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June 3, 2016: Bald Mountain (continued)At this point I had encountered my first two annoying characteristic of the new Tacoma.Old School Rock Crawler's Off-road Impressions IThe V6 flywheel must weigh a full metric ton. If you try jam'n through the gears in low range the RPMs don't fall at nearly a quick enough rate. I have no doubt this was done for better fuel economy as well as less apparent mistakes to novice gear jammers. I already have a simple solution for this in my mind.
I am a live axle front suspension guy thru-and-thru; I'm starting to realize it will be painful to keep mine IFS. Hoping to resist the urge for a while-
Yeah SAS her... I don't know what kinda bogus you're trying to pull by saying "I plan to appeal to the Tacoma masses.", but the masses don't wanna see any stinkin control arms in the front of that truck!
Does the engine have a throttle cable/linkage or is it drive-by-wire (ECU controlled) ?If it's drive-by-wire, you're screwed; as the computer is dropping the revs slowly for emission reasons. (My sister's Saturn VUE manual tranny did that and it drove me nuts....)
If it's drive-by-wire, you're screwed; as the computer is dropping the revs slowly for emission reasons.
It is drive-by-wire, and you are right that this is what's keeping the RPM up. It would probably require a software revision to "correct" that.
Sounds like you need 4 switches (one for each wheel) to manually tell the computer to apply the brakes for a specific wheel....
the masses don't wanna see any stinkin control arms in the front of that truck!
By the way my 2016 TRD sport does Not have hill asst start.
Can you measure from the ground to the bottom of your rocks for me please.. Your truck looks way shorter then mine. I am still at stock height but have lots of ground clearance.
The day the 70-series Land Cruiser is offered in the U.S. of A. will be the same day I sell this Tacoma.
I'm sorry to tell you this but the sad reality is that they actually do. Consider an image search for "lifted Tacoma", https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lifted+Tacoma&t=hb&iax=1&ia=images. I scrolled for a while and couldn't even find a SAS Tacoma.Look, I'm with you and I'm also upset that Toyota does not equip or even offer as an option a live front axle for the Tacoma. But we must concede to the clear facts that Toyota is the #1 automobile manufacture in the world (or did VW finally surpass them?) and the Tacoma is by a run-away margin the #1 most sold compact pickup in the US of A for a reason. To put things into perspective, after the 1st quarter of 3rd gen Tacoma sales, Toyota sold more Tacoma's than Colorado's, Canyon's and Frontier's COMBINED. It is insane. Moreover, according to KBB, the top 10 automobiles for best resale value ranks the FJ Cruiser as #1 (now discontinued), the Tacoma as #2, and the 4Runner as #3. What do all three have in common? You guessed it, independent front suspension. Despite how much we like to dislike IFS, we have to recognize that Toyota has the best marketing analysis and has proved the demand to be IFS over live axle in the U.S. of A. Don't blame Toyota. Blame consumers, of which now I'm part responsible. I've said it before and it's prudent to repeat here: The day the 70-series Land Cruiser is offered in the U.S. of A. will be the same day I sell this Tacoma.Regards,BigMike
That day will be a glorious day.
All the trucks on that page are fancy steam rollers made to compact the pavement.
Either way, an IFS 2016 Tacoma that competes on the rubicon without a ton of fab work .... [is] going to break new ground and it's gonna be sweet.
Ok mike if you can't measure the height. Whar tire package ( size ) came on your truck? I fit 33's at stock height. 2 to 3 inches of lift is way more then I will need to clear 35's. Still need to regear but then the ARB Lockers come with the new diffs.
I think your decision to keep it IFS is a bold move. Converting it to SAS is the easy cut and run method. Proving you can gracefully do everything you did before with IFS is the real challenge.
My stock tires are 265/65R17 which according to a random online calculator is equal to a 30.6" x 10.43".I can in no way fit 33's at stock height. Wow my truck must be much lower than yours. While looking through my photos, I remembered I do have the following height measurements:(Measurements in inches up fron the ground. D = Driver's side, P = Passenger's side)Bottom of door handle: D 42-5/16, P 42-7/16Bottom of front fender @ axle center line: D 34-1/2, P 34-13/16Bottom of rear fender @ axle center line: D 36-1/16, P 36-3/4Bottom ID of trailer hitch: 16-1/8Tailgate bottom of handle: 43-1/8Bingo.
I can in no way fit 33's at stock height. Wow my truck must be much lower than yours. While looking through my photos, I remembered I do have the following height measurements:(Measurements in inches up fron the ground. D = Driver's side, P = Passenger's side)Bottom of door handle: D 42-5/16, P 42-7/16Bottom of front fender @ axle center line: D 34-1/2, P 34-13/16Bottom of rear fender @ axle center line: D 36-1/16, P 36-3/4Bottom ID of trailer hitch: 16-1/8Tailgate bottom of handle: 43-1/8Bingo.
Yours just looks "short". You removed your Air Dam right?
IFS got a bad rap I think mostly because of the smaller 7.5 diff they used and IFS was released in the middle of the mega-lift 80's era
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