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1Gen-TundraGeneral discussion forum for the 2000 to 2006 Toyota Tundra.
This is a discussion thread titled "Doesn't it feel nice....", within the 1Gen-Tundra forum, part of the Truck Forums category.
I know I don't have the fastest vehicle on the road, but I just love when those high school kids with their little, low riding, ricers are showing off in front of their girlfriends, reving their engine at me at the stop light, and when it turns, I blow past them. I'm not an advocate for illegal street racing, but getting on the gas a little and kicking these turds of their high horse, gives me a warm, tingly feeling inside.
I had some dork in a Celica GTS messing with me awhile back. It was very wet/slick roads and I had no intention of racing anyone. Light turned green and all I hear is this clown spinning his tires and revving the engine like mad but not really going anywhere. I gave it a little gas and had no trouble staying out in front of him for the next light. This time, I switched to 4hi and gave a few signs for him to try it again. When the light changed, he must of thought I had an afterburner the way I walked away from that light. I'd never do that in 2wd because this thing will spin pretty easy, but in 4hi it's like a rocket jumping off the line. I shut down after about 50 yards and it didn't look like he was even through the intersection yet. yeah yeah yeah, never race on public roads. That really wasn't a race...it was more of a display of how quickly my truck can leave his car in the dust. A race requires some sort of competitor for more than 2 seconds
When I was in high school, I drove a Triumph TR-6. One time I was sitting at a red light; I was in the left-most lane of a 3-lane one way street. This guy from the rival high school pulls up next to me in a 69 Camaro in the center lane.
He looks at me in my Triumph and guns his engine. Now there is no way I could take a Camaro in that 6-banger British sports car, but just as he revved his engine, a cop pulls up beside him in the right-hand lane. The Camaro dude didn't notice the cop because he was too busy revving his 454 Big Block trying to challenge me.
I revved mine once or twice just for fun, then the light turned green. Sure enough, he lays down a quarter-inch of rubber and speeds away, while I smoothly took off at a legal speed.
OK, so I lost the race before it even started. But guess who the cop was paying attention to and took off after? And guess who was laughing his a$$ off as he passed by both Camaro and cop sitting along side of the road?
All a man really needs for happiness in this world is a good woman, a faithful dog, and a big-a$$ed set of tires on his truck.
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Ride: 2001 Tundra SR5, 4WD, The Lean Mean Green Machine, Lift, Front: Bilstein 5100 Adjustable Shocks w/ Total Chaos Diff Drop, Lift, Rear: 1" Wheeler's Blocks, Wheels: Chromed Factory 4Runner Rims, 17", Tires: Bridgestone Revos, 285/70R-17, Performance: Unichip, Borla Exhaust, Optima Yellow-top Battery, Flux Capacitor, Interior: Dog Hair on Back Seat, Coffee Stains on Console, Bling: TRD Grille, Westin Nerf Bars, Clear Corners & Eurotails, Debadged, Audio: Scion T1808 Head Unit, Audiovox XM Express, Shark Fin Antenna, Other: Viair 450C compressor, 2.5 Gallon air tank, 4-Trumpet air horns, Eye Candy: Hottie Wife in Passenger Seat, Security System: Two Very Large Dogs
...I feel the same way, btw . It may not be a 5.7L, but it still has plenty of punch in a 1st-gen.
From the other side of the coin, sorta...last night we're at the slopes, and I see this utterly horrific creation, started as a nice D60 & diesel equipped Big3 rig, but the guy had installed 6" lift blocks and 35" or 37" mud tires with 22" rims. It was a friggin' nightmare. Anyway, the guy had it in 4WD and could hardly move around the parking lot...I was stuck behind him, so I could see the wheels spin, and got to wait around til he sorted everything out.
I was doing fine with front wheel drive in an Eclipse clone .
I had an instance a while back with a 5.6L Nissan Titan. We pulled up to the light, and he started rev'ing his engine and hopping. He couldn't see me through my blacked out windows on my Tundra (5%), so I gave it one rev...Light turns green, and we ran door to door for the first 1/5 mile, then all of a sudden we see a marked county car. I hit the brakes, he goes flying by.
I was laughing hard to see him and the county deputy on the side of the road...not too bad for my Double cab against a 5.6L Titan...Now I want nitrous.
...I feel the same way, btw . It may not be a 5.7L, but it still has plenty of punch in a 1st-gen.
From the other side of the coin, sorta...last night we're at the slopes, and I see this utterly horrific creation, started as a nice D60 & diesel equipped Big3 rig, but the guy had installed 6" lift blocks and 35" or 37" mud tires with 22" rims. It was a friggin' nightmare. Anyway, the guy had it in 4WD and could hardly move around the parking lot...I was stuck behind him, so I could see the wheels spin, and got to wait around til he sorted everything out.
I was doing fine with front wheel drive in an Eclipse clone .
Oh yeah... it is carbonfiber. Like my neon lights? The guy at the Advanced Auto said they were good for 10 more HP!
It does feel nice. I've had at least 2-3 occasions where a "souped-up" Acura Integra or some kind of Honda Civic has tried to take "advantage" of me either at a light or on the highway, and what I hear every time is a lot of noise, and see them fade back while the tach climbs to 4000+ to redline and by that time they are long gone, just like that. Glad I'm not the only one.
My favorite "smoke" was a Land Rover LR3 that wanted to go with me and I promptly discharged that truck at the next fork in the road. The 4.7L does ok even with 4WD.
Yeah I remember awhile back when some honda pulled up next to me on the highway and tried to race me. I stomped on the pedal and left his a$$ so far back it was sad. Especially since his car was making alot of noise and nothing else. Yeah my truck makes noise but it's the supercharger and flowmasters that you hear as I pull away from you.lol.
how about this... towing a trailer with a yamaha rhino on it (trailer weighs less than 500 lbs, but the rhino is about 1200) and some ricer in a crappy civic tries to pass me on a freeway onramp. stomp it in 2nd and pulled him, with the trailer! he was pissed. rolls up next to me and gives me a thumbs up hahahaha
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2000 HUNTER GREEN METALLIC 4.7 SR5- MY BABY! SOME LITTLE MODS, FAST AND LOUD!
Doesn't it feel nice....
. It may not be a 5.7L, but it still has plenty of punch in a 1st-gen.
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