2023 Tacoma with $20K Lift Gets PedalMonster: Eliminating Throttle Lag

00:00 hey guys Quinn with 74 weld out here in the Mojave Desert testing and debuting our 2023 Tacoma that we put on Portal axles this thing is a fresh build we’re debuting at Overland Expo for those that aren’t familiar with portals it’s a gearbox that goes at the wheel that

00:20 instead of a lift the portal gives you a lift it gives you a gear reduction so it re-gears your truck and it allows us to drive over a five gallon Home Depot bucket with no suspension modifications talk about clearance so you might have seen some of our products on Ultra 4 on

00:37 all the top drivers Lauren Healy Von getton Jr Jason Scheer Brad Lovell we also did the 4600 Bronco and we’ve got several trophy trucks that run our stuff so we took that race technology and brought it to mass Market we rolled it out in Jeep Wranglers first and now

00:55 we’re doing the Toyota Tacomas so the reason I’m talking to you is because even though the portals re-gear your final axle ratio it’s still a Tacoma it’s still a bit sluggish so we reached out to our friends at Banks and got ourselves a pedal monster so we got the pedal monster here the

01:12 OBD2 here this is what sets it apart from all the other controllers let’s go ahead and install it all right the pedal intercept is now connected now it’s time for OBD that was easy app has downloaded my phone let’s go ahead and calibrate the pedal monster that’s it let’s go for a ride so Quinn

01:36 you know how this truck responds stock obviously it’s yours it’s a little sluggish so right now you’re in stock mode go ahead and put it in City all right and let’s go up like halfway in city and let’s just go down our dirt course here in the Mojave and tell me what you think all right

01:56 definitely more responsive on the throttle it’s pretty good this is only City let’s try sport mode all right let’s go like Sport and then go up to eight give me some beans oh yeah how much ground clearance do you have now with these portals so it gives you an extra four inches of ground clearance

02:30 underneath the diffs that’s amazing so with your re-gearing and pedal monster I think this thing is going to be pretty fun it definitely has the pickup that you want that’s for sure dang it doesn’t take much that’s cool you’re lighting up 37s in a Tacoma by the way and I’m not even trying

03:03 we should probably slow down here this is where people live this section over here all right sport is crazy right and you didn’t even try track yet yeah track’s just gonna light them up what do you think it’s pretty good there’s a huge difference definitely way more responsive

03:26 all right Quinn what I want you to do now is put the truck in reverse and I want to show you what happens all right you see how that little LED lights up blue yep you’re now in stock throttle going backwards so it is the only throttle controller that sets you back to stock in reverse because it’s on

03:45 your OBD and it knows what gear you’re in that’s really cool right hey guys here at Overland Expo got a chance to rip this thing around the Mojave Desert bit the pedal monster is freaking awesome a lot