24 years later and I'm back in a 4Runner
 

Hi all,

Back in 1999, I bought a new 1999 SR5 as my first 4Runner and had the dealer install the TRD Supercharger. Loved it. Had it for 4 years and about 100,000 miles. Didn't do anything crazy with it- desert trips, hauling my dirtbike around, camping. Drove my first child- daughter- home from the hospital in it... a fact I remind her of every time we see a Desert Dune Metallic 4Runner on the road. She's almost 20 now.

(the millionth time I've told her)

"Hey Chloe... you know we brought you home from the..."

"Yes Dad... I know."

Doing a lot of backpacking now so I thought it was time to get back into something I could take further into the mountains. 4Runner was calling me back.

Thanks to a member from the other forum who is also here, @steelevo , I got a great deal on a 2023 Nautical Blue ORP. I'll post that story in a separate thread.

Here it is before a 2000 mile road trip back home to San Diego from North Dakota.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9688d40d_z.jpg

Awesome story.
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Real talk though... definately look into getting the throttle/computer reprogrammed to get rid of that lag/eco garbage in your new 5th gen. They have some of the worst lag I've ever felt lol.

I think packages are told as tunes and such... If it removes the lag it'll make a night and day difference!

Welcome back! Very cool story.


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Agreed. I'm sure I'll get used it, but that was one of the first things I noticed.

Thanks.

Congrats:D Mine is the same:)

The 4Runner has lag...? My prior vehicle was a 1998 GMC Jimmy with the 4.3 liter V6, definitely not a speed demon, but the 4Runner is faster, but I am not used to how new vehicles with powerful engines drive to know how the 4Runner compares (auto journalists constantly say how primitive the 4Runner is but it is like a sports car compared to that Jimmy, now THAT thing was stone-age:D). So basically the 4Runner will go faster if you get the throttle reprogrammed?

It's fast enough for me, but the throttle mapping seems odd. I noticed it most going uphill. You had to press the pedal further... and further... to finally get it to kick down a gear. Our Sienna is similar but not as bad.

A tune can change the mapping so there is more throttle per "x" amount of pedal movement. A Pedal Commander type of device does the same thing but a tune can provide other changes.

You also can manually downshift it using the S mode when going uphill.

Yup. Did quite a bit of that.

Same here! Except I went with a 3rd gen lol

Awesome story. I love that you did your first road trip in it coming back from the dealer haha. I got lucky and got my 23 from a local dealer, 23 miles back home and it sits with 28 miles now. I hope to have a road trip of my own soon!

Welcome Back! Very cool story.

Welcome back and we are glad to have you here again

They didn't have any toyota dealers in San Diego?

Welcome back!