For all those who enjoyed Hebi

[Bakemono]

For all those who enjoyed reading the posts by the one who was known as "Hebi", I would like to announce that I will no longer be using that name. Dont worry, Im not going away any time soon, Im just going back to my old name.
From this day foreward, I shall be known as Captain Toyota.
MrSled, you can go ahead and delete the account that I had under the name "Hebi" at your earliest covenience...
Thanks
Cap'n

 

[n2oiroc]

captain toyota on a yamaha board he rides a polaris and drives a ford. hey that rhymes! j.k. are you changing your name on all the boards?

 

[Waterfoul]

Ah... I never enjoyed your posts anyway..... LOL!!!

 

[Bakemono]

Yeah, yeah...make fun of me why dont ya. LOL
Hey man, my first 2 vehicles were Toyota 4Runners. The only reason Im in a Ford right now is because the price was right, ok? LOL The only reason Im on a Polaris is because the price was right also, k? LOL I hope to be back on a Yamaha within 2 years. Im planning on trading up to an '05 RX-1 or '05 RS Vector as soon as some good used ones are available for around $5000. Considering that the Vectors are only $8000 brand new and that the RX-1 is no longer in production, that shouldnt take long. Believe me, if I could afford it, I would go down to the local Yammie dealer and spring order me a Vector GT. However, being only 24 years old, unmarried and owning a house, spending that kind of cash on a sled just isnt going to happen anytime soon!
I am changing my name on all the boards. I will never again use the name "Hebi". To be honest with you, I was planning on getting one of those TY windshield stickers where it had your username on the top. Well, I had been thinking for quite a while that some people might look at the name "Hebi" and not knowing that its a Japanese word, mistakingly think that it means "He bi", as in a guy who is into both guys and girls. Now, I have nothing aganst anyone who is bi, its your life and you are entitled to live it how you wish, but being bi isnt my kinda thing. I very, very much like the ladies and thats how things are gonna stay!
So, um...Yeah.....
I am now Captain_Toyota on HCS as well.
Cap'n

 

[Turk]

I have never, ever seen anyone post so much stuff about Yamaha,s that has so little experience riding them! I been riding yammie hardcore since my 97 700MM(had a 88 exciter back in 90) & have a kazillion hours seat time owning SRX,s MM,s, SX, SX-r,s, RX-1...owned 10 yammies since 1997 with about 30,000 miles on em. You like to post a lot even tho you have limited seat time????? Just wondering what you are basting your posts on;Not a bash here...you are very pro-yamaha but with not a lot of riding experience to back up your posts with technical knowledge!!!!

 

[SRX7]

you can do better than captain toy holly crap.

 

[Bakemono]

Well Turk, just because I never owned a Yamaha untill a couple of years ago doesnt mean that I didnt research them beforehand.
I first got interested in Yamaha sleds way back when the first blue SXs and SXr's came out. I always loved the way they looked and the way they sounded. That would be about 1998 or 1999, wouldnt it?
At that time my family subscribed to just about every snowmobile magazine there was. I read every review that had a Yamaha in it.
I also spent a lot of time on forums just reading befoer I ever posted. Even when I stated posting, I mostly just asked questions.
Seat time doesnt mean a thing as far as Im concerned. I may not have as much hands on knowledge as a lot of people but Id say that I have more technical knowledge than the average person.
I will be the first to admit that I have much to learn about Yamahas. I pretty knowledgable about the old Phazers, especially the ones with the TSS or "pogo" suspension. Ive pretty much memorized the entire service manual for a '90 Phazer II.
I dont have a lot of knowledge about SXs, SXr's, SRXs or Vipers because Ive never owned one. You wont see me giving all that much advice about those sleds. I have SOME knowledge based upon the advice Ive gotten from people but if you ask me a technical questions, I probably wont be much help.
Im pretty knowledgable about the 4-strokes. Ive spent a fair amount of time just reading about the complaints and problems people have with the '03 and '04 RX-1s.
Believe me though, Turk, I am far from being a Yamaha know it all.
However, I am eager to learn all that I can about every possible detail about these sleds and what it takes to make them run as fast as I can.
I will always do my best to offer advice and a different point of view when I feel I have something valuable to add.
This is not a bash upon you, Turk but what good is seat time? I rode my '01 600 EDGE X over 1200 miles this year but I still know very little about it. Im not expert of EDGE suspension tuning nor am I an expert on Polaris clutch tuning. Ive tweaked some of the suspension settings on my sled to make it corner and ride better, but Im still not sure that I understand completely how it works. Not much has needed repair on this sled yet, so I just havent yet had the need to know that much about how it works. I do know how the exhaust valves work, however. Thats because I had to rebuild one of them already.
Cap'n

 

[Bakemono]

you can do better than captain toy holly crap.

