Cebby

I'm keeping the A/C definitely!! Fortunately for me, mine needed recharged at the end of last summer, so I'm not wasting a fresh or good charge to reroute pipes.

No good pics cause the engine is on a skid, shrinkwrapped and banded. I'm not breaking it down until I get it to the shop.

I did measure it as best I could, it's about 24-25" wide, 24-25" long and around 23" tall (not including the sump). An approximate eye-balling of the 3VZE shows the 1UZFE is only an inch or two wider at the valve covers, but narrower overall due to the distributor, a good 3"+ longer, and I couldn't get a good height on the 3VZE. It will be alot easier to compare with them side by side when the 3.0 is out and the 4.0 is unpacked.

Cebby

Oh yeah - it's mine...ALL MINE!!!! Muhahahaha!!!!!!!

calg3

Awesome project, can't wait to see how it turns out!

Praufet

Pretty!

mt_goat

"a good 3"+ longer" How is that going to fit? Last time I looked there wasn't a lot of extra room behind the radiator.

Cebby

It might be more like 2 1/2" longer in reality. I really couldn't get good dims. Seems to be a fair amount of space betweeen the current engine and the firewall (no crossover pipe on the back of the 1UZ ), so I'll shift back as much as possible, absolute minimum forward (obviously). I need stuff out of the engine bay so I can get in there...

99_Runner

This is so cool. I am thinking about doing the same thing so I am very interested in update and any other info you have to others that are thinking about this same swap. Can't wait till you get everything figured out.

Cebby

Here's a shot of one of the shop inhabitants:



That's a roadrace body under the tarp - with molded in flares for covering nice big meats. The frame has been stripped and powdercoated. That's a 502 big block getting a test fit... Note the carbon fiber half shafts at the rear...

The 4Runner and engine will be at the raceshop next week.

AgRunner06

I bet he can fix that with an electric fan if he runs out of room in the back.

I'm glad to see it coming together. Good luck Cebby. I'll definitely be keeping a close eye on this.

Cebby

I guess this is progress...

Pic of the LS400 trans to be converted to 4WD:


2WD Tailhousing and output:


I will be getting my own garage "stall" at the raceshop - stuff had to get moved around to make room for me. Was supposed to move the 4Runner down there for a while now - looks like tomorrow if weather permits (we are supposed to get 4 inches of snow tonight and another 3 tomorrow) I won't be able to get rolling on this until after May 3rd due to workload.

Aside from the Marlin "stuff" I need (easy enough, just order..), I need to locate an a340F tailhousing and output shaft (or an internally grenaded a340f to strip).

Faded

Cebby,

Nice pics, looks like more progress w/the swap. Just curious, but what is the designator on the Lex A/T? Also, it seems like the reference was made in the past that you could use a T100 auto trans, correct? I've been thinking about maybe picking up an earlier (3.slow) T100 and doing the swap but would like to know what I need to look for.

Good luck with the work ahead. If you have time and remember I'm sure we'd all appreciate pics and commentary.

Cebby

The trans is a 30-41LE (aka a341e). The T100 trans might work for this - I was looking at the pre 95 T100 (a340f) for use behind my 3.0 due to the removable t-case and passenger side drop.

The main reason I'm going with the Lex AT is compatibility. It is entirely possible that the current a340f(or T100 a340f) would work though. Regarding compatibility - I have a 1UZ harness and ECU. The trans is controlled by the ECU, so most of this will be plug and play. You need a bellhousing from a trans used behind either the 1UZ or 2UZ (3UZ probably also), so once I saw how easy it was to convert the 2WD to 4WD (bolt together but time consuming) I thought this was the easiest route. Plus the trans only cost me $300 and it came with the torque converter.

I plan to do a crawler at the same time, so I won't really have much monkeying around with the t-case end of things. The Marlin adapters will make this part the easiest piece of the swap.

Cebby

Here's the parts list to convert the 2WD trans to 4WD:



Looks like I'll be scaring up a dead A340F somewhere. Even at a 20% discount, those prices are more than a used A340F around here.

jerbear

Hi Cebby
Great start to the project. I was also following swaps at Lextreme. Sorry to see your engine finally gave up. I was wondering what info you might have regarding this engine swap but maintaining a manual tranny?
Thanks and good luck
Jerbear

Cebby

Mainly, if you go manual tranny, you can use aftermarket ECU's, but you need a custom bellhousing. I haven't done "alot" of research on manuals since I wasn't going that direction. There are other things needed too - related to the clutch, pressure plate, crank machining (I think) among other things. There are two places specializing in making the parts for these conversions that I know of:

Dellow Automotive: http://www.dellowauto.com.au/main.html

or

Castlemain Rod Shop: http://www.rodshop.com.au/

Rusert

Find a junk AW4 out of a Jeep Cherokee and swap the 4WD tailhousing and output shaft, add a clocking ring and bolt up a Dana 300 or atlas. Don't mess with all that Toyota stuff unless you want to spend a lot of $$$$, domestic junkyard stuff is a lot cheaper.

firemedic

I think if you are going to go to the trouble of putting in a Toyota V8, you'll finish it up with a Toyota tranny and txfr

Cebby

How is getting an Atlas cheaper? Those are big $$$. Besides, I already have two Toy cases. IMO, putting Jeep parts into a Toy is like...well, like putting Jeep parts in a Toy - beyond backwards... Import junkyard stuff is plenty cheap if you know where to go.

Rusert

The Atlas is not cheaper, dana 300 would be. Just offering up ideas for ya.

914runner

With Marlin's new front dig Toy t-case no one will ever think of or put a Dana 300 in a Toy again! That thing is gonna be awesome!

So hows the progress with your swap Cebby? Have you found the junk tranny yet?