88toyotajeepeater

Hello, i am new to this forum, i had a few questions... you see recently i found out that my 88 toyota has a tendency to run over scion xb's, and my frame has been kinked, time for a frame swap... i found an 85 frame that would be ideal to swap, because not only would i have a straight frame, but i wouldnt have to spend time and money doing a SAS. What i was wondering is, will my 88 reg cab shortbed cab and bed bolt onto the 85 frame no problem, or will i have to fab some mounts???

v6854runner

it should fit as long as u get the frame that measures the same

88toyotajeepeater

Okay, and as far as mounting my 3.0L, can i just move over the mounts from my 88, or is welding required?

88toyotajeepeater

Hopefully its just a direct bolt in, my shop is a toyota graveyard at the moment, ridiculous mess, i just want this to go smoothly hahaha

toyotabull

sounds like it shoud go over without too much difficulty. Now do you have any pics of the scion?

88toyotajeepeater

ya lol i will put them on sometime soon unless u have a cell i can send u pics

toyotabull

offshore right now, but Ill be looking. ^ years ago a buick 4 door pulled out in front of john's 79 f150 on 36's and he broke his axle with their roof.

88toyotajeepeater

lets just say that i couldnt tell anything was wrong with my truck besides the hood and it ripped the scions engine off the mounts, 1 sec later she wouldve died, i thought i hit a curb then i look up and im pushing this goddang scion with my truck, i get out and that damn car looked like a popcan someone dented in. Hahahaha.

toyotabull

you thought you hit a curb, Damn. Atleast everyone was alright

88toyotajeepeater

ya lol it just didnt feel like much, if i had a stinger bumper it wouldve been bad news lol. i was scared as that someone got hurt but ya no one did and my baby got a kinked frame...

Jason4X4

i've done a swap from an 89 4 runner to an 85 frame, the 85 frame never had a 3.0 in it, so mounts will be needed, i got mine from offroadsolutions, who is now closed, so you will need to fab something up.
And make sure you use the trans crossmember from the 3.0, and i had to wallow out the holes a little bit.
I think that was the only major problems I had.