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Guilty as charged, and thanks for spotting me considerably away from my natural habitat. Trust me if it wasn't for the complexity of retaining 4WD, which is of course a huge requirement of my 4Runner for wintertime driving, that would be on my wish list!
My wife would NOT be OK with airbag removal as this is the family truckster, but the underdrive pulley is a pretty great idea!
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Must be a MkIV owner *poke *poke
Us MkIII guys just add more power!
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08-01-2020, 12:15 PM
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Guilty as charged, and thanks for spotting me considerably away from my natural habitat. Trust me if it wasn't for the complexity of retaining 4WD, which is of course a huge requirement of my 4Runner for wintertime driving, that would be on my wish list!
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The 4WD system on these aren't that complex, but I just remembered 4th-gens don't use the older A340 transmissions so I don't think there's even a readily available 2JZ compatible bell housing for the A750's
How about a remote-mount turbo John's Turbo v6 Build
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08-01-2020, 08:11 PM
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The 4WD system on these aren't that complex, but I just remembered 4th-gens don't use the older A340 transmissions so I don't think there's even a readily available 2JZ compatible bell housing for the A750's
How about a remote-mount turbo John's Turbo v6 Build
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Mine is a A340F.
2003-2004 got the 4 speed.
What do you guys weigh?
I am up to 5200 lbs.
Maybe helps to start with a bare bones SR5?
Just going from stock to a 285 tire doubles the weight.
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08-04-2020, 12:13 PM
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Sherpa,
Do you have a build thread for that truck?
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Yes we do, here is a link.
Ultra4 4628 Race car - Sherpa Motorsports
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12-13-2020, 03:38 AM
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I just came to learn that fiberglass front fenders are a thing for our 4th generation 4Runners! However, I can also see that they are oversized and meant for serious off road use, not as pure factory replacement bolt-ons. Although they may not be much less than OEM steel fenders, I'm sure they are at least a bit lighter. Options are good...hahaha!
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01-14-2021, 06:50 PM
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Great information! Thank you so much for posting this up!
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01-14-2021, 08:22 PM
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If you have a 2003 or 2004 V8, the non-VVTI motor, swapping the aluminum intake for the later, 2005 up VVT plastic intake, cuts 12.5lbs off the top of the motor. And gives a small performance bump. MPG remains pretty much the same.
It's a direct swap too. You need the intake, fuel rails and throttle body from a 2005 to 2009. New throttle body has to be flipped on the intake to be able to plug into the harness without doing lots of wire splicing.
This is on my 2003.
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01-14-2021, 10:14 PM
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If hasn't already been brought up, amd you're serious about weight, the hood swap to a fiberglass hood would net quite a few pounds...that sucker is heavy.
If you don't mind extra fuel stops, pull the tank and install a 5 gallon fuel cell. Pull the spare and all the tools.
If you don't need to pass an emission test get rid of your exhaust and do a full titanium short runner. The full supra titanium exhaust can literally be lifted with a pinky..lol.
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01-14-2021, 10:26 PM
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Well, as a somewhat out-of-place weight weenie in this world, I knew I'd have something worth sharing sooner or later...and here it is.
Over the holiday break I worked with my friends at Antigravity batteries to source a Group 35 battery for my trusty 2008 Toyota 4Runner, still having its original 13 year old factory battery in place (but failing steadily for the last year, down to 200 CCA at last point of measure in December).
Although I'm definitely aware that many won't like the cost of this battery compared to its peers, there are actually some super handy features that may not be obvious.
- 31 pounds lighter than stock (probably obvious)
- Built in RE-START technology (has a reserve just for emergency starts)
- Long service life, and based on Smart Lithium-Ion
- 1500 Cranking Amps! (this sucker starts in a big hurry)
- Remote control for RE-START activation
- Smart technology to monitor battery health via Bluetooth and smart phone
Every time I approach my 4Runner and get within range, the smart monitor sends a message via Bluetooth to my phone and it reports how healthy the battery is. You can configure it to send you a variety of alerts and do performance data management over time.
Although it's very true that the weight weenie in me primarily wanted this battery to lose 31 pounds off the nose of the truck, there are so many other cool features to make it worthy of consideration. It's my second AG battery and the team there is truly awesome, and I recommend their product wholeheartedly.
