"Always bring tools with you, kiddos." Thanks dad❤

Seeing Taylor get stoked about hitting his 2-step was like that first time he heard the 'clunk' of the Vette's gearbox for the first time. 😁

That headliner next!

This truck would be an awesome.dragweek/sick week truck.

All I could think about when he was testing the launch was a rock going into the neighbors window lol

Those wheels make that truck look so hard. That’s a hell of a street truck. Can’t wait to see you take it to the drag strip.

The cooler is pulling hot air off the exhaust. It will never cool that way.

You need to do a sick week in this thing

It makes me so happy that you're doing drag content! I really want to see you do a drag and drive like Sick Week. Also, I'm really looking forward to the RX-7 build!

Yellow fog lights would compliment the green , see if diode dynamics has any ss3 pods for it

Would be dope to see a mini drift truck build, we know Taylor loves his trucks.

You can do timing curves in your launch control. Like, just an example, the button pulls 3 degrees of timing out, release the button and it puts 1 degree back in a half second, another degree after a full second and another in 2 seconds. This will help manage horsepower with your limited control of boost. Just spit balling. You can even do this on the throttle position sensor. I know you like tinkering in the software. Just maybe giving ideas to think about.

Thanks for all the efforts! seems you got there eventually.

Truck sounds amazing, cant wait to see it on the track running Kyle and Cleetus. If u want a permanent fix for that headliner use bed liner. never have oily finger prints or sagging ever again lol

I’ve been waiting on this truck for so long I’m so happy to see it back in the channel. Keep up the hard work man you are going places

Hey brother just wanted to say that your LS content is excellent. Im currently building a 6.0 and have watched your other videos on how to make the reliable. Such a great help to see those videos and just wanted to say thank you for sharing your knowledge.

This episode made me happy. Success with problem solving, successful rips, and utilizing stock components to do other tasks. I LOVED the utilization of the tow/haul button for the 2-step. I hope to use the cruise control button in my Foxbody for 2-step if I can ever afford to turbo it. Great episode bud!

Here from SRC. Cant wait to see your no prep 1/8 mile car. Hard work and you achieve greatness. Lets go!

Was good to meet you at sick week! Thanks again for your time!

Sweet 💪🏼 Love this truck!

Love the turbo ls build. I get excited to see when the new vids drop.

need to get some traction bars for the rear axle, you got some spring slap on launch

I can’t get enough of this truck!!

I’ve waited on this build for years! Been watching since Adam convinced you to start your channel.

Looking clean

taylor my guy, ive been living my life for only about a year or so and i kinda fell off and i find you again, so much has changed man! the shop is amazing bro!!! last time i saw a video you still had an open faced shop. gains bro gains

Love your videos. Really starting to love this truck. That being said the headliner is seriously triggering my OCD.

Dream shop setup! Man I’d die for that

Loved spotting ya in the back of one of the Sick week videos with the truck. I can't wait to see you take the truck to the track, and maybe even a Drag week/Sick week in the future 😉

Love this truck 🔥

Props to your shop good job

Love the excitement of letting go of the button.

I am so excited for the drag racing content, Keep it coming please!!

love seeing the likes go up while i'm watching a video lol love the growth and the quality of your builds has come a long way from a turbo miata

yes this thing is so sweet do i see a sick week in the future

You're a fab guy Taylor! Clamp those pieces down when you're using the press, I'm sure you've got a ton of clamps. (There's also some smaller drill vises you can buy.) I was squinting when you were holding them with your hand - lost a good chunk of my thumb doing exactly what you were doing with almost exactly the same size of material, slipped out of my hand, caught, and spun and nailed my thumb before I could even pull my hand back.

I know youve got an intercooler and such up there but the trucool 40k is soooo good. It works great and doesnt need a fan. Run it on all my drag cars. Headliner and bedliner soon pleaseee

Good job man, sweet truck👍

finally you start a video with what evryone wants to see and what youtube was used for in the beginning and not talking into a camera 90% of the time

Inside the truck bed, especially right behind the cab, is a huge low pressure area. So if the trans cooler fan is blowing upwards, this will help. But it will definitelly not "feed cooler air from above" as you mentioned 😉

Man this thing is sick! Needs to go on a drag and drive event.

Love that truck!!

Can’t wait to see this thing on the track

Having to drive all your vehicles on blocks to get onto a lift is some real special stuff. I could not deal with with that hoopty shiz.

