The 4Runner Forums have previously responded on the Icon 1 suggestion:
1. Double the price.
2. Increased maintenance over the oem
3. No real benefit for 90% Highway, 10% moderate off-road use.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/254482-icon-stage-1-suspension-worth.html
The OEM control arms have gone 377K miles so far. I am well familiar with Icon, as they are located in Riverside, CA. My wife is not into putting on trick and pricey aftermarket products that look cool as she takes selfies in front of them.
Once you start changing suspension geometry, you create all sorts of issues. Just ask Paveltolz about it. This truck sees 98% Highway miles, with occasional lightweight off road miles. We will equip for the highway while still being more than capable of dealing with the off road.
Well today April is in Spokane shopping for granite for the kitchen in Montana. She has Wibaux with her.
Plan is for us to take off on a roaming camping trip while our flooring contractor is putting the finish on the wood flooring. Don’t want dog hair getting into the finish.
When I’m not up...
Last weekend my wife was camping and geocaching in Broadus, MT. I looked it up and Broadus is a town of 435 people. There is nothing out there. She thought about going to Wibaux and getting a pic of her and our dog Wibaux under the Welcome to Wibaux sign. Again there is literally nothing there.
Cleaned the garage out from the rain gutter project and moved the patio furniture into that space in prep for demolition of patio and pool for new construction. While waiting for help to move the furniture, I prepped and painted cross bars for the roof rack on the ‘99. I previously harvested...
I have the ATT. Hauling on flat level ground I think I saw boost at 4 to 6 psi. Hauling up a grade I saw 12 to 14 psi and 1200 on the pyrometer. Only the first grade south of Vegas did I have to pull over because ECT hit 210.
These were all tested on the 6.5 Optimizer? If so, I would stick with the new AC Delco. I also commend your efforts to swap these in and out so quickly.
On the bad Chinesium, the pump vane does not look like it’s attached solidly to the shaft. Could it be spinning on the shaft while under load?
Not sure what you’re getting at. It looks like flashing is present on the hole to the right and to the left the backing plate is misaligned. If that’s the case, I would grind the flashing off on the right and grind the plate on the left. Before I’d do any of that, I’d pull all the bolts to see...
That side cap readily came off. The whole this is a POS. I threw it in my GM Turbo crash kit bin which has all my OEM parts for restoring in case I had to pass Smog test somewhere.