Anyway, I have a few pictures to share. If you have any questions, just let me know and I'd be happy to help if I can. In case you want one for your 4th generation 4Runner, it's the Group 35/Q85 application that works for us.
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01-14-2021, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Theodore
Well, as a somewhat out-of-place weight weenie in this world, I knew I'd have something worth sharing sooner or later...and here it is.
Over the holiday break I worked with my friends at Antigravity batteries to source a Group 35 battery for my trusty 2008 Toyota 4Runner, still having its original 13 year old factory battery in place (but failing steadily for the last year, down to 200 CCA at last point of measure in December).
Although I'm definitely aware that many won't like the cost of this battery compared to its peers, there are actually some super handy features that may not be obvious.
- 31 pounds lighter than stock (probably obvious)
- Built in RE-START technology (has a reserve just for emergency starts)
- Long service life, and based on Smart Lithium-Ion
- 1500 Cranking Amps! (this sucker starts in a big hurry)
- Remote control for RE-START activation
- Smart technology to monitor battery health via Bluetooth and smart phone
Every time I approach my 4Runner and get within range, the smart monitor sends a message via Bluetooth to my phone and it reports how healthy the battery is. You can configure it to send you a variety of alerts and do performance data management over time.
Although it's very true that the weight weenie in me primarily wanted this battery to lose 31 pounds off the nose of the truck, there are so many other cool features to make it worthy of consideration. It's my second AG battery and the team there is truly awesome, and I recommend their product wholeheartedly.
Anyway, I have a few pictures to share. If you have any questions, just let me know and I'd be happy to help if I can. In case you want one for your 4th generation 4Runner, it's the Group 35/Q85 application that works for us.
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Very cool. Pricey tho at $830. But I'm familiar with the benefits of light weight batteries coming from the sport bike world.
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01-15-2021, 09:40 AM
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That's cool tech but at what point is the price worth the weight?
I mean you're loosing 30lbs at the cost of around $1k. Where the goal is to have less strain on a tired engine you're getting into the price of a rebuild with only 30lbs of weight savings. Add wheels and tires and you're kinda there.
In other words.... doing this is kinda cool. Less weight, less stress, maybe noticably better mpg. But when the goal is to have a better performing engine why not just get a better performing engine, especially when you're already spending thousands?
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01-15-2021, 11:53 AM
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The battery swap isn't something you can just quantify easily by cost alone...it's more of my passion of being a weight weenie and a tech junkie that makes it worthwhile personally.
For the record, I do manage to jump on their seasonal discounts so the price isn't quite as high as you think from their website, but let's not kid ourselves to believe that it's affordable...because it's not.
However, I still had my stock OEM battery after 13 years of faithful service, whereas I know others who may have gone through 2-3 batteries in that same period of time. So I suppose that could be considered.
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01-16-2021, 09:14 PM
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Remove the rear seats, cargo mats, and fog lights. Just some things I thought of
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01-17-2021, 11:24 AM
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Anyway, I have a few pictures to share. If you have any questions, just let me know and I'd be happy to help if I can.
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What do you think of that Battery Tracker? I have a InduraPower battery that basically has those tracker's features built-in, but unfortunately the app doesn't work (engineer I talked to said they're still working on it), which was one of the reasons I bought the battery in the first place...the vehicle I have it in is in storage.
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01-17-2021, 02:31 PM
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What to you think of that Battery Tracker? I have a InduraPower battery that basically has those tracker's features built-in, but unfortunately the app doesn't work (engineer I talked to said they're still working on it), which was one of the reasons I bought the battery in the first place...the vehicle I have it in is in storage.
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So far so good but I have to admit the feature I'm using the most from it is just the real-time health snapshot as you approach your vehicle.
We had a power outage for 26 hours a few days ago that led me to do some phone/device charging in my driveway (several hours worth) and when I approached the truck to start it the next day I saw my battery was down to 82% power. That was interesting to see as I have never had any metrics to note previously. Generally when I approach my 4Runner the battery is at 99% or 100% normally.
I have noticed the app has asked for updates twice since I've had it, and the notable downside to an update is that it informs you that your performance history metrics will be lost. I'm not studying those regularly, but it's a little bit of a bummer that it will reset your history at the time of the update.
Other than that, all is well and it's a neat add-on.
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