Spooled soft copper line is the plan stuff to use . Tight to the frame makes a good heat sink minus your wrap . . Instead Wrap your exhaust with aluminum backed hvac tape . 7 layers is a fantastic thermal insulation that works off radiated heat reflection . The glue carbonizes and you have black -shint -black -shiney -etc . Hot gases flow far better and it dampens tone . I love this stuff !!!

Looks like a great vehicle for Sick Week Drag and Drive events in Florida! Would make for some great content.

This truck is getting better every time. The suspension setup is gonna need more attention to get it to hook. It's so low, it doesn't have much travel. Looks sick though

Awesome to see the truck coming together nicely, would be cool to see it at Street Car Takeover Bradenton!

Put the derale cooler in the bed and it will work. That exhaust is killing it.

This is my favourite build right now

That truck makes me miss my 94 f150 flareside 5.0 5 speed single cab. Turbo sounds would have made me keep it lol

Sounds badass Taylor

I have the same fan set up I moved it away from the muffler and to the very front of the truck behind the grill and fixed everything with heat .

I am loving this truck! A common mistake that I have also done (smoked the trans) is to zip-tie the cooler lines together for nice tight clearances. This effectively negates the trans cooler because the hot fluid in one line heats up the cooled fluid in the other line by the time it gets back to the transmission. The simple zip-tie wire spacer trick works perfect to keep the lines far enough apart so the cooler actually works as it should. Also check out Cal-Tracs or Slide-a-links to help traction and eliminate wheel hop, a must have for leaf sprung drag vehicles. Looking forward to seeing this thing progress!

Put one of those coolers on a 1,000hp Tahoe mounted it where the spare tire was the temps stayed cool and it was a daily driver

Friggen love this thing!

You should totally do a giveaway with the truck, I’d definitely enter for that.

This things cool af taylor

cant wait to see you at the drag strip

That 2 step sounds really good…I bet it sounds better in person

A simple adjustable bar you can lock to the drill press table will help out with the spinning and grabbing

awesome T !

That rig makes the best noises

Great vehicle for a Drag and Drive event

That Derale trans cooler should be more than enough to keep that trans cool. That location is the issue, no flow through with being mounted against a flat surface on the backside, no air flow and mounted directly above the exhaust. Mount it where you put that second cooler and you should be fine. If that doesn’t fix it you have a trans problem.

Give the tru cool 40k transmission cooler a try and put it in front of the radiator. They need good airflow

Pity you didn't have this ready for SICK WEEK. Another feather in your cap for a Drag & Drive event.. Billy J.... Queensland, Australia.

Everything is satisfying

Please tell me you are planning to do at least 1 or 2 race weeks in this thing with Cleetus

badass gangsta pie cuts

I used to have a white 82' RX7 GSL 13b just like that. Really miss that ripper!

For the transmision cooler maybe put a heatshield plate under the part of the exhaust that is below the cooler, it might help. Love the videos.

Cant wait to see it rip on a track fully hooked up

You can definitely stack oil coolers. I've done it before on 2019 Z71 175 Cruising 200 When you would get on it and do some runs back-to-back with a tune on it rock solid 200

You built a badass street racer. For who? For What? Fuel it up and go show em you’re serious.

Dam i fuckin love those wheels on that truck they completely changed the look it looks 1000xs better

Awesome video! Your fab skills are great and the truck is beautiful. One question, and I’m sorry if it’s already been asked. With the front cooler mounted only on one side, with all the weight hanging on a diagonal is it possible it will crack at the mounts through road vibration, bumps, etc.?

AWESOME

I would recommend a advance table to pull timing on release of the 2 step to help fight the traction issues over a length of time. But definitely look like your heading in the right direction for practice on the new build.

Man I would totally pay you to put an exhaust on my truck love your work

That’s so Cool on how you can just push a car outta the way in your garage nowadays 😂🤣👍

I can't imagine that the trans cooler is super efficient with the exhaust directly under it lol. But I think setup that would have worked great for you is the TruCool 40k like a lot of others have suggested but also added a dual fan shroud from Atomic Fab which allows you to add dual 6.5" SPAL fans.

Gotta love a turbo truck

Would love to see some interior work on this unit. Custom black headliner, maybe paint the rest of the trim black aswell. Did it on a few of my cars and loved it. Needs some tint too

True Kool 40k up front in good airflow and you'll never have cooling issues. The 3rd gear "spool mod" from experience puts soo much heat in the trans and fast. And if I'm not mistaken is a fast way to burn up some clutches. Maybe something to look into more. Also it doesn't sound like the transmission shifts are very noticable at all when making a pass.

