This is true! I admittedly dropped out from watching TDIB for a few years. But man he was my jam back in 2014-18' The other day I just randomly thought "I wonder what that good ol' boy is up to?" I tuned in recently and man it's so wholesome to see how genuine this guy is. It's okay for people to change but he's still the same guy I remember doing his thing and I love it. Gonna binge watch now haha
@@dylan4972 know whats done to his? i didnt built mine myself, but ik its got some goodies inside but still 10:1 compression so im a bit worried about boost
These RAV4s are bolt in for all kinds of Camry, forerunner, Celica, altezza parts etc. I picked an awd one up years ago for $2800 and the original motor and trans have 230k mileage still run strong😂. They are turds bone stock though. My dad and I swapped an Altezza beams into it in a couple days with the manual trans and it all bolted up no custom fab.
@@SomebodysNephew I’ve customer that has one of these manual as well. All wheel drive has 298,000 miles on it and that thing purrs like a kitten seen it for 170,000 miles and it hasn’t needed much gaskets here and there other than regular maintenance.
I drive a 3S-GE BEAMS swapped into my 2000 awd RAV4 and i love these videos more than anything. Nothing cooler than getting content related to what i daily drive. Makes me wanna go 3SGTE so I can turbo it now. I absolutely love this content. Anything oldschool RAV4 has me addicted
Honda swaps are cheap. A 5S-GTE is A LOT of money, plus the trans from a celica GTFOUR is even more $$$. I really wanna do a Honda K24 AWD supercharged swap in my celica, I think it'd be perfect. Just a K swap isn't that much, but I know the rest of that is gonna cost a lot.
I love this a lot, so cool! I currently have a 3-door version of this RAV4 with a forged 3S-GTE making 280WHP still in need of a tune. But I have a smaller TD06-20G turbo. Still fun though I bet this 600WHP example is monstrous! It's a lovely project. Makes you different from the rest and funny to see surprised faces on the road everyday hahaha!
What an awesome car! I too have a “why not” car in the form of an st204 Celica with a built 3sgte equipped with a G30-770 revving to 8200rpm and making 650fwhp. The “why not” comes when people ask me why I didn’t just buy a GT4. But I did that too! And believe me, it’s going to make the 204 look slow in comparison when it’s back on the road with its billet block set up 😛
The fact that it’s a 1997 makes this ten times cooler. If a new one today was like this done by the factory, I’d be slandering it and pissed off at it. OEM custom hot rodding at its best. Respect brother.
@@GalliJZit does tho, the owner says so in the video you’re commenting on, at around 9:30 David asks and he says “it’s you’re uhh eBay special”.. sorry I don’t mean to sound rude but like you’re watching the video where they go over everything lol quit commenting misinformation
The only thing I'd change here is I'd make it more of a rally spec that would let me have fun on dirt roads. It's rav4 after all. It'd need a less violent map for dirt though to have any kind of traction there.
America needs to find out about the Toyota caldina, specifically the st215. The best factory version of the 3sgte Toyota made. Had one for 4 years and love it
My mom has the 5s N/A in her Toyota Harrier 98.. Straight from the factory. But giving his story and the engine parts. solid. all of em available in Suriname. We're in 2024 and she still drives the car... engine never got an overhaul... only maintenance.
I’m glad you mentioned that, I was trying to place those and I couldn’t quite figure it out.. I think you’re right tho. Who would’ve guessed early 90’s Nissan GT-R wheels would fit so well on a Toyota family SUV of similar times.. wow lol
@@wyattjackson977 I checked Instagram, and verified they are R32 GTR wheels, exactly what I had on my cars. They were perfect and cleared the Z32 turbo brakes. It's pretty crazy the different wheel swaps that went on in the 90's/early 2000's. We had folks putting Mustang wheels on Maximas too.
