Yeah it does mate. I still miss that v8 torque and growl for sure. FJ is great to have but its no substitute.

I'll continue to reply to this thread on things that might be relevant to 4th gen mods as I continue with my FJ build.

Thanks to @kingofthehill I bought a positive terminal cover from a 5th gen to replace my positive cover. Part number is 82821-60270 and costs around $10-15 depending on where you source it from. Also bought a negative terminal cover to "match". It was only $3 dollars on eBay but took about 3 weeks to get here.



I got an aFe intake and they used to make TRD intakes pre-2010 before TRD decided to just reuse the OEM box with a drop in filter / intake tube. If I knew about it I would have passed on the volant setup for the aFe.




I do have to say that the plastic is nice but it doesn't feel like the price the intake retails at. I didn't pay retail but I did get a brand new one.

This gasket for the "cold air" access is pretty stout. Took me about 30 minutes to get it onto the intake box.


Nothing special here. Just the final engine bay pics for now.



The TRD cover I got from a guy that used to custom make them on TacomaWorld. He stopped producing them unfortunately. Maybe a cease and desist after 5+ years of making them. I wanted the clear window variant he made prior the the powder coated aluminized version, but he ran out of them so I settled for this version. It's a nice look over the aFe cover and makes it look more OEM+.

Did you ever find out any more on this situation? Because flip key and remote start are both things that I am interested in.

only happened during programming. i never tried to replicate it again