paddlenbike's Build Thread

[paddlenbike]

paddlenbike's Supercharged 5MT Build Thread

2000 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4WD

Powertrain & Performance:
- TRD Supercharged 5VZ-FE DOHC 24-valve V6 engine
- URD 7th injector upgrade
- 5-speed manual transmission
- Deckplate Airbox Mod
- URD short shifter

Off-Road:
- 2.5" Tundra/OME lift w/Bilstein 5100 shocks
- 275/70R17 Cooper Discoverer S/T tires
- Factory rear locker
- Stubbs rock sliders with custom inserts

Exterior:
- 17x7.5" Tundra/Sequoia split-spoke alloy wheels in graphite gray
- Bora 3/4" wheel spacers
- Sherpa Matterhorn full-length roof rack in graphite gray
- DIY black emblems

Interior:
- Husky Floor Liners
- TRD shiftknob
- Additional tie-down points in cargo area

Electrical:
- 3rd gen Limited Homelink added
- Blue Sea Fuse Box under-hood
- Pioneer headunit
- Manual/Auto control of power antenna via switch
- Yaesu FT1900R 2M radio in DIN below stereo
- 1970's Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance quad-horn set
- Innovate wideband

Lighting:
- ExtremeLED dual color light bar
- LED taillights
- Illuminated center console and rear climate control with green LEDs
- Superflux LED footwell illumination
- Custom high-power Cree LED cargo light
- Custom high-power Cree LED hatch light

 

[paddlenbike]

It's about time I start a build thread...I bought my 4Runner in July of 2005. I don't drive automatics, so when this manual trans 4Runner ad popped up a couple hundred miles away, I drove to take a look.

While looking the truck over I was shocked to see the "RR Diff Lock" button. I hit the motherlode, a factory e-locked manual trans 4Runner. The combination of low mileage, nice condition and a nice selection of factory options meant I had to have it.

2000 was the last year Toyota ever offered a manual transmission on 4Runners. 2000 was also the last year of the e-locker on 3rd gen 4Runners. Seemed like a good platform for my mild build.

 

[paddlenbike]

I started by changing all of the driveline fluids to synthetic and doing a full maintenance sweep.

My first "mod" was the addition of a Yakima rack to carry mountain bikes and sea kayaks.

And to replace the split-spoke wheels I added some 5-spoke Highlander/Limited wheels.

The running boards came off within the first few weeks, to be replaced by Stubbs rock sliders. I later realized my paint was getting hammered in the desert and welded in some protection to keep the sides of the truck from getting chipped up.

This is what one week in the desert will do the sliders. Each one of those pits in the newly installed plates would have otherwise hit the lower parts of the doors.

 

[paddlenbike]

I wheeled it for about a year and found it could use a little more height.

2 months old and putting her to use!

On went the Sonoran Steel System 7.1 (Tundra TRD front coils, diff drop, rear OME 890 coils, extended panhard bar, new bumpstops, extended brake line) and 265/75R16 BFG AT KO tires.

 

[MAD]

AWESOME!

I finally sold my Titan and picked up a '97 with manual trans and about 170k miles. Some stuff is worn out, but it's reasonably clean in and out.

Love what you did with those sliders. Bill and I were talking about sliders recently, I don't typically like the tube style, but with the insterts, those look clean.

I was looking into super charges and wondered; do you need to run premium fuel? I have a friend with a factory supercharger on his '02 Jeep and he needs to run high octane.

Cheers man, hope you're well.

-Mike
(formerly of Rocklin, now residing in Oceanside!)

 

[mcaz5]

Very nice build! I'm jealous of the 5 speed/e-locker combo you have. I noticed you have the True Flow Air filter. I have it as well along with the intake and I was wondering what you use to keep yours oiled? You can't find the oil kits anymore since they went out of business. Thanks!

 

[BrianSD_42]

Nice truck!


Subscribed.

 

[831 wheeler]

nice runner

 

[zooroadbaja]

wheres this at?

 

[paddlenbike]

AWESOME!
Love what you did with those sliders. Bill and I were talking about sliders recently, I don't typically like the tube style, but with the insterts, those look clean.

I was looking into super charges and wondered; do you need to run premium fuel? I have a friend with a factory supercharger on his '02 Jeep and he needs to run high octane.

Cheers man, hope you're well.

-Mike

Hey Mike, good to hear from you! Bill bought sliders recently and I think he's planning to weld inserts in as well...or at least that's what I gathered when I was over there tonight and saw some newly-purchased perforated steel on the garage floor.

You do have to run premium with the supercharger. It's an extra couple of bucks per tank, but well worth the extra power.

You'll have to post pictures of your 4Runner as you start building it up.

mcaz5--I am using Fab1 brand foam motorcycle air filter cleaner and oil. The construction of motorcycle filters is exactly the same as the popular Uni brand moto filters and it has been working flawlessly for me. PM if you would like more details.

zooroadbaja--that is Chicken Rock in Death Valley Nat'l Park. There's a cliff that you don't want to find yourself at the bottom of.

 

[paddlenbike]

Next on the list were some electrical modifications. I pulled the Pioneer stereo out of my Supra because the green illumination matched the 4Runner dash and it gave me room to install a CB in the DIN slot below it.

