Topic: engine swap kit

[motoracer]

who offers a 4.3 engine swap kit. besides northwestoffroad. i looked at one at one time think it was from downey. but  think they went out of business

[OOPS]

If you look on e-bay there is a lot of stuff Downey used to sell. I think the owner of Downey is now hocking his wares on e-bay. I just happened upon it surfing "Toyota Parts". Advance Adapter may also have some stuff. I know they used to have a booklet on doing the swap.

[motoracer [OP]]

ok ill lok at one time i found a kit for about 1400 that had bellhousing,clutch,slave,flywheel,and motor mounts,i think it came with something else but cant remeber. ill look. im trying to  geting my parts now

[4RunnerChevy]

Heres the Downey Manual, you'll have to rotate and resize the pics.

http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa116/4runnerchevy/Downey%20Manual/

[dk98]

i know advanced sells a complete kit

[Cheesemaker]

If you look on e-bay there is a lot of stuff Downey used to sell. I think the owner of Downey is now hocking his wares on e-bay. I just happened upon it surfing "Toyota Parts". Advance Adapter may also have some stuff. I know they used to have a booklet on doing the swap.

I've heard that is the place to get their headers.

[Bradtoyotas]

DONT do a 4.3 I hate to so a good toy with a chevy motor!! Do a 3.4 they will walk all over that chevy motor!!

[LDcrawler]

I have one that Advanced Adapters makes.  They had the bellhousing that lets you keep the toyota transmission. The only thing i had to find was a place to make my clutch disk.  I found a place in San Jose called Superior Clutch and they did a really nice job.  I really like my setup and i would go that route if i was going to do it all over again

[motoracer [OP]]

why a 3.4? looked around it would cost more to finish then doing a 4.3 chevy. whats the pros and cons?

[Bradtoyotas]

Well for starters 3.4 is likely to get twice the miles outta it, also I've done both swaps and the 3.4 is like the vortec at 4000 Rpms they start to pull harder they love the higher Rpms I thought the 3.4 had more power plus no adapters you can use 3.0 trans or 3.4

[motoracer [OP]]

what was the total cost of both swaps.  i found a crashed van with a 4.3 for $400. i thinki could do it for $1800 in my toyota

[Bradtoyotas]

It depends I payed 550 for my 3.4 it came with everything computer wiring all the components I have to buy oil pan with rear sump that 245.00 from sky manufacturing, convert crossover pipe to other side and I'm using a 1989 Toyota pickup that had a 3.0 so I pulled motor and it bolts right in too the factory 3.0 location you use 3.4 clutch fly wheel 3.0 shift fork and throw out bearing and only complicated part is wiring which there's allot of write ups about it to make it easy.. I may be into the motor swap a grand at the very most also there's no distributor to deal with and makes it simple under the hood

You can use a v6 trans or use Toyota 4 cylinder turbo trans using 3.0 v6 bell housing

[yotaneck13]

foresure you want the 3.4 swap then when its completed save your pennys and get the trd supercharger best motor by far i think im in the process of swapping my 3.4 into my 90 reg cab

[motoracer [OP]]

what about the fuel lines   when updating to a 3.4? ive got a 4 banger truck

[Bradtoyotas]

You should be to stretch it over to it and thread it right to the high pressure line and return line should be simple connect to. 4 cylinder pump in tank will do the job or if your carb. You will just have to prolly have a line made cause carb. Trucks don't have a high pressure line or pump in tank

[bigarms23]

i have around $2000 for the 92 4.3 i did in my 4runner and thats a ca legal swap but i did notice that the average cost for just a 3.4 motor was 1200-1500 and you can get the entire 4.3 donor truck or blazer for around 500-1200 on craiglist it kinda depends on how much you want to spend and i kept my 884runner 5spd