The Second Official Car Thread

[megadeth]

whats with the 666666 plates? I've sen those a few times... is that jdm or something? haha

[Matt.]

its photoshop.

[CaboWabo]

I don't care if that 240sx's engine was built by jesus, it's still the exact opposite of bad ass. I'm all about a sleeper, but that shit just looks dumb as frack.

[Matt.]

I don't care if that 240sx's engine was built by jesus, it's still the exact opposite of bad ass. I'm all about a sleeper, but that shit just looks dumb as frack.

:keke:

[megadeth]

I wanna see a pic of the engine bay...

[Skuce]

[nukka-cp]

nick howd ya guys locate that charger? post pix man, awesome.

Craigslist my friend, and it truly is a remarkable car. I've wanted one ever since I saw them in a magazine when I was younger, but with the 426 hemi instead of the 383. I'll try and get some, but I've been up in Lake Forest for the past week so I'm not by any of the babies.

[DT]

I'm going to do the OEM front lip to match my OEM rear wing - I like the understated look, the OEM quality is great and it comes pre-painted (so it's an easy DIY install).

I just recently found this splitter that I really dig, looks OEM, compliments the OEM front lip, protects it (it has flex/shock mounted fasteners, uses all OEM connection points, it's metal too). No gay adjusters or anything. Nice contours to match the lip. It's made by Coastal Metals (they make several S and Z accessories).

[DT]

I dig on that car too because it's got a great custom look, *but* that's a custom cutout OEM hood, those are OEM wheels just painted with some 15mm spacers - creative way to customize on the cheap. I'm going to be doing the same thing to my hood (though asymmetric cutouts on both sides).

[megadeth]

Why the cut outs?

[Mapdash]

air flow. You gain 15 whp from every cut.

[Mapdash]

nobutsrsly.........i am digging on the spillter, DT. What is the material? Is it flat black.

[Black]

Ricers.

[Chrith]

speed holes

[DT]

nobutsrsly.........i am digging on the spillter, DT. What is the material? Is it flat black.

6061-T6 Aluminum and then I believe it's anodized black - looks flat. Apparently they hold up pretty well too. Probably easy to touch up (definitely vs. finished paint).

[DT]

Ricers.

Racist.

I prefer Slanty-eyed, Yellow Bastard Mobile.

[Ill Perfection]

DT, At first glance it looks like dry carbon. If it's metal I'd like to use one for a mold and lay up a few. If there's a market for metal OEM style S2000 splitters, there's a market for dry/wet carbon ones. I REALLY like that one

[Teddy Parker]

thats tight nick. classic muscle is always a dream car but i dont have any means to own one. my dad has an early 70s chevy truck and it looks great. think it has a 350 in it or something, its fast and loud. my alarm clock in the morning... is him starting his truck

[Rene Gonzalez]

didnt know this thread existed. my taco

[nukka-cp]

Does it poop out ice cream? Looks sick though, and looks like it's being put to good use!

[Teddy Parker]

rene what mods you got on that thing?

[Conrad923]

rene where did you get that grille from it looks good .ive been looking into getting an all black one but all i could find is this...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ht_3317wt_1596

and what size tire are you running?

[Rene Gonzalez]

Does it poop out ice cream? Looks sick though, and looks like it's being put to good use!

this one poops sour cream

rene what mods you got on that thing?

damn i dunno where to start... hmmm, urd maf calibrator tuned by creator of urd, urd cai, jba headers, doug thorley y-pipe, magnaflow cat back, icon coilovers, icon rear, icon progressive leaf pack. and much more

[Rene Gonzalez]

rene where did you get that grille from it looks good .ive been looking into getting an all black one but all i could find is this...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ht_3317wt_1596

and what size tire are you running?

its made by grillcraft, u gotta cut out the old grille and make some holes and screw this puppy in. heres a link with probably the best price http://www.truckalterations.com/html/grillcraftmx.html

tires are 265/70/17

[DT]

urd maf calibrator tuned by creator of urd, urd cai, jba headers, doug thorley y-pipe, magnaflow cat back

There's 10HP of mad import-powa right there!


Great photos BTW.

[Rene Gonzalez]

There's 10HP of mad import-powa right there!


Great photos BTW.

if you only knew the power this thing has. fastest N/A this truck can get. im pushing 300 hp the custom tune is what brought everything together

EDIT: i also gutted out all the cats, so straight pipe. so definitely not legal

[Conrad923]

how much did all that run you?

[DT]

if you only knew the power this thing has. fastest N/A this truck can get. im pushing 300 hp the custom tune is what brought everything together

EDIT: i also gutted out all the cats, so straight pipe. so definitely not legal

Out of curiosity, do you have any actual objective performance metrics stock vs. current state of tune? I'm assuming that's the 4.0L V6 @ 236HP out of the box?

[Rene Gonzalez]

how much did all that run you?

lots

Out of curiosity, do you have any actual objective performance metrics stock vs. current state of tune? I'm assuming that's the 4.0L V6 @ 236HP out of the box?

The owner of urd who tuned my truck had the same set up as me before he supercharged and has plenty of dynos printed out testing his different maps... all the after market stuff made my truck run very lean so we leveled out a/f ratio and increased the rev limiter. this taco (06) came around 250 outta the box. the hp readings are different on the newer tacos cuz of emission testing bs, seems like every year the number gets lower. i still need an actual dyno but i know from reading others im up close to 3

[CaboWabo]

If it's "lots" then I hope you mean 300 to the wheels...either way it's a sick truck. A lot better than all the douche bag rednecks around here that have full size trucks jacked up way too high with retardedly loud exhaust.

[Ill Perfection]

That truck is fracking epic Rene!

[Rene Gonzalez]

If it's "lots" then I hope you mean 300 to the wheels...

my suspension aint cheap, this shits made for jumping and taking whoops, best mid-travel set up u can get with out goin long travel. (and i wish 300 RWHP)

That truck is fracking epic Rene!

Thanks man, ive put lots of time into this truck. still need to replace some centering pins i completely tweaked

[DT]

If it's "lots" then I hope you mean 300 to the wheels.

There's no way it's 300rwhp, but 300 at the motor is pretty respectable for a 4.0L motor with only external bolt-ons. It still seems a high to me, but maybe those motors are super corked up from the factory (and have a really poor tune).

it's a sick truck. A lot better than all the douche bag rednecks around here that have full size trucks jacked up way too high with retardedly loud exhaust.

Agreed 100%

[Ill Perfection]

and repped for pics of you ACTUALLY driving it like it should be driven...looking good and all

[DT]

My Dad just picked up his second Taco, the other one had roughly 250K miles and it was tight as a f****** drum when he sold it. I think it had a starter swap and a couple of set of tires. Amazing.