My latest gas saving scam
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My latest gas saving scam
so i own a 2002 toyota tacoma reg 4x4 2.7 liter automatic.
so here it goes gas prices are going up and up. and i was saying to my self damn i wish i had cruise control especialy after my last run in with the law witch involved a $204 speeding ticket.
so how to do the cruise control thing for next to nothing in price so i went and pulled a cruise servo switch and control modual from a 1998 chevy prizm........ you might be like wtf right but for those who know a chevy prizm is pretty much a toyota corrola. and every component was plug and play/ but there are still a few things to work out like the switch that came on the taco was a 2 wire but the one that i picked up is a 3 wire. so ill letchyall know how this works out but if it does well then fun beans
so here it goes gas prices are going up and up. and i was saying to my self damn i wish i had cruise control especialy after my last run in with the law witch involved a $204 speeding ticket.
so how to do the cruise control thing for next to nothing in price so i went and pulled a cruise servo switch and control modual from a 1998 chevy prizm........ you might be like wtf right but for those who know a chevy prizm is pretty much a toyota corrola. and every component was plug and play/ but there are still a few things to work out like the switch that came on the taco was a 2 wire but the one that i picked up is a 3 wire. so ill letchyall know how this works out but if it does well then fun beans
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unless you have a lead foot, the cruise will not likely save you any money, when i use mine i actually get worse mileage, it seems to floor it on every small incline, as far as the speeding tickets, in my experience, as long as your not speeding when you set it, you wont speed, but if your gonna speed, dont usee cc, your quicker to let off the gas then move your foot to the brake, my $.02, goodluck
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good news and bad news i finally got my cruise on off signal at the ccu by switching around a few wires but im still pulling my hair out over the other switch feeds and what to do about this extra wire.... im half way there i can feel it like its a dart in my neck!
gona leave the dash apart and get back on it tommarow
gona leave the dash apart and get back on it tommarow
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Installing cruise is a good idea if you don't have it because I don't know what i would do without it, but i tend to get better gas mileage if i just adjust the gas myself especially going up hills. The cruise does tend to floor it on any incline. Good to have on long flat drives but a killer on the gas when hills get involved. Good luck with it though!
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unless you have a lead foot, the cruise will not likely save you any money, when i use mine i actually get worse mileage, it seems to floor it on every small incline, as far as the speeding tickets, in my experience, as long as your not speeding when you set it, you wont speed, but if your gonna speed, dont usee cc, your quicker to let off the gas then move your foot to the brake, my $.02, goodluck
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Installing cruise is a good idea if you don't have it because I don't know what i would do without it, but i tend to get better gas mileage if i just adjust the gas myself especially going up hills. The cruise does tend to floor it on any incline. Good to have on long flat drives but a killer on the gas when hills get involved. Good luck with it though!
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naw im good ive got my diagrams from shopkey5 . i attend the uti in orlando so i printed it out. this morning i noticed that by adding a missing wire to the harness that i was able to get the cruise lamp to illiuminate but the cruise on-off switch is mixed with my signal wire so i gotta take off my airbag again and pull the wires from the connector and if all goes well i wil post pics and a step by step on this modification i amperforming.
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my next class at uti is super street so i get to dyno my taco and ill put out some hp gains and losses on the verius mod that are avalible for 4 cyl tacos . the deck plate mod the electric fans k&n air filter should be interesting.
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naw im good ive got my diagrams from shopkey5 . i attend the uti in orlando so i printed it out. this morning i noticed that by adding a missing wire to the harness that i was able to get the cruise lamp to illiuminate but the cruise on-off switch is mixed with my signal wire so i gotta take off my airbag again and pull the wires from the connector and if all goes well i wil post pics and a step by step on this modification i amperforming.
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yeah but that is no fun....
how right you are but those of us with the deckplate mod just live to hear it roar a bit.
Most of us have dropped the roof racks until we really need them, that would help quite a bit on highway mileage.
okay a little bit....
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Okay, I might be missing something here but wouldnt it just be easier to swap in a unit from a taco that had cruise control originally? I have Cruise control on my '94 but its pretty much useless.
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so you decide
dealer=2635.16
aftermarket=aroud $250
or junkyard and some time=$50
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