Ls swapping your Tacoma. Or other vehicles

Me going over a few things you’re going to need. Don’t take these pricings to heart. You’re either going to spend more or paid less!

[@MMACHMP]

CX racing makes motor Mount kit for $400

[@daviddavid5880]

Swank! Literally just dropped my 94 toyota off for an LS swap yesterday. Hoping to keep it under 6k... expecting 8k. Yeah, it ain't cheap. But imagine 400hp @ 3000lbs... I'm drooling thinking of that power/weight ratio.

[@draculaS2k]

Yes sir... its fun as hell... you barely have to touch the throttle and the thing will break loose. I kinda want to build a race only Tacoma ls.. i mean.. i do that with this one. But 488s are holding it back.. but 0-100 is way faster

[@daviddavid5880]

@@draculaS2k Any traction mods on your build? I'm assuming I'll need caltracks and wider rear wheels at the very least. Maybe some sticky rubber too. Can't get too crazy cuz I'm going for a genuine sleeper. ("Just an innocent, fleet white, everyday normal work truck. Nothing to see here. Oh, that lopey idle? Just a bad air mass sensor") Any advice appreciated.

[@augustusgloop9330]

How’s the taco now?

[@draculaS2k]

Its good. Don't really off road much. But have a full week on wheelin planned for Aug 1 thur 10th

[@augustusgloop9330]

@@draculaS2k awesome man nice truck 👍

[@MMACHMP]

I’m looking into doing a 5.7 liter LS into a 2000 Tacoma

[@suetaylor1127]

It’s better then a new Tacoma when done right so why not dump $20,000 I. It. It’s worth it. You didn’t include after market long travel suspension and all the weld on parts! Rios Racing, do you ship him the ecu? What about a stand alone ecu?

[@draculaS2k]

Yes sir. Look him on facebook. facebook.com/mark.rios.54?mibextid=ZbWKwL

[@suetaylor1127]

@@draculaS2k thanks I will contact him. I bought a ACES stand alone ECU. Comes with a manifold, LCD screen for the dash and fuel delivery system. It can bring the horsepower of the LS3 engine I bought up to 800 horsepower. How much horsepower do you think a 2014 Tacoma can handle? I am also waiting on a monster transmission that’s rate. For 1100 horsepower. I have big brake kit on the front and one ready to be installed on the rear!

[@draculaS2k]

Just buying a LS3 & a standalone ECU it's not going to get you up to 800hp

[@suetaylor1127]

New truck $75,000 to $120,0000. New truck with 500 horsepower in a tacoma PRICELESS!

[@draculaS2k]

Imma be postin more videos here soon. Been giving a lot of time to my business.

[@suetaylor1127]

@@draculaS2k so this rios racing place, do you ship him your ECU or does he just tune it remotely once everything is set up and ready to be tuned? I am doing the same thing. I’m ready to buy a new power train LS3 with new transmission. Can’t figure out what to buy next. I have the motor mounts and the engine, used LS3 5.3 liter out of a wrecked county works truck with 57,000 miles on it. I am stuck on what to get next!

[@draculaS2k]

@suetaylor1127 ls3 5.3l? But yea broo. He does remote tuning through hptunners. He also has a Facebook page that you can contact him at

[@randy6350]

Stock Differentials? Per Toyota engineer 05-15 Taco Diffs originally came in Gen.1 Tundra & Sequoia. It should be stout enough... Also understand 4x4 co. In AU makes adapters for LS to Toyota R150-156 manual 5 spd. trans. Besides what enthusiast wants an auto trans⁉️ Not Me!

[@draculaS2k]

100% i run Autos in all my 4x4 off road rigs. But i love 5speeds in my cars

[@mattyoung4062]

This thing is crazy sick!!! I have a 2.7 I’m trying to put a 6.0 in there real quick. Just gotta find the people to do it! Having a hard time with that

[@draculaS2k]

Just got to shop around man. And be patient with people.

