Topic: Goodbye 3.0, Hello 3.4! I need help though, Anyone???

[NW95runner]

I have a '95 runner with a 3.0, 5 speed and 4.56's(stock!) It has a 4" lift and 33x12.50's under it. I love it but would like some more power so I'm buying a 3.4 with an auto tranny and the ecu, wiring harness, motor mounts, fuel pump etc. for $700. I want to keep my manual tranny, does anyone know if i can just get a bellhousing for the 3.4 and still use my tranny?? What other problems might I run into? I don't know a ton about engines or swapping one but my friend is a excellent mechanic and has swapped hundreds of engines. Does anyone have any info or links to help me out?? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks, Austin in oregon.

[kyle_22r]

unless you get a 3.4's tranny, you need to use your 3.0 bellhousing.  the reason being that both the 3.0 and 3.4 use the same tranny, but the input shaft length(and therefore bellhousing length) is different between the engines.  so just bolt up your 3.0 bellhousing and it should be dandy!

[raybie]

motor should bolt up to the 3.0  motor mounts and your tranny.  heard rumor that some of the auto 3.4 cranks don't have the pilot bearing recess machined in.  other than that, umm... offroadsolutions.com has a lot of parts for the swap.

[TOYJOETA]

Check out offroadsolutions.com according to them the cranks are different.  The crank for the manual tranny has a hole milled into it for the pilot bearing for the input shaft on the tranny.  but check the wabsite the have a wealth of info on there.

[bkg]

Check out offroadsolutions.com according to them the cranks are different.  The crank for the manual tranny has a hole milled into it for the pilot bearing for the input shaft on the tranny.  but check the wabsite the have a wealth of info on there.

ORS, last I checked, said that "some" cranks didn't have the pilot bushing milling.  If they've changed that to say "all", they are wrong.  I have been contemplating a 2000 4runner 3.4 that I have access to for a while.  It was shipped w/ an auto, but does have the pilot bushing milling.