The switch is so I can control the power antenna manually. This is nice when I want the headunit on for iPod playback without damaging the antenna on the trail.

Then I built some LED footwell lights to illuminate the front and rear footwells when you open the door(s). This is particularly nice for camping as I store a lot of stuff in the rear floor areas.

And to address the lack in the rear cargo compartment I gutted the cargo light and replaced it with LEDs mounted to a heatsink with a current regulated circuit.

And for a touch of overkill, added an Acura Legend door light and switch with current regulated Cree LEDs to create a hatch light.
With the lens removed:

It's location on the rear hatch:

Does it work? See if you tell a difference compared to the stock 4Runner on the right.

My friends notice all of the lighting and ask me "are you afraid of the dark man?" haha.

 

[rickashay]

Nice to see this truck over here and a solid build thread going. I love the cleanliness and functionality of your build. Very purpose built and great photos!

 

[paddlenbike]

Thanks! My 4Runner has a lot of hats to wear--daily driver, weekend wheeler (desert travel, fireroads, rock crawling and hopefully some expedition-type travel), kayaking/biking/camping rig, snowskiing rig, home improvement hauler as well as tow vehicle for the camp trailer that is in the plans. Trying to balance all of those uses isn't always easy!

 

[SCRunner12]

Any idea what the filler plates are called or where to get them? I really like the look of those and would be perfect for my sliders.

 

[NateMob]

Awesome job with the Cargo lights! That is really freaking bright. Cool build dude, keep up the deliberate and thought out mods.

 

[paddlenbike]

I bought the 4Runner in 2005 and did the lift, sliders, tires and basic off-road modifications in early 2006 and pretty much wheeled it until 2011 without making any changes whatsoever. Everything just seemed to work well as if it had from the factory with these modifications. But there was one highly coveted factory option I was missing and I decided to pull the trigger in 2011.

Here was the starting point:

Removing the intake manifold:

Engine at its most torn-down state:

And on goes the charger:

Installation was crazy easy. Started at 7:30pm the night it showed up on my doorstep and was out test driving it by 1:30 a.m.

Power was good but I had a very slight amount of disappointment--living near sealevel meant it had the low RPM ping and while it felt more powerful than before, it felt like it should have had more to offer. I drove it for six months and decided to add the URD 7th injector kit, mainly from a piece-of-mind standpoint. I wanted to know that I could hitch up a trailer tomorrow and pull a stupid load to the east coast tomorrow if I had to and not worry about a thing.

The injector (with the pink plug to the left of photo):

And some wiring. The URD ECU is pretty simple, it needs power, ground and tach signal from the Toyota ECU and it needs to intercept both the crank and cam angle signals, which means cutting the factory wire so the signal passes through the URD ECU before reaching the Toyota ECU. The URD box basically lies to the Toyota ECU about the timing to take care of the low RPM ping. Later I hooked up an optional feature called "closed loop boost enrichment" that tapped the O2 sensor circuit to drop the air/fuel (A/F) ratio when running over 3 psi of boost when still in closed loop (i.e. you're in a high load condition but not at full throttle). I wanted this so if I'm towing a trailer over the Rockies the 7th injector will keep A/F ratios safely rich.

The URD kit was very successful at taking care of the low RPM ping and high RPM lean-out that can occur to trucks at low elevations. It makes quite a bit more power, I would venture to say the URD kit added nearly half again as much power as the supercharger did itself and the driveability is perfect, like I expected from a factory system in the first place.

The SC is a chunk of change but it completely changed the way this truck drives. It's very powerful, even when you're just cruising along at 2500 RPMs and need to pick up the pace. I can drive over 9,000 ft passes without downshifting and when I'm screwing around offroad in the desert, the power is a ton of fun to have on tap. I still get 20 MPG on the highway. I can tow a heavy trailer and not worry about power. What else could I ask for?

I pretty much tow every chance I get, it's so much fun now!

 

[BrianSD_42]

Awesome!

Post more paddling pics...

 

[paddlenbike]

Awesome!

Post more paddling pics...

 

[ConstantFix]

Next on the list were some electrical modifications. I pulled the Pioneer stereo out of my Supra because the green illumination matched the 4Runner dash and it gave me room to install a CB in the DIN slot below it.

The switch is so I can control the power antenna manually. This is nice when I want the headunit on for iPod playback without damaging the antenna on the trail.

Then I built some LED footwell lights to illuminate the front and rear footwells when you open the door(s). This is particularly nice for camping as I store a lot of stuff in the rear floor areas.

And to address the lack in the rear cargo compartment I gutted the cargo light and replaced it with LEDs mounted to a heatsink with a current regulated circuit.

And for a touch of overkill, added an Acura Legend door light and switch with current regulated Cree LEDs to create a hatch light.
With the lens removed:

It's location on the rear hatch:

Does it work? See if you tell a difference compared to the stock 4Runner on the right.

My friends notice all of the lighting and ask me "are you afraid of the dark man?" haha.

HELL YA! amen to the lighting brother. theres nothing wropng with lighting. ive got over 1800 watts of additional lighting....kind of affraid of the dark myself

 

[Jungoes]

can you post a shot of your kayak cradles on your roof rack?