What I've Been up to... **NOW WITH PICS! (Pg 2)**
03-08-2011, 05:30 AM
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Soo I currently have a filter directly on the turbo, but it fits like ____. Anyone know if Ill take a hit on spool time / performance by doing a 3" intake pipe on the turbo? (the 6262 has a 4" intake) The intake pipe will prolly only be 18-20" long.
03-08-2011, 01:42 PM
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thats funny i got rid of my xb for a tundra to. i got a 08 tundra. i miss my xb but my truck is more realistic and i dont have to drive my geo tracker in the winter anymore. it can be a task the geo sucks any plans for the truck?
03-08-2011, 01:47 PM
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sorry just saw plans for your truck mine is the same color also. i have the alloy wheels thought. i have tint, bed liner, tool box, gun rack, weather tech mats, husky bed mat, kandn intake, 3 inch front lift with add a leaf and rear block so about 4 inch rear lift im going with 295/70/18 on the stock wheels if you go wider wheels say goodbye to your paint it kills that will be down to bare metal on your doors very soon my buddy says its his biggest regret he had to clear bra his whole fender and door and breaks his own windsheild often
03-08-2011, 04:00 PM
#66
Air will flow a lot better, smoother and faster through a pipe. Get yourself some 3"-4" tubing and a nice sized filter element and get that turbo breathing. PM me if you need anything. I have some 3.5" alumimum tubing to offer for CHEAP.
03-21-2011, 05:37 PM
#67
Soooo, car is still running good - 2100 mi on the motor - however, now I have the first ever 4 on the floor scion tc 
LOL - the other day my car started popping out of 5th, than last night it wouldnt stay in 5th whatsoever. Now I only have 1-4 lol. Oh well with 7200rpm rev limit, 5th gear isnt needed much 
I have another tranny just laying around, but I do not have the motivation any time soon to drop the tranny and swap. However, Ive heard from some folks it may be possible to swap the 5th gear/synchros without dropping the tranny. Apparently all the 5th gear assemblies in the tranny are accessible by removing the pan on the end of the tranny. Has anyone ever attempted this? Oh btw, got everything in the engine bay painted BCP - will post some pics later - it looks awesome
LOL - the other day my car started popping out of 5th, than last night it wouldnt stay in 5th whatsoever. Now I only have 1-4 lol. Oh well with 7200rpm rev limit, 5th gear isnt needed much I have another tranny just laying around, but I do not have the motivation any time soon to drop the tranny and swap. However, Ive heard from some folks it may be possible to swap the 5th gear/synchros without dropping the tranny. Apparently all the 5th gear assemblies in the tranny are accessible by removing the pan on the end of the tranny. Has anyone ever attempted this? Oh btw, got everything in the engine bay painted BCP - will post some pics later - it looks awesome
03-21-2011, 05:57 PM
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I never even thought about that. It is true though, 5th is assembled/accessed through the oil pan. From my knowledge you should be able to re-assemble it without dropping the trans out completely. Make sure you get to Toyota though and buy that nut that's on the end cause once you remove it, you will not want to use the same one again as it is staked in.
03-21-2011, 06:06 PM
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Yea - Im hoping not to need to take that nut off - thats the output shaft - Im thinking it should just be the synchros/shift hub which is on the input shaft. I HATE unstaking those stupid things lol. Im gunna tear apart my spare 5 speed tonight and see how difficult it is to get the parts off the input shaft that I need (I have 0 internal experience with our 5 speed lol), but this doesnt really look that bad as long as Im careful to reassemble it correctly. Ive torn down / reassembled quite a few manual tranny's (fwd and rwd) so Im thinking this shouldnt be too bad. Also I found jester's 5 speed assembly thread which has some great pics of how it comes apart - that along with the service manual is making this seem like it may be quite less painful than I was thinking this issue was going to be.
03-21-2011, 07:50 PM
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Any 4"? I need about a foot of straight alum
U'll have a new gear in neutral if you do 
03-22-2011, 02:40 PM
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Ive swapped 5th without dropping, you must lower that side of motor though.
The popping out is from the Hub, Sleeve, and sycro. Just take the whole assembly off the other trans, and stop power shifting 5th gear ;)
The popping out is from the Hub, Sleeve, and sycro. Just take the whole assembly off the other trans, and stop power shifting 5th gear ;)
03-22-2011, 03:55 PM
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Haha yeah, Ive hit 5th gear hard a couple times and I guess thats all it took I pulled the gear, hub, sleeve, and synchro off the donor tranny last night. TBH this doesnt look like its gunna be that bad - worst case if i need to lower the motor a bit ill just put a jack under it and pop out the side motor mount and front bolt - shouldnt be too bad at all. Ill try to take some pics tonight and let yall know how it turns out.
I pulled the gear, hub, sleeve, and synchro off the donor tranny last night. TBH this doesnt look like its gunna be that bad - worst case if i need to lower the motor a bit ill just put a jack under it and pop out the side motor mount and front bolt - shouldnt be too bad at all. Ill try to take some pics tonight and let yall know how it turns out.
03-22-2011, 04:10 PM
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Haha yeah, Ive hit 5th gear hard a couple times and I guess thats all it took I pulled the gear, hub, sleeve, and synchro off the donor tranny last night. TBH this doesnt look like its gunna be that bad - worst case if i need to lower the motor a bit ill just put a jack under it and pop out the side motor mount and front bolt - shouldnt be too bad at all. Ill try to take some pics tonight and let yall know how it turns out.
I pulled the gear, hub, sleeve, and synchro off the donor tranny last night. TBH this doesnt look like its gunna be that bad - worst case if i need to lower the motor a bit ill just put a jack under it and pop out the side motor mount and front bolt - shouldnt be too bad at all. Ill try to take some pics tonight and let yall know how it turns out.
03-22-2011, 05:44 PM
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LOL Im hoping to make this an under 2 hr job lol - I feel like just when I think Ive done everything I can do on this car, I find something new I have to tackle lol. BTW how much did you have to lower the driver side of the tranny? I was thinking about popping the bolt out of the driver side mount, and the top bolt out of the pass side mount, than using a jack under the oil pan on the motor to raise that side, which should cause it to pivot and slightly lower the tranny side.