I love this build! Awesome!👏 I wanted this same year RAV4 but I went with a 2000 CRV AWD! N David I love your vids man! No matter how big your channel got your still reviewing these everyday “daily inspired” builds n its awesome man, keep it up!
@@Toyota4Life has nothing to do with it being a Toyota, it’s the fact that it is one of the most bland crossovers on the planet. the true white bread of cars. Or at least, it was.
Honestly, the refinement in ride quality is extremely impressive! For a swapped drive train, except for when your on the gas, the ride doesn’t look bouncy at all! I’ve seen teeth chattering turbo civic videos and this doesn’t have any of that! Looks like you daily it regularly!
Give us the video of the cbr 1000 powered miata NOW! Lol I just watched the owner's video and he leaked it himself. Can't wait to see your opinion on it. Also can't wait to see you drive it once it gets it's turbo
Thannk you for always posting videos of unique builds and not reviews of stock cars like everyone else. If possible can you find a brz/frs/86 with sti engine swap build? thank uuu
Thank you for showing everything instead of just m this and m that. Refreshing to see random interesting “small “ car builds if possible can you get some Minis on?
Blow-off sound ‘on the sauce’ made me chuckle, seeing TDIB’s process and ‘road’ to where we are now makes me smile! You keep on doing you! ❤ And this Rav-build is well awesome, thanks for ‘sharing’ all the direct bolt-over possibilities. I’m sure it will motivate some ‘peeps’ to go the ‘all-Toyota’ route. 👏👏👏🫶 Also; ‘food grade exhaust’ 😂🤣😂 That is a unique feat. I really hope you have another go in/video about this RAV if/when it progresses some more, and then take the opportunitie to highlight his IG ‘build-summary’ again…because this guy seems to be rather ‘humble’ for what he just accomplished to create! 😉 Super video TDIB! ‘Feel good’ all the way 🥰 Sorry for this ‘text-wall’ of a comment 😂😅 But in return….i re-subbed with ‘notifications on’…🫶
Yeah that's cool. I used to have a 99 rav 4 same color with carbon fiber exhaust, chrome rims, sub, tinted windows and custom grill a long time ago haha
The rav4 is basically a corolla variant just like the tercel and mr2 are. But this one is super dope, my mom's former boss family friend has one of those since i was in high school, she got it brand new and she still has it and she loves it so much she even had it shipped to Iowa when she retired and moved to iowa.
This Rav4 is from the 90s?🤔 I think the one i want is the 2010 Rav4 with the factory hood scoop. If i had one, this is exactly what i would do to it! At 4:35 - this is what 90s parts bin cars were all about! Cars came from the factory just sharing parts. Awesome ride 🏆💪
What a fkin cool build especially how everything just bolted right up for him is cool and fkinn lucky.. really cool rims to oh n the BOV sounds real nice.....the TRD stickers on the side are just great 😂👍
I think more tuned CUVs like this are the future of car culture. Tuner cars used to be the cheap projects you could build when hot rods and muscle cars got expensive, and boomers hated them. Now tuner cars are the expensive classics, and there are countless cheap CUVs out there which gen Xers and millennials generally hate... Seems natural that more innovative folks will find ways to make crossovers fast!
Up here in Calgary area met a guy named Ryan had a full offroad overland one just with a 3sgte swap top mount lift full camping setup snorkle and all and it was rowdy
DAVID!!! Review a built 90's thunderbird please!!! You never see them and id love to see what you think of one compared to this!!! They are not the same as the fox body, their wheelbase/track width/engine bay are larger and they have better suspension!!
Love this build. Seen Larry Chen do one in the desert and these are amazing utility. Really making me wanna do it for the first gen CR-V but do I wanna throw 20k at a rust bucket before ww3?!
God I love people who say “I mean..why not?”
David how is his 3sgte redlining at 8k? Mine redlines at 7
@@geoffreyrebman6910 stiffer valve springs
This is why we love your channel keep the oddities coming
Does he have his own you tube channel or Facebook page thanks David?
