I live in colorado, I'm going to look at this http://denver.craigslist.org/car/253434331.html this weekend. The only thing that really is making me think otherwise is it's carbureted. I'm looking to get some first hand experience from 22r owners in colorado or other like climates. This will more than likely be my dd with some light off road duty. I've had 2 prior carb cars and have had nothing but bad luck with them haha. Thanks in advance guys,
Kevin. hope I'm not

 

i had an 85 2wd yota carbed 22r when its good its good...when its bad its bad...i tried to rebuild an asin carb it was tuff lots of little parts...i ended up putting a reman on it and it worked great....mind you i am in dallas texas

nice looking truck by the way....

 

No problems from OEM carb in good shape.. Eventually I went weber - which was fine.. Same deal, in TX near sea level..

 

yeah being colorado might be a different story though. Even if I went with an aftermarket carb,(weber probably) id more than likely have to re-jet it.

 

A weber is cake to rejet.. I'd be more worried about cold start.

 

yeah cold starts in the moring suck, i'm wondering if getting a carb vehicle is worth it. I've talked to the owner and he said it starts evertime no matter what the weather is. During the blizzard it started with about 5" of snow in his engine bay lol.

 

Mine starts and runs just fine, just let it warm up in the cold. It's a little more tempermental but it's a lot easier to diagnose problems than EFI. No little expensive stupid sensors to worry about...

 

I have a '87 22r ..

Im going to do the EFI conversion but not because i dont like the Carb. I want more power and I also want to be able to not worry everytime I climb a hill. I wasn't able to rebuild mine when i got water/mud in it off-roadin (the screws holding the 3 bodies together, atleast one on each side was torqued on rediculously tight.. and they are flat-head screws so i ended up stripping two screws out so rebuilding it is outta the question now lol).... but i did clean it out as best as physically possible without fully disassembling it. Runs fine again.

I've had my truck up to 3000ft and driven our other 2wd '87 22r over the passes cruising 70mph no problems ... 5-6k elevation.

If you can find an EFI yota, you're just naturally better off because the limitations of hills and elevation are less a factor in performance but if you're just doing light-duty off-road, daily driving the 22r is fine IMO.

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I get 21.5mpg stock motor (new plugs/rotor) on 31x10.5 4:10 stock gearing. As far as I can tell the economy of the 22r is same as the 22re. FYI

 

I still have the same 1989 22R which I purchased new. In all this time, I've never needed to do ANYTHING to the carb, other than adjust the idle speed a couple of times. If you keep the fuel filter changed, then dirt will never get into the carb, and it will work properly. I lived in Texas when I bought the truck, and took it to Colorado once. At very high altitudes, I did notice a loss in power as a result of the thinner air, but the truck still ran reliably, and is still a daily driver.

 

I had a 20R carb motor and a 22R carb motor. They both had the exact same problem. You had to pump the ลลลล out of it on a cold day or after it sat for a day to get it to start. They probably both could have used a rebuild. However they did always start and they ran fine once they were running.