Yes, plans for a 2RZ swap into my '82 truck to replace the 22r/weber setup in front of my A340F-dual cases is coming together.  I found a good deal on a '96 Tacoma that a guy is parting out. So I bought the engine with all the accessories, includes the PS pump, complete wiring harness front to back with everything that goes with it, fuel tank and lines, exhaust, and the tilt steering column. It even has an A/C compressor so I can setup OBA, sweeeet. Pics on the swap to come in the next few months(too busy to do it any quicker). Oh, I still have to get it all pulled from the Taco first. Oh' I don't want to hear anything about getting a 3RZ instead-I picked this motor for a reason.
Here's what I'm starting with-locked front and rear-dual cases-blah, blah, blah, it works.

I finally made it home with the engine. Yeeeeehaaaaa!


More cool stuff in the mail from Chilkat Designs, T100 oil pan.



The motor mounts from Chilkat Designs installed. These maybe show some real quality.

Hell yeah!    that 2RZ will be plenty of power.   


I'll be watching.

Had to make a new mount plate for the Taco wiper motor, figured a 3/16" aluminum one would be a good choice. PIcs show old setup and new, had to swap arms. And then all plugged in!

Wow, liking this!  Why not just put the Taco dash, complete in your 1st gen?

Too much plastic and not really layed out right for what I have already in dash, like my GPS and winch controls. The first gen dash is steel, easy to weld, grind and repair, even a little body filler to make it look nice if needed.

Tacoma fuel tank mount on drivers side-DONE! Next is cut a hole in the bed for fuel filler tube, (small detail) then do the final tank install and run the fuel lines, did a test fit with the Taco lines. Yes I ran them in from the front clear to the tank, sweeeeeet.

Had to notch the cross member a little, I just welded back in the piece I cut out up a couple inches.


Rear tank bracket between frame rails.

doin work son what we like! i wanna see this thing done and driving down the street chirping 3 gears

Yikes, that was hard to read! Word.

Oh' I don't want to hear anything about getting a 3RZ instead-I picked this motor for a reason.

What's the reason?

Sweet build so far.

Tacoma Fuel lines ran, and the fuse/relay box mounted, also I have the headlight/turn signal wiring all ran.

Keep up the good work!

The motor is in, weeeeehaaaa. Fuel lines connected, steering column and shaft done, new firewall plate for steering shaft, ECM wiring into cab, blah, blah, blah. look at the pics,

2" out of the stock Taco down pipe and a little rotated toward the motor and presto, exhaust. Now I need to get the exhaust fromt there back connected, should be fairly straight forward since I don't have to do a crossover and the gas tank is out of the way. Pretty much like the 22R exhaust just on the opposite side.

Looking forward to more pics. Keep it up. LMK how the cluster install goes. Maybe snap some pics for me too lol.

Where are you located? I know were somewhat in the same region

Slow week, so far. But the cool thing was about a year ago I helped a freind part out a couple cars, a Caddy w/Northstar and an Olds Aurora with the battery under the back seat, sooooo I snagged the 6ft long battery cable out of it. Now this week while wandering around the shop in a daze I spotted a batery cable in a pile of stuff(I may a bit of a horder) anyway it was perfect length to reach from the battery to the 2RZ fuse box. I bought a junction stud to connect everything to, the pics show it all connected and the junction stud I used and its routing.