Words can’t describe this masterpiece. This is THE Build.
Still an original car enthusiast. most channels who do reviews stop or just absolute cringe.
TDIB is GOAT!!!
Thank you 🥲
This is true! I admittedly dropped out from watching TDIB for a few years. But man he was my jam back in 2014-18'
The other day I just randomly thought "I wonder what that good ol' boy is up to?"
I tuned in recently and man it's so wholesome to see how genuine this guy is. It's okay for people to change but he's still the same guy I remember doing his thing and I love it. Gonna binge watch now haha
ive got a built 5sgte sitting in my garage that i need to put in an MR2 and this is giving me a lot of motivation to finally do it
SEND IT BROTHER!
Do it and start a channel build tonight !
Get it done you won't regret it. I went built 2GRFE Turbo on mine but my mates built 5SGTE is an absolute weapon.
@@dylan4972 2 Dylan’s let ‘em know , it’s gotta happen now lmao
@@dylan4972 know whats done to his? i didnt built mine myself, but ik its got some goodies inside but still 10:1 compression so im a bit worried about boost
I love that’s it’s all Toyota parts, and that it was all practically bolt in! This thing is wildin for sure!
These RAV4s are bolt in for all kinds of Camry, forerunner, Celica, altezza parts etc. I picked an awd one up years ago for $2800 and the original motor and trans have 230k mileage still run strong😂. They are turds bone stock though. My dad and I swapped an Altezza beams into it in a couple days with the manual trans and it all bolted up no custom fab.
@@SomebodysNephew I’ve customer that has one of these manual as well. All wheel drive has 298,000 miles on it and that thing purrs like a kitten seen it for 170,000 miles and it hasn’t needed much gaskets here and there other than regular maintenance.
Basically a home made GR Corolla 😂 Suuuper dope build
More like a Celica gt4
But also twice as fast
@@Joish247well in a straight line sure
@@danielfish101and it BOLTS TOGETHER???
Except its an suv lol
What a weird and pointless build.
I want one.
Pointless my butt. This is a practical vehicle with 600hp and AWD.
Really, seems perfect! everything you would want
As light as they are these things are fun with 200-300hp. 600 is insane
@@herbienbrian2 I know, it was a joke. i have one similar. a 500awhp trailblazer lol
Ive got 2, slow AF. Now I've got goals.
This is the ultimate combination! AWD, turbo engine, 4 seater or tons of room in back with seats removed. Toyota reliability none the less. Awesome
you title a LOT of things "Ultimate Tuner Troll", but this is probable most deserving of that title-
Plenty of the cars dub that still deserve it smfh
All about that algo
I drive a 3S-GE BEAMS swapped into my 2000 awd RAV4 and i love these videos more than anything. Nothing cooler than getting content related to what i daily drive. Makes me wanna go 3SGTE so I can turbo it now. I absolutely love this content. Anything oldschool RAV4 has me addicted
Some did come with the beams, nice pic lol
I imported a 99 2dr rav and it came with the beams. Even being auto it's so fun to drive
Those R32 wheels look so sick. Next best thing to TE37's.
I have some R32 wheels on mine. Have TE’s sitting in the garage waiting to get on there.
YYYYAAAYYYY and it's not Honda swapped even more awesome 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👌🏾
Right? Such a rare treat
Honda swaps are cheap. A 5S-GTE is A LOT of money, plus the trans from a celica GTFOUR is even more $$$.
I really wanna do a Honda K24 AWD supercharged swap in my celica, I think it'd be perfect. Just a K swap isn't that much, but I know the rest of that is gonna cost a lot.
@@stephenmoore1541 Everyone knows, it's just refreshing to see something else
I didn't know 😅😂@@tacofterror
david, your reviews lately have been crazy good. I love it
I love this a lot, so cool!