After seeing this cooler again, not surprising that it’s getting hot. Probably not the best that it’s sitting above the exhaust, especially if the fan is pushing air through the cooler. And beyond that, doesn’t look like there’s a lot of room for the hot air to get out above the cooler. Could try switching the polarity of the fan to pull air through the cooler if it’s not already, should take the exhaust out of the equation, or at least make it less of a factor, make sure the shroud is sealed good if you’re doing it this way, but I know you already knew that. And then angle the cooler more. Should be sitting in there at like a 30° angle or so. That way it kinda acts like a scoop for air as you’re driving, and it won’t have to work so hard to pull air from above the cooler if that makes sense. Mounting coolers under the bed is very common in the diesel world. That’s how they all do it. 2000hp+ “street” trucks keep tranny temps at 120 all day with a single cooler like this

Saw the truck in the background of one of the Sickweek vids.

Bravo!!!

Easy setup for low boost. Swap the 3 port for a 4 port. I used 3psi gate springs in my turbo LS combo and could make 20psi+ no problem.

Hey Taylor, you do great work bro awesome. I’m surprised you haven’t noticed your turn signal/ running light on the driver side being out. Turbo truck

05:36 Could have had the pieces against the side of the table to stop them from spinning or clamp a piece of angle iron on there to rest the pieces against that

Do something with that headliner. I'm tired of seeing it hanging like that. I know it bothers you as well😂😂😂. Much love from Maryland❤❤❤

Also to clarify since for some reason people always think that test spot is in a neighborhood. It's an industrial complex. lol I can see how the building on the end by the stop sign could kinda look like a house. But figured the loading docks would be a giveaway that it's not a neighborhood. There are no houses... lol

From experience i can say if you get rid of the cooler above the exhaust and just run the one up front with fans it would definitely stay cool enough. Hi comp 6.0 Nitrous Chevy 2500, 4l80e, triple disk hughes converter and a 40k trucool cooler never gave me any overheating issues even for daily driver.

if they aint careful taylor ray gone come out n take over tha no prep scene 💪🏻

I'm glad you live so close to Mexico. Bahaha!

I've got a TruCool 40k up front behind the intercooler and in front of the radiator and I can easily stay 100* within ambient outdoor temps. Very similar setup, just in a Bronco. I've got a setup in my crawler like you ran with a cooler in the back as space is tight up front but I used a 25 pass Derale unit and it still doesn't keep my C4 cool after extended beatdowns. Not sure what I'm going to do there, run two of them or run the trans fluid through the radiator... not sure.

thang is sweet dood

Dude please build this thing into a pre runner. You haven't gone too far you can still do it!! Seriously man Camburg makes a really good kit and you can use the stock mounting points with a few kits. Those get you like 16-18 inches of travel I believe. I mean you have the RX-7 now. Why 2 straight line vehicles? I mean, you pre runner the thing out you could still throw some radials on the back, crank the coilovers as low as they go, bobs your uncle. Before I built my extended cab 1995 f150, I had a 2001 chevy single cab short box. It was a 2wd, v6, stick shift work truck. I put denali interior in it, built up a 14:1 LQ9, 4L80E, and built a Dana 60 to accept the trailing arms, coilovers etc I was using. I ran a Dana 60 because I don't carry a ton of shit in my truck. I carry one spare, some tools, spare driveshaft, alternator, and serpentine belt. I also keep a couple injectors and spark plugs in the glovebox. That's it. So I really needed that super heavy rear axle for ballast. Anyway I built that truck for $9k and it was flat out badass man. Not on the level of the ford i own today but, I have $50k into that thing and I do all the work myself. Ive been drifting since like 2008. After the Marines and racing motocross my entire childhood, my body is too screwed up to race moto anymore. I still crank big ass whips, but no more racing. Drifting is what took the place of moto. I absolutely LOVE drifting. But dude, I swear to god, I love driving my pre runner more. Its an absolute riot man. I wont get into all the shit I did to it but its a twin turbo big block ford that made 720 at the wheels with 40 inch tires. Over 800 ft lbs. People are right when they say you don't need a ton of power to have fun...but when you do have a ton of power in a pre runner, it makes you feel like a god. I'm telling you man, you have a damn good platform there.

Would of been legendary to see you attend sickweek. But I will be patient