1988 4Runner Modifications - 7M-GTE
installed December 2003
Performance
- Custom intercooler
- Upgraded turbo - 60 series compressor wheel, no clipping
on turbine
- Lexus-Reimer
mod - more air and fuel without the ecu being the
wiser (sending my 550cc injectors in to be gone through now)
Engine Cooling, etc
- Aluminum Radiator
- Flex-a-light dual 12" pusher electric fans tucked behind
grill
- Custom oilpan
- Windshield wash fluid reservoir out of a saturn, fits on
fenderwell nicely
Drivetrain / Suspension
- Clutchnet 6 puck racing clutch
disc
- 3200lb clamping load pressure plate (stock 7mgte is 1800lbs)
- Custom drivelines
- Rebuilt R150F transmission 1/05
- 26mm torsion bars
- Extra leaf in rear spring pack
- All urethane bushings except IFS control arms
Exhaust
- Custom downpipe and
3" exhaust all the way back
- Added flanges so that components can be removed - why do
muffler shops weld everything in place??
- Catalytic converter :(
- EGR temperature sensor modification
Interior
- Tachometer mod to retain stock
V6 tach with 7M-GTE engine
- Boost gauge (and two other gauges
soon) mounted in stock altimeter location
- Lots of sound deadening material (Q-Pads) on floorboards,
door panels, etc. Much quiter now.
- 1200 Watt stereo :)
Exterior
- TJM front bumper coated with Linex, housing a Warn 9000lb
winch
- Bushwhacker fender flares