2001 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 - The Braap Mobile - Four Wheeler Magazine
"You want this truck," Paul Lucas told his son as they inspected the immaculately clean Tacoma in front of them. Paul knew the Tacoma's more compact dimensions would fit in places a big truck wouldn't and the Toyota drivetrain was a proven, reliable performer. Even though he'd give up some payload and towing capacity by going with a smaller truck, Drew agreed with his Dad: The Tacoma was going to fit his needs quite well. He didn't need to haul cubic yards of gravel. He needed to haul his bike and gear to the track. When he wasn't hauling his dirt bike, he was going to be hauling mail on the back roads of California and Nevada. The Tacoma was a perfect fit. As purchased, the secondhand Tacoma had a TRD supercharger already installed atop the 3. 4-liter V-6. Suspension was modest: a 3-inch spacer lift. The truck just needed longer legs. Drew went with a Total Chaos long-travel system, which added track width and wheel travel to the Tacoma's growing arsenal. Drew didn't want a traditional bed cage invading his cargo space, yet he wanted to use all the potential wheel travel the springs offered. Inspired by what he'd seen on desert racing trucks, Drew decided cantilever-mounted shocks were the way to go. Creating the concept was the easy part. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
