Mall crawler 83 build 3rz swap

[83 Crawler]

there not in yet my truck is pretty well striped

[BHT12]

Whats your plans?

[83 Crawler]

well im kinda leaning to a 3rz swap, but i wanna save my pennys for awhile and buy a 96 or 97 dodge cummins extra cab 5 speed before i dump any money in this pig

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of what lol

things that people want to see...... this is a BUILD thread. not a pansy around him haw thread.

[83 Crawler]

well nothing going on with it ill update once i start workin on it again

[83 Crawler]

well im going to put it all back togather and go wheelin hopefully i just need head lights and seats, buying seats from a friend for twenty bucks, idk what kinda head lights to get for my truck?

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LAME

[83 Crawler]

no cool!!!

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[83 Crawler]

You wanna see my truck in my driveway?

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[83 Crawler]

I'll take some sweet drive way shots tomarrow

[83 Crawler]

Update well I'm going to Spokane Saturday hopefully to pick up my new engine for my truck, I'll post up pics when I get it

[83 Crawler]

Well got my 3rz today paid 350 and it only cost me 125 dollars in diesel to pick it up' but the engine is so clean! The oil is super clean so I'm happy

[83 Crawler]

[84t0y]

nice, always liked your truck

[chim]

Sweet! If you have the alternator and starter harness can you take a pic of it for me when you get a chance?

[83 Crawler]

The alt and starter are still on engine, so it should, it's sitting in a buddys shed right now so I'll take a picture next time I over

[83 Crawler]

nice, always liked your truck

thanks man

[Quick Draw]

Nice. You will really like the motor swap. 

For some reason Oregon seems to have tons of badass 1st gens.  Out in Colorado, they are definitely a little bit rare.

[83 Crawler]

Nice. You will really like the motor swap. 

For some reason Oregon seems to have tons of badass 1st gens.  Out in Colorado, they are definitely a little bit rare.

how you like your 3.4 in your first gen?

[Quick Draw]

I would say it's 100x better than the 20R, performance wise.  Highway speeds and merging on the freeway are no problem.  On the trail, I can pretty much idle around. ...any altitude, any angle, it still runs great.  Around town, it's pretty easy to get the back end to break loose.  So power wise, it's almost overkill for the 1st gen because it's so light.  That's why I think you'll like the 3RZ just fine.  I think the power difference between the two is actually pretty small, like 20 hp.  Besides, the 3RZ seems to fit in the engine bay a lot better. My engine bay is crammed, and it's tough to keep the engine cool with that space.  But really anything with EFI is an enormous improvement.  Before I swapped mine, there were times that I wanted to throw my Weber out in the woods.  The added bonus of actually being able to pass a few people on the highway is just icing on the cake.

[83 Crawler]

Sweet man I was thinkin 3.4 but didn't know if it was overkill. I think 3rz bePerfect like you said

[83 Crawler]

i just got done pulling my propane kit to sell to a buddy, my phone sucks so i cant post pics

[HogCanyonHopper]

I would say it's 100x better than the 20R, performance wise.  Highway speeds and merging on the freeway are no problem.  On the trail, I can pretty much idle around. ...any altitude, any angle, it still runs great.  Around town, it's pretty easy to get the back end to break loose.  So power wise, it's almost overkill for the 1st gen because it's so light.  That's why I think you'll like the 3RZ just fine.  I think the power difference between the two is actually pretty small, like 20 hp.  Besides, the 3RZ seems to fit in the engine bay a lot better. My engine bay is crammed, and it's tough to keep the engine cool with that space.  But really anything with EFI is an enormous improvement.  Before I swapped mine, there were times that I wanted to throw my Weber out in the woods.  The added bonus of actually being able to pass a few people on the highway is just icing on the cake.

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[83 Crawler]

Just bought my motor mounts from chillkat designs are those guys are awsome!! I'm going to buy as much as I can from them for swap! Keep good work guys!!!

[chim]

Just bought my motor mounts from chillkat designs are those guys are awsome!! I'm going to buy as much as I can from them for swap! Keep good work guys!!!

Their mounts are beefy and they bolted right up with zero issues! Good stuff

[83 Crawler]

Good! They gave me a good deal on them

[83 Crawler]

Well got my my motor mounts!! All I need is rear sump convertion, w56 tranny, w59 bell housing, a mini header, dual case adapter, 4.7 cross member, drive lines,

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thats only ALL you need to do