As if "SRX7" is so clever and original? LOL
Where I come from, the term "captain" is used to define someone who is really, really loyal to one brand or another. Captain Yamaha, Captain Polaris, you get the idea.
I am a Toyota guru. Ive spent more time memorizing Toyota technical manuals than the average person. I can tell you anything you would want to know about any Toyota truck engine. 22R, 22R-E, 22R-TE, 3VZE, 2JZ. You name it and I can tell you anything you'd ever wanna know about it.
Thats why its Captain Toyota.
Cap'n

 

[Turk]

Hebi; you are young & eager. You learn a lot more by doing then reading. What you read is not representitve of what really happens. When you get a lot of miles riding, tuning & fixing Yamaha sleds you will know what I am talking about. Your eagerness towards Yamaha sleds is refreshing. You will learn a kazillion times more by riding & actual hands on doing then reading all these posts; alltho they will point you in the right direction.

 

[Blkhwkbob]

As if "SRX7" is so clever and original? LOL
Where I come from, the term "captain" is used to define someone who is really, really loyal to one brand or another. Captain Yamaha, Captain Polaris, you get the idea.
I am a Toyota guru. Ive spent more time memorizing Toyota technical manuals than the average person. I can tell you anything you would want to know about any Toyota truck engine. 22R, 22R-E, 22R-TE, 3VZE, 2JZ. You name it and I can tell you anything you'd ever wanna know about it.
Thats why its Captain Toyota.
Cap'n

I love Toyotas too, but can you tell me why there used to be a million 1989 4 X 4 Pickups like mine with the 6 cylinder engine and now you don't see one anywhere? Did all of them blow up in Westfield, Wisconsin at 114,000 miles and is that why nobody wanted to touch the damn thing. I loved that truck and the body was in great shape, but I had to get rid of it because the engine was shot and I couldn't find anyone to fix it. Took me 6 years of Pontiac ownership to get me back into a Camry.

 

[Junior]

As if "SRX7" is so clever and original? LOL
Where I come from, the term "captain" is used to define someone who is really, really loyal to one brand or another. Captain Yamaha, Captain Polaris, you get the idea.
I am a Toyota guru. Ive spent more time memorizing Toyota technical manuals than the average person. I can tell you anything you would want to know about any Toyota truck engine. 22R, 22R-E, 22R-TE, 3VZE, 2JZ. You name it and I can tell you anything you'd ever wanna know about it.
Thats why its Captain Toyota.
Cap'n

what the hell truck was there ever a 2JZ in?

 

[bleueje17]

Turk -

Amen to post #1, and #2, Thank You

 

[Bakemono]

I love Toyotas too, but can you tell me why there used to be a million 1989 4 X 4 Pickups like mine with the 6 cylinder engine and now you don't see one anywhere? Did all of them blow up in Westfield, Wisconsin at 114,000 miles and is that why nobody wanted to touch the damn thing. I loved that truck and the body was in great shape, but I had to get rid of it because the engine was shot and I couldn't find anyone to fix it. Took me 6 years of Pontiac ownership to get me back into a Camry.

Hmmm, an '89 with a V6? That would be the 3VZE 3.0L SOHC 24-valve V6. Well, Toyota had problems with headgaskets on that engine. They used aluminum heads with a cast iron block and because the heads and the block react to the heat differently (they expand and contract at different rates as they heat up and cool down) they tended to tear the gasket every 75,000 miles. Toyota fixed the headgaskets and rebuilt the top end of the motor for life on those engines but it drew such a bad reputation that no one really wanted that engine. Also, an '89 is a pretty old truck and Toyota stopped making that 3.0L V6 back in '96. Im sure that you could get a remanufactured engine from Jasper or someplace like that however. I actually liked the 2.7L 16-valve 4-banger better than the 3.0L V6. It had the same hp and torque of the V6 but it got better fuel economy and was much easier to work on. Getting the oil filter off of a 4Runner with the 3.0L V6 was a nightmare!
The 3.4L DOHC 24-valve V6 that came out in '97 was a much better engine than the 3.0L and the 4.0L DOHC VVT-i engine that Toyota currently uses in the Tacoma, Tundra and 4Runner is a much better engine than the 3.4L was.
Cap'n

 

[Bakemono]

what the hell truck was there ever a 2JZ in?

They made a special version of the pickup in the mid '90s that was kind of like the Ford SVT Lightning.
It used the inline six from the Supra and was called the SR5-Turbo.
You were thinking I lost it there didnt ya? When most people think "2JZ" they think Supra but it was actually used in more vehicles than just that. There was a special Celica hatchback that was made with that engine, in very limited quantities.
Cap'n

 

[Bakemono]

Hebi; you are young & eager. You learn a lot more by doing then reading. What you read is not representitve of what really happens. When you get a lot of miles riding, tuning & fixing Yamaha sleds you will know what I am talking about. Your eagerness towards Yamaha sleds is refreshing. You will learn a kazillion times more by riding & actual hands on doing then reading all these posts; alltho they will point you in the right direction.

