evildiscoball

Hey i am thinking about buyin a 83 celica engine to put into my 86 truck. its a 4x4. Do you need to do any fabbin to the truck or is it a plug and play? any advice and insight woudl be great. thanks

DeathCougar

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its not plug and play, but the motor mounts are the same, and it will mount to the trans.

Do some research on the differences between the early 22R, and the later 22R

evildiscoball

I've actually googled quite a bit and i couldn't find anything about the swap, i found a few small things such as the oil pan and the oil pump but thats it. Can you send me in the right direction on a site with more information

abecedarian

The oil pan and pick up (sump) are problems with putting early 22r's into the trucks.

The engines themselves will bolt right in, if the oil pan (and thus the sump) clear the front axle, hence the need to address those.

Once you get past that... you could end up with issues related to the intake (EFI vs. carbureted), ignition, and such.

Any 22r / 22re engine from 85 up should bolt in without issue, save for the oil pan / sump issues above (and little things like the distributor and fuel pump drive).
Early 22r / 22re engines may have problems being installed in later vehicles because of differences in water passages, bolts, studs, etc. on the intake, exhaust manifold and head changes....

evildiscoball

ok, it sounds like i will be better off getting a later model engine. i dont wanna have to spend time messig around withe top end

rockdawg84

a 22r is a 22r if your using the whole motor. take the 83 as a long block and hang all the externals on it from your truck and you should be good to go. By the way what is wrong with the motor in your truck. a quick rebuild is easy and not to expensive.