Need Motor Advice

[burnyota]

      I am perty sure that my motor went south last night on the way to the 2nd bar..... :smack following theses girls ...motor started loosing power, gave them a call and decided to let it cool down. I might have just blown a head gasket, will check here in a bit and let ya'll know, but anyways after all....I kinda want to get in a vortec v-6, 22re or something along those lines. My Question to ya'll is ...What is the best motor to swap in to replace my 22r w/only 225,000 miles. I drive this thing every day, everyweekend it sees heavy trail use and runs 5.29, 36 swampers, etc. Let me know what ya'll thinks - thanks, Ryan

[SWAMPER]

Me thinks the Vortec would be a good idea...wont be as cheap as the 22RE...but it wont be that big ol difference on the price but it will on the power and I hope you learned your lesson...girls are evil ( ) If you do a Vortec swap it would be really nice 

[Skinny_Pedal]

just keep it toyota. if u were to swap go with the re but your 22r seemss like it was a dam good motor and i dont c u getting one out of a vortec.

[burnyota]

I would like to stay toyota, but I can get a 99 vortec 4.3 for a mere $100 smackers..but then there are tranny issues, etc wiring blah, blah and more $.  How hard is it to swap over to a 22re motor from a 22r? What all stuff do I need other than the wiring, etc.? and what do you think the best donor vehicle is for a swap ?

[burnyota]

Well, I got it fixed yesterday...compression was 130,130,155,130, a little over 10% diff.. all better now

[Skinny_Pedal]

so then what was the problem?

[84runner]

Ya what was the problem ? and it your thinkning of a motor swap look at BigMikes build up of his yota

[burnyota]

I have alot of blowby...and it ended up being that the cat was clogged with [email protected] I tore it off and it runs fine...but I am looking to to a 22re swap as soon as I find a donor truck - Thanks , Ryan

[YotaYota]

I have alot of blowby...and it ended up being that the cat was clogged with [email protected] I tore it off and it runs fine...but I am looking to to a 22re swap as soon as I find a donor truck - Thanks , Ryan

My timing somehow got bumped like 15 deg. one time, the motor leaned way out and melted the inside of the cat. Pulled it off, retimed and a new 02 sensor latr, all good. I hate cats, there useless (the animal too).

[84runner]

Well if your motor is a 84 22R or newer , the head should be drilled for a EFI intake so all you have to do is just bolt it on