I currently have a 3-door version of this RAV4 with a forged 3S-GTE making 280WHP still in need of a tune. But I have a smaller TD06-20G turbo. Still fun though I bet this 600WHP example is monstrous!
It's a lovely project. Makes you different from the rest and funny to see surprised faces on the road everyday hahaha!
What an awesome car!
I too have a “why not” car in the form of an st204 Celica with a built 3sgte equipped with a G30-770 revving to 8200rpm and making 650fwhp. The “why not” comes when people ask me why I didn’t just buy a GT4. But I did that too! And believe me, it’s going to make the 204 look slow in comparison when it’s back on the road with its billet block set up 😛
The fact that it’s a 1997 makes this ten times cooler. If a new one today was like this done by the factory, I’d be slandering it and pissed off at it. OEM custom hot rodding at its best. Respect brother.
I have a built Honda CR-V so this is right up my alley😂😂
You are a genius 👍
That blow off valve sounds like it has a dad who says "make sure she's home before 10pm"
😆
Ok they just do the deed before the curfew time. 😆
I don't think it has a BOV
@@GalliJZit does tho, the owner says so in the video you’re commenting on, at around 9:30 David asks and he says “it’s you’re uhh eBay special”.. sorry I don’t mean to sound rude but like you’re watching the video where they go over everything lol quit commenting misinformation
The 5S-FE is basically a stroked over overbored 3S-FE with a half assed cylinder head and intake plenum volume
The only thing I'd change here is I'd make it more of a rally spec that would let me have fun on dirt roads. It's rav4 after all. It'd need a less violent map for dirt though to have any kind of traction there.
I can't believe a Toyota RAV4 is making me smile what a great build man seriously
America needs to find out about the Toyota caldina, specifically the st215. The best factory version of the 3sgte Toyota made. Had one for 4 years and love it
Agreed they definitely do, I went here to find this type of comment haha
I'm about 2 months out on completion of my 5sgte 2.1 ST185 GT-FOUR, I was stoked to see this video, its the motivation to get it finished!
Love these videos about a sleeper build. I still remember that Outback few years ago lol, thanks for making those contents.
I love that it still has the full interior! Awesome build!
My mom has the 5s N/A in her Toyota Harrier 98.. Straight from the factory. But giving his story and the engine parts. solid. all of em available in Suriname. We're in 2024 and she still drives the car... engine never got an overhaul... only maintenance.
Harrier is the same car as Lexus RX.
@@NearCry91 yes depending on what type of engine or region the car is produced. The RX is a 6 cyl but my mom has a 4 cyl 2.2L JDM
Are those R32 Nissan Skyline wheels? I had a set on my Maxima & 240sx, and they look very similar. Great build!
I’m glad you mentioned that, I was trying to place those and I couldn’t quite figure it out.. I think you’re right tho. Who would’ve guessed early 90’s Nissan GT-R wheels would fit so well on a Toyota family SUV of similar times.. wow lol
@@wyattjackson977 I checked Instagram, and verified they are R32 GTR wheels, exactly what I had on my cars. They were perfect and cleared the Z32 turbo brakes.
It's pretty crazy the different wheel swaps that went on in the 90's/early 2000's. We had folks putting Mustang wheels on Maximas too.
I love this. Build it himself and it's oddball. Much respect my man. Do what u love no compromise
My 97 is awaiting a 3S-GTE swap ATM. This is epic!
I love this build! Awesome!👏 I wanted this same year RAV4 but I went with a 2000 CRV AWD! N David I love your vids man! No matter how big your channel got your still reviewing these everyday “daily inspired” builds n its awesome man, keep it up!
The smiles per mile is off the charts on this one.
Dude I absolutely love this build! Well done!! I’ve always liked the Rav’s but never even driven one.
Iv been dying to see someone build out a rav or a crv like this for a while!!! 🎉 Thanks guys!!
