Author Topic: Off Grid: 3RZ to old school 22r swap, really...  (Read 150170 times)

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OK here's a little trick worthy of notice.  I was in a wrecking yard in Oregon a few years back and there was an '81 Celica with a 22r.  My '80 pickup had a working but nasty distributor so I pulled the distributor from the Celica to maybe use on it.  I had to change from the square Celica plug to the round truck plug, but I noticed quite a seat of the pants difference. Not huge, but certainly a bit quicker reving and liking the upper rpms more without losing anything on the bottom end.  Upon further inspection I found the weights and springs are different in the Celica distributor.

My vac advance on my 22r distributor was not working.  A vac advance was like $160, a reman distributor was only like $130, so I ordered the Celica part instead of the truck part.  Sure enough, different weights and springs.  Instant re-curve kit!   :thumbs:

So be sure and pull Celica distributors when you see them.  They make the 22r more "eager"...

« Last Edit: Jul 10, 2015, 12:06:09 PM by H8PVMNT »
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