john rumbo

CyMoN

copy these and put them on your photobucket







I used paint shop pro 5 to change the contrast and brightness took 2 min to do the 5 pics

john rumbo

thanks i appreciate it these look great cause i dont have these program

scuba

Just stumbled upon this thread, nice lookin truck.

Good job with the swap i would be wayy to scared.

john rumbo

Alex 400

you might want to put louvers in the hood. that will help the hot air rise up out of the hood and evacuate more of the hot air. or if you have the space, an auxiliary electric fan in addition to the primary electric fan would probably help as well. If you have too much of a problem you might have to mount a larger, full-size radiator to a roll bar in the bed, mounted at an angle with fans that draw air through the fan and blow it up and out. little extreme, but it would work.

john rumbo

thanks for the suggestions i went down this morning and purchase a electric fan to run in front of the radiator to help with my cooling problem ive got to try to get a fanshroud in there to if possible and go from there ive tryed to leave the rear mount radiator to the last option , because being a 4runner its like having a 4x normal heater in the truck

fillsrunner4

Check into this



I put lincoln 4.6 V8 2speed fan in mine. 18" blade. Cools like a dream 2800 on low and 5500 on high. Its the same size just about as the toyota radiator. The fan can be mounted as a pusher or puller

More pics and descriptions on my page
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f88/...0/index10.html

Also your gonna want an alluminium radiator if you dont already have one. that alone will help so much with cooling

john rumbo

ye im running a performance alluminum radiator the problem i have is with air flow through the radiator for the bigblock they normally run 210 in astock chevy with a stock radiator my radiator is still smaller and mine driving is around 210-220 but when you stop it shoots up around 230-250-------------------and continues to climb but if you reve it it starts going back down real fast

fillsrunner4

could that have anything to do with the thermastat? maybe get one that opens earlier and at a lower temp?

john rumbo

i dont really know because i ran i beleive a 175-185 not sure which was the lowest temperture that i could find was thinking to go a hotter to allow water in radiator cool longer maybe what do you think

fillsrunner4

That might not be a bad idea. Do you know what the stock chevys run in it?

hmmwv15

Naw man I wasn't talking about you, looks like you actually DID do it right unlike the other guy I was takling about. So I guess with all the trouble you went through it was more than worth it right?

Hopefully I'll have my junk pretty well built in the next few years. Nothing like a V8 swap but it's still going to take a long time and cost a lot.

drew303

check and see if the T-stat has a nipple on it to allow air passage. I'm going off of experience here with 22r's but I can imagine the same problem plagueing any motor.

We found that most of the aftermarket T-stats we ran through our 22r's didnt have the nipple so we drilled on tiny hole and it incredibly takes care of the the overheating issue. Air gets trapped below (on a 22r) the T-stat so the T-stat doesnt get hot enough to open while the motor begins to overheat. some T-stats have a nipple, while others just a tiny hole.

something to try, doesnt hurt.

Crawdad

Diggin' the build. And laughing at the Chevy hate.

john rumbo

ye i think it was worth it still trying to work out the bugs the overheating and now the water pump which is a brand new alluminum high flow water pump started leaking out of the vent just my luck today i installed a new electric 14 inch pusher fan on and now im getting ready to install the new water pump and see what i have to work with my thermastat does have a venthole on it ill let you guys know how it comes out

john rumbo

well sometimes i feel crazy dropin money like i have to in order to try to finish this build not kowin if this or that will work at the end sometimes it gets so irritating when it doesnt go your way you all probably know what im talkin about ,just knowin you still going to have something to do when that part is done for me the suspension still needs converted to coil over but it should be worth it at the end

fillsrunner4

Dude trust me ive done this and that to make mine go and even after $$$$$$$ it doesnt want too It comes with all hobbies i guess and we took them there. Dont get too discouraged as it will never end believe me But its worth the effort and pain sweat and tears!

Youll get it all worked out and runnin great im sure.

You only live once, so every earned penny better be put to use in a way that makes you happy. if its this or anything!

john rumbo

i agreee it is a very exspensive when you get hook my first 4wheel drive was a subaru brat know look where im at

fillsrunner4

I pulled both a jeep and a yota out of a river once in my old legacy

I took my clean 94 from bone stock to a machine so I know what ya mean

BTW the yota only got stuck in the river cause of the Heep