I understand what you are trying to say, Turk. You know, at first I thought you were trying to kind of say that you want me to just shut up but now I dont think thats at all what you meant to say.
As you can easily notice, I dont give out a lot of technical advice. I dont tell people what they should run for jets or how they should set up their clutches. I know that I dont have enough technical knowledge to give that kind of advice.
However, when it comes to the old Phazers, I know my stuff. 03viperguy can attest to that.
Also, when people ask how the new stuff runs or how I think the '06 will run, Im just as qualified to lend an opinion as anyone else.
Also, Ive been around snowmobiles for almost 25 years now. Granted, they were Polaris, not Yamaha, but all brands have the same basic designs. Sliderail suspension is similar, trailing arms suspension are all similar. Its not like all of Yamaha's designs are exclusive to Yamaha.
Like I said, I do understand what you are saying, and I have taken that into consideration. I always have, and always will try to make as many positive contributions to TY as I can. That will never change. One thing I will not do, is give people info of a technical nature (jetting, clutching) unless I know it is spot on accurate. The LAST thing I want to do is give someone advice that does harm to them or they sled.
Cap'n

 

[Blkhwkbob]

Were the gaskets replaced under recall? I'm pretty sure I started having problems right around 75K miles. What happend was I started burning oil and there was a noticeable drop in power. I blamed it on a crappy quick lube joint that I thought shorted me on oil one time, but couldn't prove. Anyway, the truck ran like that for 30,000(!) miles until something blew. I really didn't want to put huge money into it, and, like I said, I was having a tough time finding anyone who wanted to look at it, so it got traded in.

 

[Bakemono]

Were the gaskets replaced under recall? I'm pretty sure I started having problems right around 75K miles. What happend was I started burning oil and there was a noticeable drop in power. I blamed it on a crappy quick lube joint that I thought shorted me on oil one time, but couldn't prove. Anyway, the truck ran like that for 30,000(!) miles until something blew. I really didn't want to put huge money into it, and, like I said, I was having a tough time finding anyone who wanted to look at it, so it got traded in.

Yes, the gaskets and the entire upper end (basically the entire valvetrain) was rebuilt and Toyota covered all the expenses (parts, labor, and rental car costs while the vehicle was in the shop being fixed).
I think that what happened to your truck was that when your headgasket went, you got some oil contamination (basically you got coolant in the oil). Perhaps the contamination was bad enough that it wore out your piston rings. That would explain the burning oil and loss of power. However, without actually taking apart the engine and seeing it firsthand, I cant say that with any kind of certainty.
Hey man, I had an '85 Toyota 4Runner SR5 in highschool that had over 240,000 on it. It was a beast. Anyways, the man who owned it before me drove it for 50,000 miles with a blown headgasket. He just kept on adding coolant to it untill the engine finally gave out at about 180,000. He then bought a used engine that had 140,000 miles on it and drove that truck for another 80,000 miles before I bought it. That tells me that the engine had over 220,000 miles on it. It never used a drop of oil but after a hard rain it did have a tendency to only run on 3 cylinders. However, if you sat there and held the rpms at 2,000 for a minute or 2 it would clear right up and run on all 4.
Thats a nice pic of your truck, by the way. I almost bought one like that back in '98. The one I almost bought was an '89 Toyota pickup (regular cab, 22R-E 4-banger with 5-speed manual tranny, 4x4, 31 x 10.50 Thornbird tires, and a Prerunner bumper with 4 Hella Daylighters on it).
Cap'n

 

[Junior]

They made a special version of the pickup in the mid '90s that was kind of like the Ford SVT Lightning.
It used the inline six from the Supra and was called the SR5-Turbo.
You were thinking I lost it there didnt ya? When most people think "2JZ" they think Supra but it was actually used in more vehicles than just that. There was a special Celica hatchback that was made with that engine, in very limited quantities.
Cap'n

a 2J in a celica? dude I've worked on celica's and I've worked on 2J's and there is NO room under that hood for one. the length of the motor is bigger than the width of the car!!

 

[DetroitViper]

Toyota

 

[Bakemono]

a 2J in a celica? dude I've worked on celica's and I've worked on 2J's and there is NO room under that hood for one. the length of the motor is bigger than the width of the car!!

You are thinking of the front-drive Celicas. Toyota made an all-wheel-drive Celica in the mid '90s called the All-Trac or the GT-FOUR.
There was a special option code for that car that got you the 2JZ. The vast majority of these cars got bought and used for rally racing and for road course racing in Japan.
That engine would fit in the AWD Celicas because those cars had the engine mounted in the traditional way in the chassis. Rathar than the cylinders running from side to side, like most front-drive cars, they ran front to rear, like a rear drive car. That is how the 2JZ fit.
Cap'n