This is it right here! Always loved the older Rav 4s, this takes the basic slow vehicle to another level or three
I would love to do this but with a 2011 rav4. My family had one for a while and it was a great car!
I've thought of this with my 2019 rav4 , really want to know if it could be boosted among other things
David, we appreciate the rapid uploads lately! Your work has not gone unnoticed. 😉
Saw this car in person a few weeks ago at a cars and coffee. Told the owner it was my favorite car there! Very cool!
This is what you can tune any car is all about! It's dope
If this doesn’t prove anything can be made cool, nothing can.
Toyota guys already knew this . Most Toyotas have potential outside of the hybrid models
@@Toyota4Life has nothing to do with it being a Toyota, it’s the fact that it is one of the most bland crossovers on the planet. the true white bread of cars. Or at least, it was.
This was a cool one! You’ve been pumping out the videos lately. Keep them coming.
Yessir!! Celica platform has blown up recently!! Just got a Celica GT-Four myself! So happy!
That motor seems a lot like a home built version of the race motor used in the Toms Supra 👏🏻
"You could gap people with this"..... heck yeah!! Nice build and seemed simple enough.
Honestly, the refinement in ride quality is extremely impressive! For a swapped drive train, except for when your on the gas, the ride doesn’t look bouncy at all! I’ve seen teeth chattering turbo civic videos and this doesn’t have any of that! Looks like you daily it regularly!
Give us the video of the cbr 1000 powered miata NOW! Lol I just watched the owner's video and he leaked it himself. Can't wait to see your opinion on it. Also can't wait to see you drive it once it gets it's turbo
This thing's ridiculous, we love it.
Thannk you for always posting videos of unique builds and not reviews of stock cars like everyone else. If possible can you find a brz/frs/86 with sti engine swap build? thank uuu
Thank you for showing everything instead of just m this and m that. Refreshing to see random interesting “small “ car builds if possible can you get some Minis on?
I loved the Rav4 style and as a kid I'd nerd out over the Celica GT-Four thanks to Sega Rally. This build is a perfect match!
Another banger dood! Great build and great convo! 👌🏽 hopefully one day when I finish my ls3 nova you can come to Cali for it 😂
Love this so much! These review videos is where it's at! Keep 'em coming!
This build is absolutely phenomenal.
Dude...this is a really cool build! Props
I love my old rav and I love this one too! I hope to do a gte swap in mine someday but for now watching is cool
Really enjoyed your out the back camera views on this one!❤
Makes me want to drop a 4g63 into my eclipse cross
Do it
I thought about doing this with a 2nd gen Ford Escape. Loved that SUV.
as a first gen rav4 owner, im happy to see this on the channel
Blow-off sound ‘on the sauce’ made me chuckle, seeing TDIB’s process and ‘road’ to where we are now makes me smile! You keep on doing you! ❤ And this Rav-build is well awesome, thanks for ‘sharing’ all the direct bolt-over possibilities. I’m sure it will motivate some ‘peeps’ to go the ‘all-Toyota’ route. 👏👏👏🫶 Also; ‘food grade exhaust’ 😂🤣😂 That is a unique feat. I really hope you have another go in/video about this RAV if/when it progresses some more, and then take the opportunitie to highlight his IG ‘build-summary’ again…because this guy seems to be rather ‘humble’ for what he just accomplished to create! 😉
Super video TDIB! ‘Feel good’ all the way 🥰
Sorry for this ‘text-wall’ of a comment 😂😅 But in return….i re-subbed with ‘notifications on’…🫶
Yeah that's cool. I used to have a 99 rav 4 same color with carbon fiber exhaust, chrome rims, sub, tinted windows and custom grill a long time ago haha
This guy is in my county i need to see this build in person awesome job with something different!!
I don’t know why but I have a love first the first gen Cr-v and the rav4 they are just so cool 5 speed AWD civic/corolla stubby station wagons.
I swear I've been subscribed since i was in high-school and the last video i remembered seeing on my feed was the dodge omni..
