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Old 06-01-2014, 07:32 AM #16
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Wow, whiskey wrenching. You don't **** around.
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Your truck looks KILLER! That lift is perfect! Love it!
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Looking good.
I enjoy adult beverages and working on vehicles as well haha
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I was thinking the same thing ^^^... few too many of those and this truck would still be in pieces all over the garage floor.

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Your truck looks KILLER! That lift is perfect! Love it!
Thank you! I'm quite happy with the way the lift turned out. Did a ton of research here and on YT, was nervous about doing the LC springs but finally just ordered the springs and went for it. The rear springs were pretty cheap too less than $50!!
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7MGE Air Volume Meter Conversion

I did an air flow meter conversion from a 7MGE (Supra)... the air inlet is much larger giving this 3.0 some extra air to breath.
BIG difference!! I saw a big gain in off idle throttle response and a definite power increase. Paired with a decent exhaust (future plans) should be a great match; these will likely be my only performance mods.
All details for the swap are located here on YotaTech -- no sense in recreating the write up.

Before the swap:


Making room:


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I went nice with 3" silicone couplers and aluminum tubing from siliconeintakes.com
Still have some tuning tweaking to do but so far extremely satisfied with this mod!

Also made some room down there to relocate my winch solenoid, probably the next mod.
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looks like Ill have to figure out what all I need & try this out for mine....
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looks like Ill have to figure out what all I need & try this out for mine....
I found my VAFM on ebay for about $60. Any VAFM from the early 90's 7MGE Supra or early 90's 3.0L Cressida or Camry will work; all have the same size intake and the connection is the same.
May be able to find one at a salvage yard for cheaper, I just couldn't get there during business hours. If you get it at the yard, you can also get the stock 7MGE air box (see the above thread link).

Still doing some tweaking on my tune set-up, I'll post some finish specs when I get it dialed in.
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Update on the 7MGE VAFM conversion -- Current tune settings:
Timing - 15*BTDC
Idle air bypass (on VAFM) - out two turns from bottom.
Idle Speed - 750 rpm
Air/Fuel ratio cog (on VAFM) - adjusted 5 teeth rich

Running good. Will run this tune for about a month, check the MPGs and continue to tweak
BTW - previous MPGs = 11... can't go anywhere but up from there!
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Been a little bit.. hows the current tune doing?
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Been a little bit.. hows the current tune doing?
wondering the same thing........
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awesome so far! almost identical to my build hahaah
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wondering the same thing........
Hey guys, Sorry for the late reply... a little bit since I've been on here.

Current tune is pretty nice. Really liking the added off idle power and throttle response. The engine doesn't need nearly as much throttle to accelerate and I don't hit the trans kick down as frequent as before.

Bad news: I can't keep my foot out of the throttle and drive like I stole the truck constantly... Sooo MPGs is only up to 12.5 city. If I drove better, I'd see big improvements. Got a long drive to a wheeling event scheduled in Oct, will get real good read on highway MPGs on that trip.
If I was really worried about the MPGs, I'd drive my daughters Corolla. Hahaa!



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awesome so far! almost identical to my build hahaah
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I need to post some updates...

- Relocated my winch solenoid into the engine bay compartment (thanks to Slimwood for supervising)
--- With that I also installed some in cab winch power and control switches.

- Replaced the thimble and hook on my winch line with a MasterPull solid thimble
--- While I had the locked brummel apart also replaced the chaff and spool guards on the synthetic line.

- Removed the large pin striping from the body exterior. Passenger side was dry and scaly and didn't go easily; still needs some more clean-up to remove some minor stubborn gunk. Drivers side came off no problem.

I'll post up some pics this weekend...
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Still need to build the drawer for the right side and cut the sleeping extensions.
Carpet is on the way too.
Hope to finish it up this weekend.

Edit: looking at it now in pics, I'm putting some concealed cabinet hinges on all the doors. More expensive but those piano hinges look tacky.
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Couple cargo/sleeping deck pics:
Two bins for dirty recovery gear and a 17"x35"x7" drawer for goods. Also some side storage cubbies with access to the factory side locations.

Some concealed hinges already on order to replace the chrome piano hinge.

Closed up; very stealthy storage



The bins come forward to provide support for the sleeping extensions.


Welded some tabs on these footman loops to create the slip joint.

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Waiting for your report back on the VAMF swap (mileage). You convinced me to go do mine. Now I just need to do the timing and adjust the screw out 2 turns. Thanks for posting ithe link easy cool mod for the 3.0L
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