So the 22RE in my 4runner starting knocking last night when I was on my way home.

I need to either rebuild it or replace it. I would like to do this with the least amount of downtime possible, as I moved most of my stuff into my apartment 2 hrs away and I don't really want to move it all back again.

So I'm thinking either buy an engnbuilder rebuild kit and have it done locally, also have an RV cam put in it. Or buy a rebuilt 22RE from Sunwest off of Ebay. I did some searching and of the ones I found on Ebay Sunwest was the only one recommended.

Any recommendations on this? Goals are reliability, decent power, and not breaking the bank.

 

It's not the best option for downtime, but for low-budget and in order to know exactly what you have, we hoisted it onto the garage floor, picked up a Federal-Mogul rebuild kit and plunked away at it for two months with the shop manual open.

Instead of a cylinder hone, you can take the block to a machinist and have them do a small bore. Then put it together with the over-sized pistons. We also had a machinist do a shave on the head for a nice flat surface and a little extra compression.

I've been driving it 14 years since then.

Good luck!

 

I'm currently waiting on a freight quote from Davez offroad for a long block. If it's not too much I may just go with that. I don't really want to rebuild it myself it would just be a pain.

 

let us know how much it costs

 

I highly recommend Sunwest Engines out of Medical Lake WA. I installed one of their supreme 22re long blocks and after 6500 miles the engine runs flawless. No problems of any kind and when I ran into questions during the install, made a phone call, their customer service is excellent. They can get you everything you need too to do the rebuild like clutches, injectors, flywheels, they ship it to a shipper and I pick it up. One stop shop. Good luck.

 

Currently rebuilding mine with a mix of ENGNBLDR parts and a few other nicks and nacks that I bought from here and there to shore up any possible weak points in the ENGNBLDR kit. Was hoping to have the motor going back in now, but I've found that finding a machine shop that is BOTH good and not busy is damn near impossible some places. Been waiting well over a month now for them to bore/hone the cylinders and deck the block w/timing cover. I took the damn truck apart so long ago now I'm not sure if I can get the thing back together again now. Oh well, when/if that opportunity presents itself eventually:

 

If you are able to afford the new long block and are crunched for time, then go that route. In the end it might not be that far off from getting one machined and putting it together yourself.

With machine work, rebuild kit, Engnbldr timing kit, cam, and all the other odds and ends, i am over 1500$$ into it.