Those two trucks you mentioned are not street friendly and the cost to set those up went WAY beyond 12K.

With the mods I did, the RWHP is 304.5 and the jury is still out on what that equates to at the crank. If you figure a 20% drivetrain loss, it's 380 HP at the crank. At a 25% loss it's 406HP. If you simply add the increase in RWHP (164.5) to the 190 published crank HP it comes out 354.5. It's anybody's guess I suppose.

I do know this---the truck is very dependable, smooth as glass, gets 21 MPG on the HWY, not radical at all, and is a hell of a lot of fun to drive. I have about 7K in the drivetrain including tranny upgrades and mods.

BTW---to whomever---don't even think about these kinds of mods without the valve body upgrade!!!

Dave

 

I completely understand. When I take an extended road trip, my high-powered Supra stays at home and I take the 4Runner. I need the space and it's 4WD capability, not to mention it drives really nice. I could probably live without the Supra if I took the proceeds from the sale to boost (hehe) the 4Runner's power to make it more enjoyable to drive.

Forget the custom turbo kit I mentioned earlier. If you can get over 300 rwhp with a tweaked TRD SC with fuel system modifications, that's the way to go.

 

A lot of my friends asked this same question of me when I was building up my truck. I gave them all a ride after I finished. All but one has gone with a S/C and fuel mods after the ride. The one that didn't simply can't afford it right now but has plans on doing it in the future. Power puts a smile on my face whether it is in my truck, my car, or my motorcycle. That's just me however. Most of the guys on Yotatech don't seem to be a very power oriented but that's cool too. To each his own.

Dave