[@alexcoutu1593]

What radiator hoses are you using I have the exact same setup

[@mikecurry6847]

I just bought a really clean 07 with the 2tr-fe. I love it but that motor is just so gutless. I'm trying to figure out what I want to do about it. I could pull the motor out, rebuild it (280k miles) and just add boost to it, or I could look to swap it. If I'm going through the trouble of swapping then I'm putting a v8 in it. I really like the ls swap

[@draculaS2k]

If you got the money to swap it. I say do it..... it's less money to make a small truck do big truck things. It's more expensive to have two trucks 🤣🤣

[@mikecurry6847]

@@draculaS2k yeah the money really isn't an issue. My main concern is that I would be reliant on my friends for their knowledge. My best friend is really into cramming big engines into little spaces so he would definitely be who I'd have helping me. I kind of want to do it not only for the truck to have more power but also to learn about it from someone who knows a lot about it

[@draculaS2k]

@@mikecurry6847 the Facebook group shitbox. Is it really good group to ask questions. I was all into the Rock bouncers groups asking them questions about my build. What would all match up.. 5.3 th400 261hd transfer cases... Toyota axles blah blah blah

[@draculaS2k]

@@mikecurry6847 definitely come up with a game plan before you start buying stuff.

[@mikecurry6847]

@@draculaS2k oh for sure. I'm the type of person who plans excessively. Whatever I do, I'll have a complete list of parts that I'll need before I buy anything at all. I won't have the truck parked until summer anyway so I have time to plan it out

[@paul707.7]

You should of done 6 speed bro

[@draculaS2k]

Would be nice. But I hate off-roading in a manual. Th400 all the way!

[@abdullahalkulaib1566]

I want to ls my tacoma but I don’t know how to make the brain of the car eccept the new engine, reaching out for help!!

[@tuckernugent4358]

Sick truck!! I'm in the process of swapping a LQ4 into a 07 Tacoma. What circuit did you tap into for the switched +12v? I've read a lot of them don't shut off with the key

[@draculaS2k]

So i used a PSI wire harness. Pretty much has its own standalone connections. For some reason KZbin's not giving me notifications sorry for the reply time

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

Any chance you guys could give me some info about the steering shaft did you change the rack did you use the standard Tacoma rack I am l u z swapping a Tacoma with a Hilux body on it right now I had to build my own steering shaft but was just curious what you guys did

[@draculaS2k]

Using stock Toyota stuff. Just make sure you get a non Hydro assist power steering pump for ur LS engine

[@draculaS2k]

Or if you're planning on going solid axle and running a hydro assist don't worry about it

[@draculaS2k]

Make sure you only run transmission fluid no dot3or4 And hook up a power steering cooler.

[@jordan721001]

What year is your truck? Does it have a body lift and what body triming did you have to do? I have a 5.3 and a th400 and just picked up a 10 2wd taco with a blown engine

[@draculaS2k]

2011 Tacoma Off road. No cutting needed.

[@draculaS2k]

I have a 3" lift & 1" body lift

[@jordan721001]

Did the body lift help the steering shaft clear the exhaust?

[@draculaS2k]

@@jordan721001 Nope. I just got a body lift for bigger tires. Steering shaft isn't even close to the exhaust.

[@danielfuentes7979]

What your mpg?

[@draculaS2k]

Don't drive it on the road that much sorry.

[@outdamudtv]

Could I do this with my 2010

[@draculaS2k]

Let's goooo.

[@alexdeluco1067]

Lol I got banned from tte for making fun of the admins group is lame anyways

[@draculaS2k]

I’ve been deleted and banned so many times. And every time I open another account they just banned me again 🤣

[@revoblaster]

I’m building my 94 Toyota pickup and I have a 5.3ls with a 4l80e. Still a lot of work ahead of me. My question is what can did you go with and what torque converter did you match it with?

[@draculaS2k]

It's all depends what you do to your engine. I have a stage 4 btr camshaft so i have to run 2800 or up torque converter. So it doesn't push through the brakes. If you're just doing like a stock engine camshaft then you can go with a stock torque converter.

[@bajaaddict]

How much is expensive?

[@draculaS2k]

You can do it cheap. But I built my engine and transmission and bought everything new. So far it's around $30,000

[@draculaS2k]

Total investment into the Tacoma with purchasing and everything else... $170,000

[@AngelLopez-gz9vx]

Sick🤮😎

[@bajaaddict]

Oh! Shoulda watched the whole video first…

[@chanoleyva]

I think I’ll just get the supercharger with a tune