Total newbie w/ a new '01 Tundra and a little doe to make it funner. Where would you start w/ about a thousand dollars? Having owned a T-100 for years I am sort of infatuated with stepping on the gas again..sort of feels like being in high school again Now I want more.

 

welcome to the board, lots of good people here, lots of people here that will be more than glad to help you spend your money , but we would need more info. do you wheel this thing ? is it a daily driver ? how much off roading do ya do ? etc.
Ric

 

No aspirations yet to get nuts..it's a company rig..but I own 65% of the company, so i can do what i want to it. Still it's a work truck, it has a canopy and roll out joey bed, ect. Your typical contractors rig.

 

In addition, it has a 4.7l Iforce v-8..didn't know if this is standard or not.

 

Thousand bucks? Either a lift to make the truck level or headers (these make a substantial difference as the exhaust gas flow isn't interfering with another cylinder's flow vs a simple manifold collector which may have that problem.)

 

hmmmm....... dual exhuast they really liven up the 4.7l which is a really strong engine..... and while at it, i say computer chip, shift kit, and intake.....

it will be faster, but if you [ab]use the power, you will get worse econmy

 

Company pays that awful gas bill I've been looking @ chips on E-bay..seems too good to be true 8$? Also been reading about intake & exhaust
seems like the place to start. Any brand preferences, or good companies I might look to buy from. I'd rather have good product and support from a company than just a dirt cheap headache.

 

Unless you just like to "tinker" with your vehicle - you're not going to be able to improve the performance of your engine very much for a $grand. A supercharger will get you performance for your money, but you'll need around $4,000 for that. Doesn't seem like there's anything "plug & play" that will give you any "modest" performance gains. You can alter the exhaust sound to make it sound like its got 500 ponies but that's about it. Putting on headers is fairly expensive for a very minimal gain and you'll probably have to tinker with them some, relative to exhaust leaks. Chips - again, the one's that are being designed for the Tundra, I think are still being tweaked. The chip that seems to have been specially reworked for the Tundra is the Unichip and I think that particular chip is still undergoing some modifications for a plug & play setup and the cost will probably be around $1,000. I don't know if you would still have to have someone at a dyno-shop install it, so you could "peak" your engine or not. I imagine it'll have a few other little problems once it rolls into full production because messin' with the ECU is like messin' with Mother Nature. Here's their site:
http://www.unichip.us/

 

I say it depends on what you want your truck to do.

IMO, I would stay away from changning the intake. The stock air box and filter seem to work the best. Like Joe said, the only chip out there is the Unichip.

For headers there is TRD, JBA, Downey, S&S and SS Autochrome. Stay away from the SS Autochrome and Downey. The TRD's need to be welded on while the JBA's are bolt on. Both of these are stainless steel. The S&S are also weld on, and are the only long tube headers, but are not stainless.

Cat-back exhaust systems gains are minimal, but do make the Tundra sound better. There are just too many to list. Some give you more low end, but you lose some of the middle to high and others do the opposite. I have the TRD duals and lost a little low end power, but gained in the middle to high end, but then again, not much.

Just my $.02

 

No magic..just like anything. That gives me a lot to chew on. I'm sure I'll have plenty more Q's as I get into this. Just gotta find a way to get the turbocharger as a right off..maybye I need more power to pull the trailer. I'll be lurkin around..and thanks again for the time and this forum