What is with you V8, domestic car lovers?!

I wonder what excuse Ford has to offer on things like that? I work on them every day and I can't, for the life of me, understand why they put some thing out with so many little flaws. My 2004 Sienna LX had 2 recalls that merrited, in Toyotas mind, a letter. The run flat tires was one letter and protective rust preventative film was the other. I'm sure there were other recalls, but the dealers usually fix those issues on our visits. I haven't had any, ZERO issues, with my Sienna. My Rav4 is another. There was a few recalls, but they all involved creature comfort stuff, like seat belt recoil when you unclicked. Big whoop. I can live with that. I never looked into any of them, because I fixed what ever it needed, which was never. That is until the few items I mentioned failed. LOL!  
How you drive is your buisness. Remember that you're not the only one on the road!

LOL speaking of seat belts, my passenger one sometimes unclicks. Luckily I haven't had any accidents  

The only reason i bought the damned thing was for the snow, and to haul parts and other things. Speakin on toyotas, my dad has had a 1999 4runner for close to ten years, bought it in 2001. The only thing hes replaced is the front bumper and the drive shaft, other than normal maintenance fluids bulbs belts etc. The bumper because he  slid off the interstate and took out ten of the little plastic poles. The drive shaft im not sure of, i moved out b4 that happened. And just to throw this out there, the trucks got over 450k miles on it. Its a delivery/work/hauling/pleasure/etc. vehicle.  
Datsun Man!

Ya there's definately something to be said for japanese cars  

toyota trucks. my dad had a 80's toyota truck and that thing wow what at beast they will just take and take and take the abuse my friend flipped his tundra a couple times and its still going strong. and the engines just cant be killed no matter how many Kms it has. (id like to turbo a toyota truck and see how many pounds of boost it takes to kill it, if anyone is to actually do it ill bet a toyota truck engine will take 14pounds. of course talking about stock internals no other mods but turbo) LOL  

mythbusters! be like a toyota pickup cant blow the motor with a turbo and see if theyll do it  

Id bet you could push it a lil harder!. Id say 18lbs to blow it.  
Datsun Man!

it depends what size of turbo and the supporting parts... generally i'd guess like 12-15  

speakin of turbo. My friend bought a 90 240sx. He took it for a ride, SR20DET swap with a T3 turbo. Poped the hood and the headers were actualy glowing orange! We got it home and when we pulled in to the driveway he blew the head gasket. Guy before him had it cranked to 19 lbs!  
Datsun Man!

LOL what a nice suprise. He probably figure if he ran it that high your friend would be like *** it's fast or blow something and either way he would sell it  

I visited the speed shop in New Haven, Ct. that I've been talking about from time to time. They were closed, but I got to see one of the projects through one of the garage windows. It was a early to mid 80s Corolla, 1.8l style with a Tocoma engine in it. It was all built with a fairly nice sized turbo. The guy who told me about the shop said that the head on this project is an original design that is patented through this shop. I was impressed, to say the least. I'll visit again when the place is open so that i can give you more info on the car. The thing is in mint condition!  
How you drive is your buisness. Remember that you're not the only one on the road!

Damn, i never thought about that type of swap. Its kinda like the 350z/Titan swap frm last years D1GP.  
Datsun Man!

??? Front wheel drive so 9 out of ten people want to import a honda? except the s2k and nsx? u should learn some *** before u can talk ***  

And your point is? I don't mean to sound sarcastic or any thing, but no one said any thing negative about the present subject. You must have read the first post and didn't bother to check the last post to see where the conversation has gone. all the threads on this forum take a life of their own and stray a little from the original concern/topic. W all seem to give practicle answers to every ones curiosity. It's all good, bro. All vehicle makes are welcome and no one will be scrutinized for their choice of vehicle, albeit, some choices are not as common as most. In short, every one has their own taste and no one will be bothered by their choice of car to tune.
Hey Shane, it's a 4 banger Tocoma engine, but yeah, it's some thing like that. LOL!  
How you drive is your buisness. Remember that you're not the only one on the road!

Lol, n/m i was thinkin the toyota Tundra, my bad. Still bad azz, mom had a tocoma, like a 96, She hit 90mph and didnt even realize it. Quick lil things.

SR20Power, like s12 said, I may bust the balls of honda and acura drivers, but non the less, everyones entitled to drive what they feel.  
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