This is a concept, the gimmicky crap won’t make it to production. All-in-all I expected much worse from this

Actually, you made me curious so I looked it up, the 6-speed in the Supra has pretty similar ratios to the 5-speed they used in the 4Runner(especially in first gear, 3.827:1 vs 3.830:1) besides being able to be a little bit closer(obviously, the Supra’s got an extra gear). It makes sense I guess, because you want as…

Ah, that reminds me. I should grease my u-joints.

That makes a lot more sense. I mean I guess someone could but I’m not sure I see the point of all that effort when the R150 is already a pretty decent transmission.

ooh that would be amazing. Does four wheel drive still work with that setup?

I guess it might work then, I think that’s the same as what the second-gen has. Don’t know a ton about the automatics though, besides that a 1UZ allegedly would work with one with minimal fuss and to have it work with my manual I would need an $800 custom bellhousing. At that point I’d rather just upgrade to something…

I never saw a ton of praise for the NC. Fun car, sure but ‘Miata is always the answer’ more or less referred to the NA and NB. The ND has received a ton of praise because it moved back towards what made the NA and NB great, while the NC was a drift in the wrong direction.

The 4.0 was for 2nd and auto only. Did the 3rd still use the A3-whatever transmission family for the autos?

I don’t think much at all. From the reading I’ve done it seems to be about as straightforward as a swap can be. The 2nd gen is old enough that the ECU is more or less self contained, the gauges are all physical, most of the systems are pretty self-contained so the 3rd gen ECU can just be subbed in. Manual 3rd gens had…

I use a cassette-to-3.5mm adapter, I’ve never been a fan of FM transmitters because I’m prone to long trips(lots of channel swapping) and Bluetooth/hands-free isn’t that important to me

I didn’t mean hodgepodge in a bad way, I love a good hodgepodge! Right now I want to do engine swaps in both my cars and plan to do at least one within the next year when I’ll have access to a garage and both cars on the same side of the country so I can daily one while the other is down. It just was a comment on my…

Holy hell, 349,000! Good for you. Mine’s a second gen with the 3VZ-E so I don’t think I’m going to see that much more out of the engine. If I keep her long term a 5VZ-FE is a straight swap(even bolts straight up to the R150 manual transmission) with a good bump in power and reliability so I would do that before…

I daily drive a 25 year old Toyota 4Runner with no updates besides regular maintenance and an engine rebuild(head gaskets, bearings etc, not really a full rebuild) about 10 years ago. It starts every morning, has required no major work and with the addition of a phone mount lacks few features compared to a modern…

BMW still makes utterly fantastic cars but they aren’t head-and-shoulders above the competition like they were in the 1990s and 2000s, I think that’s what people are getting after when they say they’ve lost their way(an overstatement IMO). Like when they were selling the E46 and E39 side-by-side they were the last…

I love my E36 but definitely not the same car your 4-series is. An E36 is not really a luxury car like the E90 and up are. I think the E46 splits the difference.

I’ve walked into the BMW dealership a few times to overpay for some part for my E36 I needed now and couldn’t find elsewhere locally. Every time they treat this 20 year old kid walking into their dealership out of an E36 like an actual prospective customer. Better to always be safe and not risk a sale I guess!

“Overlanding”=off-roading but greater distances and less technical terrain than “wheeling.”

Have you ever been to an off-road park? Besides Jeep, Toyota is always one of the best represented manufacturers. FJ Cruisers are still incredibly popular in the off-road scene, not to mention the many generations of 4Runners, Tacomas(and pre-Tacoma trucks) and Land Cruisers.

Ok. My point still stands that you’re trading about 4 degrees of breakover angle for some added practicality.

There is just one practical SUV that can be had new in the US with a manual transmission and a proper transfer case.