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There’s a lot of plumbing on an twin-turbo Ecoboost. Adds to complexity on swaps, I’d imagine.

About turbos and diesels...
I have an 08 Dodge with the Cummins. My hunting pard has an almost identical one. Last year his turbo went out and it cost him about $2500 for repairs. These trucks have an exhaust brake. It works like a Jake brake but that runs off the compression valves while the Cummins version runs off the exhaust valves. The Jakes are stronger but a whole lot louder. The exhaust brakes don't sound much different than normal engine braking. The exhaust also runs the turbo. His mechanic told him to run the brake all time as it will blow the crud off the turbo parts and make them last considerably longer.

I don't know if the newer small diesels are the same but it might be worth checking into.

I have heard the same about using the exhaust brake a lot or all the time if possible. I have two Ram trucks with the Cummins and our RV has an 8.9L Cummins. We use the exhaust brake most of time on all three of them.

Looks like my deal for the 2024 Tundra may be on this Saturday. We'll see how it goes.

I actually drove a '24 1794 yesterday and it was very nice. Build date was July '24 on that one. Super smooth and quiet.

I lost my turbos Monday on my 08 f350. Dang things are new, less than 20k miles atleast. Thank God it was only a broken map sensor. All I seen was dollar signs. Thing was as gutless as a chevy....

Not sure on this truck if I need to cool them down but I still idle for a few. Old school in me

Deal was done. Pretty impressive. Run 1800 rpm at 75 and almost zero boost.

That's a beauty! Congrats.

Thanks. Too easy to speed in it compared to the Tacoma.

Gonna be a bitch to keep clean but when clean, it's great.

Nice truck. Not showing the pic to my wife. She wants a taco real bad, that one would cost me more

Beautiful truck, Teal. Congrats!

This last week our daughter was in town. She'd rented a new Dodge 1500 with the mega cab. I can't believe how much wasted space there was in the back seat. I'd rather have all that room in the bed. I'm not sure which engine it had. It was a gasser and it really moved. She'd just touch the pedal and it was flying.

I loved my Taco but once you got to about 3000 lbs towing, it got pretty noticeable. Rated for 6k and 3k wasn't "dangerous" - just you definitely knew it was there. I could pull a pair of sleds easy or an ATV but we're thinking of next year finally pulling the trigger on a SxS and at 2k lbs for the machine, not including trailer - I wanted "more".

22 Taco TRD Off Road I traded for the Tundra -





Thanks, the color is growing on me. In the shade it looks black. In the sun the dark blue to purple to some red almost at angles. It's not a chromatic color but I'd bet there's some pearl mixed with the flake.

A sharp looking Tundra Teal, but you are going to like your new truck, but the Tacoma color. That was real apparent over the weekend washing my red GMC compared to my gray GMC. Even water spots show up as gray on a darker colored exterior. I might have missed it, but what engine is in those new ones? My friends with the older Tundras like them all except the gas mileage.

This one has the 3.4L Twin Turbo. 389 hp, 479 torque. It's interesting, cruise at highway speed - 0 boost on the gauge. It's so damned easy to scream along, truck moves.

I'm debating on having it ceramic coated to help with clean up. Just don't want to give up the truck for a week.

ETA - it's a Limited Trim package with the TRD Off Road added on as an option.

After the Taco, there were some things I knew I didn't necessarily want/need. Leather seats and the moon-roof namely. So this one doesn't have it. Has a faux leather but the seats are heated and ventilated. Which is nice. Light air on the back while its still warm out.

Nice truck! I picked up a new F150 a month ago with the 2.7 and have been really impressed so far. I also had it ceramic coated and it’s well worth losing it for a few days.

I also traded a 22 Tacoma in on the F150 and while I loved the Tacoma it was just a bit under powered.

100mph in the Taco vice 100mph in the Tundra - two VASTLY different feelings in the seat of the pants! One thing I really didn't like about my Tacoma was the amount of bump steer it had. Thing was twitchy as hell at speed.

Then again - it was a gokart in the woods. I know of a few places I went with it - specifically hunting, I can not go with the Tundra.

One other thing the Tundra is missing over the old Taco. A 120v plug in the bed. Not a huge thing, all I ever used it for in the Taco was Christmas tree lights and decorations I'd put back there and then turn on during the season while bumming around town. Kids liked it.

I caved.....folded like a lawn chair.......

Sweet! 1794 or Platinum/Capstone?