Jkelley429

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im looking for a cheap mod to add to my truck. i have money to do more, but thats goin in the bank to save for college. ive decided i wont spend more than $250 per mod. anybody have a favorite one they might suggest? my truck is stock with BFG 31x10.5x17's. This is my DD, but i do some wheeling on the weekends. im planning to get a junkyard motor, and rebuild it with all high performance parts and set up a turbo over the summer. any help would be appreciated.

wii_tarded

keep saving and add a locker

xxxtreme22r

Or you could get a rear lockrite for under $250 as well.

You said it was your daily driver, so i don't know if you'd want to drive in snow with a rear locker or not. Some more inexperienced people might not want to do that.

Otherwise, I'd go with some Armor like a budbuilt skid plate setup. But that's just a tad outta your budget of $250 and runs $280ish, but their transfercase crossmember runs about $200. I would consider that as well as it's the most hangup part on our trucks.

P.S> I wouldn't worry bout running a turbo setup. 3.4 swap is where it's at.

dmwahl

Raise up all the breathers, save the other $240 for college.

Jkelley429

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ive never seen a write up on that, could you post a link to it? that sounds like a good idea though. thanks.

dmwahl

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st...extension.html is probably the closest to what I did myself. I just re-used the stock breather though (no fuel filter), relocated next to the gas cap.

I put a boat in/out of the water fairly often, and I have to say I enjoy backing in up to the tail lights just for the fun of it and watching people stare or ask if I need help getting out. Then I just drive out and away. Not sure if it will affect the e-locker motor negatively, guess we'll find out.

The front diff and transfer case breathers are on the driver side in the engine bay. I didn't touch them since they're already pretty high.

BMcEL

Take that $250 and go buy gold near the equator (slightly less gravity), then go as far North as you can (slightly more gravity) and sell it. Repeat until you're a millionaire and mod away.

xxxtreme22r

Does the cost to weight savings offset travel costs? This might have worked 50 years ago when gas was 10 cents a gallon though. lmao.

BMcEL

Feet work pretty good...free too. This is obviously the only logical way to make a profit. lol

xxxtreme22r

Somehow I don't see him making it through Mexico if he's walking. And if he's takin a Yota forget it, he's got a better shot making it on foot.

BMcEL

Crap...didn't think of that! Ah well, looks like it's back to work then...

Jkelley429

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any other ideas? im hoping to wait till i have a little more $ to get a better locker, but i want to do something now. im planning on raising up the rear diff breather this weekend, thanks for the idea. and BMcEL if you think that is such a good idea, why dont you try it yourself and report back? LOL

BMcEL

I don't want to be the guinea pig! No way!

xxxtreme22r

Well I know what the Mexicans do to the Yotas up here. There's hardly anything left when they are done with them in the Junk yards. They love em!!!!

And by this I mean no racial prejudice either.

BMcEL

'Course not!

In all seriousness (lacking in that department today), I'd slap some Bilstein shocks on it.

Jkelley429

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good idea ill check that out.

matt92yota

my favorite mod so far has been the bucket seat swap

dropzone

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$250 hi performance turbo engine.. Or is gonna happen in multiples of $250?

rattlewagon

Buy a sawzall and save the rest for some 35s.

SoCal

Lockers or a transfer case skid plate. try budbuilt.