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Anyone know where I can find a performance chip for a toyota tacoma?
I'm getting ready to buy a new tacoma with the 4.0 V-6 and although I'm sure that it has plenty of HP, the thing accelerates from 0 up as if it's made of lead unless you really stick your foot in it. My '00 tacoma with the 3.4 V-6 is more responsive to the throttle.
I don't know anything about performance chips, but my 95 Nissan Pathfinder with it's 3.0 V6 and EAT ( Electronic Automatic Transmission ) has two extra buttons that turn it from ho hum to OH WOW!!! One turns off the over drive and one turns off the electronic controls. Those two switches change the entire performance of that vehicle.
You might check to see if the one your looking at has such switches.
Joe
***Be sneaky, get closer, bust the cap on him when you can put the ball where it counts .***
Some of the guys in the mountains have some of the newer Dodge trucks.
They were messing around with performance chips, well, old chainsaw put one in his truck, and it was a real kick in the pants ( for a while ).
Seems the chip during usage shut off a VITAL cooling function to the electronic fuel pump, causing it to overheat and FAIL.
After much money and searching through the fault codes a new ( expensive) fuel pump had to procured, ( installing the chip voided the warrenty )
Beware, it could get expensive.
The best mods I did to mine were installing the delay wiper!, the ladder rack, the iPod player, the clutch mod!!!, raising the rear of the driver's seat!!!, the console safe, the denier seat covers. You can search my posts there.
Performance chips require intake and exhaust mods to be worth their salt. The V6 has 3:73 gears to get the fuel economy and is therefore kind of a dog in the low end. That's exactly why I got the 4 banger 4x4 5-speed - 4:10 gears. The V6 will come within 1mpg of the 4.
Well, I talked to the local toyota service manager - no joy regarding reprogramming the ECU there and no upgrades available. What I was told is that the auto mfg's are building vehicles to meet the new gov't fuel economy regulations.
I won't buy GM. I've never driven one that I liked.
I could rebuild my current truck but that route has a couple of big potholes: 1) It's not 4WD, 2) No cruise control and 3) It's not big enough. I'm looking at the 4 door cab because I have a family of 3 now and my daughter will soon be too big to sit in the jumper seats of my p/u. ETA: my truck now has 272K miles on it - I'm ready for a new one.
I don't know if the new tacoma has a switch to change the power curve. If it does, I'm switching it and leaving it there!
Thanks for the heads-up Tycer, I'll check that out.
Last edited by cnjarvis on Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:30 am, edited 1 time in total.
I have the 4 banger in the tacoma, just turned 90K in 25 months. I just have the extended cab. Can't help on the chip. Can you order it with different gearing?
Mike Johnson,
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
You don't need 4WD in OK, just drive really really fast in 2WD..!
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Terry Murbach wrote:WELL SHUCKS, WHEN I CLICKED ON THIS TOPIC I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT LAY'S OR RUFFLES OR CAIN'S CHIPS.
I AM A RUFFLES GUY MYSELF...
I can whip some of those up: How about some habanera flavored chips sprinkled with caffeine?
deerwhacker444 wrote:
cnjarvis wrote: It's not 4WD
You don't need 4WD in OK, just drive really really fast in 2WD..!
That does work but it only gets you as far as the ditch! Thanks Andrew, you're such a help.
FWIW I have a Dodge Dakota V-6 w/ 5 speed. It won't get out of it's own way at a stop light but it does get 21.5 MPG. I can't get a chip for mine either or so they say. Remembering how those little Buick V-6's would scat in a jeep I can't think of why they would make this one so gutless. But it's been that way for 185,000 miles so I guess it will stay that way.
Sometime next year I'll start looking for a Ford. I don't want anything from anybody that took Gov't money.
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
nobearsyet wrote:Check Styli Trucks website, and the manufacturers of the chip you're looking at, FYI, Cabelas is selling them now
Nada. Jet offers a reprogramming service but I'd have to remove the computer and send it to them for reprogramming. No guarantees that I'll like it so I guess I'll live with the power issue.
