Wow what a difference! 5th gear 80 no problem on I5! turns those 37's like stockers!

Worth every cent of the 200 bones i paid.




































in all the years ive been here no ones been stupid enough to say they rebuilt a valve cover. So I had to. I had to one up the newbs. and im completely bored on a friday night. BAN plz

 

yeah i dropped in a few nitrous bottles in my truck, the runs like a champ.
4wd burnouts baby

 

I rebuilt my valve cover. And by rebuilt, I mean painted.

 

LOL nice, ya i have a painted valve cover.. NOT.. I put a red one with polished "TOYOTA" on the rebuilt i did for my parents lil 2wd =p

so yea it totally made that truck FASTER! haha

I anticipate many more redonkulous replies. keep em coming! =)

 

ok are you sure it was nitrous... and not that nitrous energy drink?

*REALLLLLLY wishes he had the link to the bike forum thread where the guy actually put the energy drink in his motorcycle and ruined it and actually thought it was suppost to make it faster*********

anyone have that link, i forget where i saw that, but im sure its pretty famous by now

 

thats like saying you have a 3vze thats fast..... its never gonna happpen, or just saying Obama is a good pres gets the point across.

 

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=226570

this is the thread

 

hahahaha! Thats classic, I love that thread!

 

Opened my hood today to see my valve cover leaking oil. Time for a rebuild

 

Yeah, rebuilding those valve covers is a chore, I spent like 4 hours honing mine and I have at least another 2 weeks of repitching my bolts so they screw in faster, it's hard work but worth it in the end

 

ahahaha, i guess i need to rebuild mine again i painted it but ran out of RTV so the half moon seals are leaking

 

I've got NOS on mine. It runs like a beast for 2 minutes and 46 bucks to fill the tank, and the kit was $400. was worth it? when my 4runner does a fatty burn out, it was woth every cent.

 

EPIC FAIL

 

Oh yea! When I rebuilt my valve covers I got at least 21 more horsepower! I can't believe everyone doesn't do it. You can really feel it at the wheel ( unless you're in 4wd, then wheels)

 

Sweet! I hear those carbon fiber valve covers give you like 5 more horsepower than the YotaTech sticker does, anyone still making them, the valve covers I mean?

 

That's not a valve cover, its a valve cover cover cause-I-don't-want-to-see-icky-oil

 

Wow that thread gave me a good laugh. I have tears in my eyes haha. By they way, flames and racing stripes give you like 12 horsepower each

 

rofl

 

RTV fail. Use Toyota FIPG

 

I was holding back on reporting this, but I'm prototyping a valve cover that turns the stock valve train in to a desmodromic configuration with roller followers over the cam and hydraulic tensioners.

Basically, the rocker arms follow the cam with rollers and there are hydraulic adjusters taking up the slack. What's not seen is the linkage that is part of the valve cover and uses hydraulic principles and closes the valves without the high tension from the valve springs- just a little bit to keep a valve closed.

It's like what you'd expect if a 'yota cross bred with a Ducati motorcycle.

My hold-up is "prior art" and feasibility studies.