The rav4 is basically a corolla variant just like the tercel and mr2 are. But this one is super dope, my mom's former boss family friend has one of those since i was in high school, she got it brand new and she still has it and she loves it so much she even had it shipped to Iowa when she retired and moved to iowa.
I got to ride in it again when I visited them in Iowa.
Awesome rig! I had a ‘99 Ravioli 5spd and it was so slow the ‘99 Crv automatic I got next was actually quicker😮
Thank you for highlighting these cool vehicles.
This Rav4 is from the 90s?🤔 I think the one i want is the 2010 Rav4 with the factory hood scoop. If i had one, this is exactly what i would do to it! At 4:35 - this is what 90s parts bin cars were all about! Cars came from the factory just sharing parts. Awesome ride 🏆💪
I have a 2011 rav4 2GR V6
thing is a torque beast
This is my dream build. My first car was a 97 Rav4L
1st gen rav4 is hands down in the top 10 of vehicles ever produced (as far as a reliable daily goes)
Rav4 is pretty common where I am, not like this though lol, nice job!
I had a green stock 2 door 1998 Rav4 5speed and it was awesome !!!
What a fkin cool build especially how everything just bolted right up for him is cool and fkinn lucky.. really cool rims to oh n the BOV sounds real nice.....the TRD stickers on the side are just great 😂👍
Toyota was well ahead of the game, they made the station wagon called the Toyota GTT Caldina that comes with the 3SGTE, manual and AWD from factory.
Glad you were able to give the rav4 a rip finally. Great video!
The 2jz is based on the 3s
I cannot express how much I love this.
I have a very very clean 96 wild green tercel. 4speed manual. Fully stock. Slow. Putting a b series or k in it would be incredible.
The owners smile about his car being ripped is awesome!
1st gen rav4s and 3rd gen 4runners my favorite
I just stumbled on this channel.. loving it
this thing Phucks!
beatin' them guts
I love the shift boot they should keep making it look like that
This thing sounds sooo goood 🥲…almost reminiscent of an Evo VI
Im so glad your content remains original 😎👍
This is why i like your channel. This is real car guy shit. My car is slow let me spend thousands to make it slightly better
Reviving this old souls brings joy to other old souls 😅
Well, i got 200 crank hp 😎
I use all my 126 fwhp 😎😎
I think more tuned CUVs like this are the future of car culture. Tuner cars used to be the cheap projects you could build when hot rods and muscle cars got expensive, and boomers hated them. Now tuner cars are the expensive classics, and there are countless cheap CUVs out there which gen Xers and millennials generally hate... Seems natural that more innovative folks will find ways to make crossovers fast!
Up here in Calgary area met a guy named Ryan had a full offroad overland one just with a 3sgte swap top mount lift full camping setup snorkle and all and it was rowdy
I love my 98 rav4 just blast to drive simple yet enjoable
My favorite generation of the Rav4. And great engine + drivetrain combonation. 👌🏻🗿
Sweeeet ride I have always wanted to kit out a RAV4
It's great to see a build that is different. 👍
Look at this guy's shit eating smile the ENTIRE time David is driving! He knows what he's got!
DAVID!!! Review a built 90's thunderbird please!!! You never see them and id love to see what you think of one compared to this!!! They are not the same as the fox body, their wheelbase/track width/engine bay are larger and they have better suspension!!
This is motivating me to finish my k swapped matrix so I can start my k awd celica
I was so close dli g the swap back in 2014. Regret not pulling the trigger on it every single day
I think the owner was sceeered!! He was holding on to the oh shit handle the whole video 😂😂
Papadakis did the offroad version of this too, such a sweet swap.
Never thought I would have found this soooo cool.
Love this build. Seen Larry Chen do one in the desert and these are amazing utility. Really making me wanna do it for the first gen CR-V but do I wanna throw 20k at a rust bucket before ww3?!