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[Vegas-SDRunner]

Hi I am new to this forum, I am also new to forums period, I just felt it would be a good way to get information and what I could do to fix up my 1987 4runner. I just bought an 87 runner with the 22r and 5 speed sr5, in good shape, I haven't even registered it yet. I just put a cat and muffler in it. I would like to maybe put a better exhaust in it later, header, flowmaster or magnaflow, want it to sound beefy, not tingy, any suggestions? What about a chip? what about bumpers and nerf bars? I live in Las vegas Nv. I will be adding to this, so any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

 

[turboSR5]

It's hard to make this engine sound beefy, they usually sound really raspy, ricey or like there is a ton of holes in the entire exhaust. What it is going to come down to is a good combintation of cat and muffler. Which one you want for what you want? I don't know.
Forget about any performance chips, nothing short of a stand alone fuel injection system will net any additional power. The stock ECU is very finicky and not very tuneable without either a stand alone, or a fuel/timing calibrator (like Split Second makes).

Nerf bars (get rock sliders that weld on!) and bumpers are very common and easily found.