thank you so much for explaining all of that. Ever since I took autoshop in HS, I wanted to be a gearhead but never really was able to dig in and learn everything I've wanted to learn. Everything I've done has been self taught
and I learned most everything before the internet was a thing. Now I can look up just about everything.
Anyway, it's still cool you explaining all of that. Thank you so much!!

 

Absolutely no problem! That what these forums are for!

 

True!

 

One of the first things I did on my truck. Stock seat felt like I was almost slanted forward.

 

I have the stock suspension…. I saw this photo and thought, hmmm. I need some rock, I wonder if I do this a couple times, would it “enable” an new shock system to be in the Tundra’s future…

 

New fog lights from Hot Shot Off Road arrived yesterday. Thanks @memario1214! Got them installed but did not have a chance to take the truck out for a drive after dark. Forgot how loose the Toyota light housing/mounts were. Fixed with zip ties but made aiming a bit of a pain.

 

Put in my order last week for a Demello front bumper, pretty pumped as I’ve been waiting a while to pull the trigger on this, took some time doing my research and always came back to this one. Appx. 6-8 week lead time, hope it goes by fast!

 

Big maintenance and install morning. Oil change, engine bay clean, SDHQ ABS guard install, Coachbuilder ABS and Brake Line Extender install, and under carriage degrease and hose down.

 

I had a Demello Front Bumper on my FJ, Jason’s attention to detail and quality is second to none

 

He told me “you’re going to love it” and I believe that’s going to be an understatement!

 

Finally got around to installing the grab handle last night, after picking up 2CU cedar mulch and laying that down out back. Whoever refurbished it held the heat gun a bit too close to the grab handle bolt caps. Oh well. It's a truck. It's meant to take punches and keep rolling.

 

Oil change completed.

 

Put another 200 miles on the valvebody. May be in my head but seems to be tightening up a bit. It’s still stock feeling except for the 1-2 and 2-3 but those are mildly more than stock.

 

Few recent projects -

Front shocks rebuilt and revalved. Schmidty Racing did the rebuild/installed the valving changes I supplied using their own upgraded seal kits and synthetic oil.



Ceramic coated Hooker Blackheart shorty headers installed. Hard to get a pic - ceramic coating is silver, can see a bit of them.





Modified the bed bar to front bed panel support by reinforcing the bed and moving the mounts for the supports to the top of front bed panel. Added corner supports connecting bed rails.

 

I bought a generic kit off of Ebay. Works great

 

What do you think of the headers? Sound good? Also looking forward to a long term update!

 

Can you provide some info/details on the water jug? I know its a Scepter, but what is the coupler/valve you've got on there? Thanks!

 

I've always admired the quard-scroll w16s!

 

So who is your buddy that's getting Herbsts truck built? Also BS that SCORE (presumably) wouldn't greenlight a Toyota Spec TT motor.

 

Got the rear Eibach pro 2r shocks and Durobumps on today. Hoping to tackle the fronts on Wednesday if the stars align. Quick trip to the grocery store and man they are so good. Tough comparison to the spent black stock shocks but I’m so excited to get the fronts on there.

 

Working on fabing a couple spots for 6x9s in the rear cab corners also smokings d's nuts

 

I like them, sound is very nice.

They are pressure washer quick connect couplings. Carry 4 Scepter water jugs in the bed, RV water pump mounted in the front driver corner of the bed that feeds a coupler and switch to turn the pump on and off at the rear driver side bed. The coil hose and sprayer currently mounted, or water heater for showering plugs in there. The water jugs have a draw tube in them, switch tanks using the quick connects as needed and open/close the tank air valves.

 

Andy he was getting a spec truck done by them he had the first lsk tundra (white one on their site). Could’ve been a different org but yea he’s moved on from all of it.
https://offroadium.com/toyota-tundra-prerunner-with-lsk-suspension.html

 

This week I added the TRD Pro hood scoop with some guidance from @BoatBroker - I also added a new Vijay rear bumper from eBay.

The hardware for the bumper was not that great, but the bumper itself looks pretty cool imo.

The hoodscoop is also from eBay. If it wouldn’t have been for BoatBrokers guidance, that install would’ve been a nightmare - the rubber seals provided are garbage and the hardware was incomplete.

Shoutout to all of you who post videos and provide resources to the rest of the Tundra community here.

 

Morning everyone! Finally got done with my first round of improvements/repairs since getting my 2015 a couple of weeks ago. I put a list of what I did with links below. Only things not listed are the water pump, thermostat and serpentine belt. My toolbox I had from a previous truck.

I did go to a pick a part and get all new seats. The originals were trashed as this was a work truck before I purchased it. Seats came out of a “Grade A”, from what I was told that was a truck with less than 50k miles and was recently purchased. They were in brand new condition.

Westin Bull Bar - https://realtruck.com/p/westin-e-series-bull-bar/v/toyota/tundra/2015/
Icon 3” Nerf Bars -https://realtruck.com/p/ionic-3-black-nerf-bars/v/toyota/tundra/2015/
Husky Liners - https://realtruck.com/p/husky-liners-x-act-contour-floor-liners/v/toyota/tundra/2015/
LED Interior Lights -

$25 AUTOGINE Super Bright 6000K White LED Interior Light Bulbs Kit Package for 2007-2019 2020 2021 Toyota Tundra + Install Tool

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0834MDJG2
Dasaita Head Unit -

$577 Dasaita Android 13 Radio for Toyota Tundra 2014-2021, 10.2" QLED Touchscreen, Wireless CarPlay, Android Auto, 5G WiFi, 4G LTE, DSP, GPS Navigation, 6GB+64GB

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP39NX1Y
Hood Scoop -

$115 Chrome Front Upper Hood Bulge Molding Grille Trim Compatible with 2014-2021 Tundra

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQWQWZQR
Tailgate Letters -

$17 Pukonger Tailgate Insert Letters Compatible with 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Tundraa 3D Emblems with Strong 3-m Adhesive Matte Black

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5BRXBYM
Headlights -
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=16646669&cc=0&pt=10762&jsn=327
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=16646673&cc=0&pt=10762&jsn=336
Redtiger Dash cam -

$130 REDTIGER Dash Cam Front Rear, 4K/2.5K Full HD Dash Camera for Cars, Included 32GB Card, Built-in Wi-Fi GPS, 3.16” IPS Screen, Night Vision, 170°Wide Angle, WDR, 24H Parking Mode(F7NP)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098WVKF19
Samsung Mem Card (for Dashcam) -

$30 SAMSUNG PRO Endurance 256GB MicroSDXC Memory Card with Adapter for Dash Cam, Body Cam, and Security Camera, Class 10, U3, V30 (‎MB-MJ256KA/AM)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WB3D5GQ

Up next is the Tailgate top plastic trim, door panels, wheel caps, and maybe tail lights.

Then I think I am just going to re-coat the bed with a thick paint. But that is very last on my list.

 

Good looking work man!