You boys with the Tacoma's have you done any trailering with them. I have a two horse trailer that I pull a dozen times a year. Nice and flat here on LI. I have a 4 door Tacoma 2009 V-6 lined up and they assure me it will pull it no problem what say you fella's. Oh and 99% of the time the truck will be used for just getting around . I'm thinking good gas mileage
foxtrapper wrote:You boys with the Tacoma's have you done any trailering with them. I have a two horse trailer that I pull a dozen times a year. Nice and flat here on LI. I have a 4 door Tacoma 2009 V-6 lined up and they assure me it will pull it no problem what say you fella's. Oh and 99% of the time the truck will be used for just getting around . I'm thinking good gas mileage
I pull 1500-2200# several times a year and regularly carry over a thousand in the bed and on the rack. As with any towing application, it's emergency stopping that gets you. They are pretty light and would be driven jacknife if you don't have trailer brakes.
I sure would like to have air bag helper springs, the standard 4x4 rear suspension is kind on the hwy, but the rubber bumpers will hit easy with over 150# tongue weight.
Thanks Tycer. The trailer has electric brakes so good to go there. The Tacoma with the factory towing pkg states 6500# pull capacity . I figure 3200# for the trailer another 1000# for the horse and then there are the extras saddle tack and such. I don't want to beat the truck to death but a full size Ford with a V-8 eats more then the horse!!
Granted, mine is a '00 with the 3.4 V6 but I had trouble maintaining highway speeds over 60 or so with my 6'x6'x12' enclosed trailer. The trailer itself isn't the problem, it's the wind drag. Ditto Tycer on the rear springs. Toyota seems to be notorious for wimpy leaf springs.
Come on now and buy a real truck and get the new Ford.
Though I have had my full size 4X4 87 GMC Sierra Classic since new,only have (80,000 miles) on it now!
Fords are really great trucks! That is what I would get now!
Those Fords dont eat that much! My neighbors 1993 4X4 F150 Supercab has the 5.4 triton V8 (auto) he works constuction and has 297,000 miles on it and has done nothing to motor except a tune-up /and changed tranny fluid 3 times.He gets around 18mpg highway and 16 town--- he says?
I like power(give me a V8)in a full size truck and 4X4, .When I want to save gas I will drive my Maxima.
Now being on a serious note,the Toyotas are Great trucks.And even with the smaller engines they do an incredible amount of work.The only one I have had experience with is that 2.4L and that baby rocks for its size and lasts forever.Good luck which ever you choose.
A couple of things to remember about the Tacoma: The Tacoma computer is adaptive and adjusts to your driving style. Drive it hard, and the computer will adjust to give better performance at the expense of ecomomy. At low to moderate throttle settings the truck computer adjusts to maximize economy. Really stomp on it and the computer adjusts to provide maximum power and accelerations without regard to ecomomy. Also, when you stomp on it, it will suprise you with the power that is under the hood. I have a 2005 4-door long bed Tacoma 4x4 TRD Sport, and it has lots of power and can out-accelerate most other trucks I've found (Though I wasn't able to out accelerate a Cadilac Escalade.... ). Some of the members over at the ToyotaNation.com Tacoma forums even race their trucks and report that they can out accelerate many other trucks, including those equiped with small block v-8's.
In the 4 years I've owned this truck, I've never felt that it was underpowered, but instead have marveled at its power, acceleration, and handling (The TRD Sport package does improve handling quite a bit.). I've towed and hauled quite a bit, and never had a problem. The 4.0 engine with the tow package is rated for towing 6,500 pounds, and towing a 5,000 pound trailer through Washington's mountain passes hasn't been a problem. This truck is by far the best truck I've ever owned.
foxtrapper wrote: As with any towing application, it's emergency stopping that gets you. They are pretty light and would be driven jacknife if you don't have trailer brakes.
Pretty light? The listed curb weight (empty) is 4210 lbs.! Granted that's not a full sized truck weight, but darned close! A two wheel drive Silverado is only 5200 lbs.
One of the resasons the new Tacoma 4x4 4dr. is such a slug is the vehicle weight. That's a lot of metal to haul around with about 235 hp.
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