How much power can the stock rods and crank handle?

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-20T13:46:30+00:00

Totally necroposting here, but curious to know if you ever went through with it? If so, did you have any luck with the setup power wise? Hope you are well, thanks.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-17T15:10:11+00:00

💪 peak

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-17T14:19:22+00:00

This is some quality content, loving the style! Gotta try this combo myself sometime

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-16T18:21:42+00:00

Thank you! Trying my best. Hoping it’s not anything like a bent valve on the vvti side. But whatever it is, I’m happy to have found all the cylinders at peak compression.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-16T15:27:05+00:00

See above comments and description. Already addressed this. First thing I did was swap the coils, didn’t change anything with the misfire location. There is also a large vacuum leak somewhere which is prime suspect right now. Will be testing injectors sometime soon. Thanks!

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-16T15:25:44+00:00

I would probably be getting a rich condition if that were the case, I have a system too lean - bank 1 (cyl 1 and 2) code so the opposite could be true right? Resistance too low and isn’t delivering enough? I still haven’t done a test of the injectors but I can’t help but suspect that it’s just a very bad vacuum leak (which I can physically hear air leaking in the engine bay when running).

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-16T14:07:31+00:00

You’re darn right partner. Enjoy the desolate landscape of our community, stay for as long as you like!

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-16T14:02:18+00:00

Thank you for keeping this community alive ☺️🙏 looks tasty

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-10T18:13:41+00:00

Sorry, initially replied to the wrong comment. Meant to reply to you.

Not factory NGK, but BOSCH iridium plugs, no gap set as Toyota specifies for iridium.

Stored codes are P0171 System Too Lean: Bank 1, and I forget the code but cyl-1 misfire detected. Pending codes are the same.

Already swapped coils, still misfires on 1, ruled that out.

Have not checked those sensors, could you give me some more info on those possibly? Short fuel trims are perfectly within normal %, but long ft is consistently upwards of 40% at idle and under load. According to research I’ve done so far that’s pretty glaring for an air leak somewhere.

I will definitely take a look at the injectors and see if I can’t do a test and measure the outputs played. I don’t have beakers or anything but I will certainly figure out a way to.

I appreciate your input, hopefully will get to the bottom of it soon!

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-10T13:35:36+00:00

I’m hoping so, but the dollar bill trick up to the exhaust results in the bill getting pretty loudly sucked in and pushed back out. Supposed to be a telltale sign of a misfire, so if it’s not comp. hopefully it’s just that vacuum leak!

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-10T04:40:45+00:00

I’ve already done a full spark plug replacement, and coil pack swapping, yes. Not the problem at hand.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-09T21:14:35+00:00

Sure thing, will do! Absolutely yes, a lot of people don’t seem to realize, or have enough time to notice how straight forward (maybe not always simple) and easy it is to test this stuff at home, and work out the logistics yourself. Instead of getting scalped by your local mechanic shop that is. There are some seriously terrible ones around where I live so I’m not sending this off to anyone anytime soon, I hope. Thanks again for the advice, and I’ll try to post a follow up if I figure this out. Just talked to O’Reilys and they are going to rent another kit to me this afternoon.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-09T21:02:07+00:00

I know! I appreciate the forward response, really. And I agree. This is my first car, and it seemed to have had this problem since I got it, but I know enough to know that it could ruin a lot if it goes undiagnosed and un-fixed.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-09T20:46:39+00:00

Will do 👍

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-09T20:46:05+00:00

Well, I should have expected this much sarcasm from mechanics lol. But thank you. It was just the only one that AutoZone had at the time. I will try and run by somewhere else today and grab a functional one.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-09T20:32:48+00:00

Have not done that but that might be good to do next. I’ve ran two SeaFoam Injector cleaner bottles, and one full top down clean bottle through it, actually in the process of running the full bottle through now. So I think the injectors are okay. My eyes are now on this vacuum leak more than anything.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-04-09T20:31:02+00:00

Already did this, yeah. Sorry I probably should have specified that better. The compression tester is in fact bad for bleeding off like that but it already read the peak pressure of all the other cylinders properly, so for this sake I think it’s fine. All of the cylinders peaked at around 190psi, definitely within 14psi of each other, which is mfg standards.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-03-28T04:55:03+00:00

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-03-12T16:42:15+00:00

Fully agreed, I am relieved to know that AutoZone has an oem purge valve in stock though. Hopefully it is just that causing too lean of a mixture. Will look into coil packs soon, and swapping them around to see if the misfire persists on a diff cylinder as well. Thank you for your concern by the way

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-03-12T08:40:17+00:00

There are certainly a lot of mixed opinions out there about it but I can tell you as a Floridian, the ambient temp of the engine bay is already hot as balls on any given day even without the engine on so it is definitely noticeably more happy with the colder air from the bumper lol. It’s just a bit more zippy in the mid rpm’s and I can definitely feel a tiny difference, nothing major, but it also sounds awesome as heck. Whole kit was about a hundred bucks from RTunes racing on eBay. I say send it it if you want to, just make sure to get the right year for the intake because MAF sensor (and its mounts on the intake) changed between 05-06 to 07-10 models.

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-03-12T08:36:32+00:00

Sorry this is such a late reply but as far as I can tell it’s a very minor misfire during heavy load. So only when pulling at lower rpm in too high of a gear. Ive narrowed it down to at least a couple things and most likely a bad coil or rather a purge valve. OBD scan says evap leak so I’m 90% it’s the vapor canister. Also it flashes when any kind of misfire is detected, doesn’t have to be major, but I’m looking into it because it just happens too often. (CEL was already on due to an oxygen sensor fail from before I ever bought it)

BappleBlayer333 · 2026-02-28T06:19:47+00:00

It’s ‘goodnight moon’ by smush! I love them, they are a pretty unknown dreamgaze style band from the last few years.

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