cbr600rx7

Hello every one i figured i would come in and introduce myself. First off i am 25 have a beautiful wife and little girl and just happen to love any thing with a engine. I am currently deployed to Iraq on my 3rd and what i hope to be last deployment. On R&R i decided to sell my 2002 2500HD duramax due to the high cost of maintenance and for being a pain in the ass. They are great trucks and get decent mileage for a 7600lb truck but god forbid your head gaskets, cp3 pump, or injectors ever fail. Any way it was time to buy the wife a new car so we picked up a 2011 RAV4 that has been amazing. A week later my friend who i sold my 85 SR5 to gave me a call and wanted to know if i would buy it back after i sold it to him two years ago. I of course jumped on the deal and after a few emails worked out the details and to say the least i am very excited. I had big plans for this truck when i first picked it up off of another friend a few years ago and have kicked my self in the ass for selling it in the first place.

As for the future i will probably be on here a good bit. I dont have any major plans at this time. Maybe a new bumper and winch but thats about it until i get home. I have one other project i need to sell before i get to far into the truck but would like to start with a new tool box and relocate a pair of batteries in there for future demands, Might also upgrade the alternator while i am at it. At this time the 22RE is still kicking strong and is all stock with the exception of the intake. I still have a lot of research to do but i would love to swap a 2L-T in the old girl and pick up a few MPG. The truck is turning 35s with 4.10 gears so a gear change might be in the works as well.

Any way i will stop my huge rant now. Just very excited to have the old girl back and wanted to share.





Old projects.
Current project i need to sell

Sold a few months ago due to expense. (Cost to replace CP3 pump and injectors cost more then my entire yota build)

One of my favorite trucks ( 1/2 ton swaped with dana 60 front/14 bolt rear, 6.2 diesel with banks turbo, and 700R4) i dont know why i sold it.


Just married and before having a baby.

Sensei

Welcome to YotaTech. 85 is a great year for the SR5, yea I'm bias cause I have one myself.

Keep your head down and thanks for serving

oldblue94

Welcome! The yota bug never leaves haha! Seeing all your toys makes me not want to get married lol.

yoder519

man that heavy chevy is cherry. people dont give the 6.2s enough credit IMO. my fiances papaw has one just like it(except stock axles) he bought it when it was a year old. not sure what year it is exactly. auto trans went out and he 4spd swapped it. blew one headgasket is only problem hes had. 335k mi!!! and it still runs like a top

cbr600rx7

I would agree they are dogs with out a turbocharger but for what they are not bad at all. With 4.10s and the 700R4 on 33s i would get 18-20 mpg so i could not complain. Before i had a 93 with a 6.5 and factory GM-8 turbo with 380K on the clock when i sold her. It would be interesting i think to see what a NA 6.2/6.5 backed with a 5 speed would be like in a yota. I mean you would only pick up maybe 10-20 horses over a 22RE but you would double your torque. Find a way to get a turbo 6.5 in there with a open exhaust and a hot injection pump in there and your talking SBC power with BBC torque.

yoder519

yea i agree theyre not very powerful, but you can get some serious road miles out of them

cbr600rx7

And some major MPG. Guessing in a yota with the right gears and trany combo you would see mid to high 20s with no problem. Plus since there are a ton of SBC swaps and the 6.2 and 6.5 both use the same motor mounts and transmissions as a small block it would be no harder then a normal SBC swap i wouldn't think. Of course the 2L engines are also a easy swap from what i have been reading and you dont need a transmission adapter or different motor mounts to do it.

As much as i would love to do a mechanical injected 6.5 with a GM-8 turbo in the yota i dont need that much power. I am sure it would be bad ass. I mean even with out a turbo and a hot injection pump you can make 160hp and around 280tq out of them very easy.

Shoua

Welcome to Yotatech! And nice Busa! Here's mine:

cbr600rx7

Like the exhaust is that a jarden.