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Old 03-29-2007, 12:33 AM
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Exclamation Buying 94 4runner!!?

My familey owns a towing company and we came across a 94 4runner Im looking at buying and probably will.
I might be able to get it for $1500-2000
Its a little beat up, big hole underneath the deck, rip in drivers seat, b
beat up carpet, cup holder torn out and the switch for the sun roof is missing.
paint is a little beat too.

it is a V6 with a 5spd.
im unsure how much i will like it over my auto 22re pickup, giving up that truck is a little scary

anyways here are some pics, please I WOULD LOVE SOME INPUT!!









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i dont know man, iam loving the blue car behind the 4runner.

personally i would buy it and fix it up, number uno reason for me is that i dont enjoy driving an automatic, and second it would be nice to have two rigs.

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Old 03-29-2007, 12:59 AM
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ohyeahh lowridin the regal.

i dotn enjoy the auto either, i love the 5spd.
i dont have enough room for another car at my house at the moment so its one or the other

the runner has a bad oil leak also but its fixable. does anyone know that a flowmaster 40 series sounds like on a to v6?
loud as ****????
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3.0 will have more power especially with the 5 speed. i think youll like it a lot better than the 22re with an auto. you can always fix it up. those issues seem like minor things that the average mechanic could tackle.
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22re in 4runners are big old turds unless you do some gears, the 3.0 with a 5spd is just a medium turd but its bearable, i wish my 91 was a 5spd. i had the flowmaster 40 on my 93 v6 4runner and it was pretty loud, on my 91 i got a magnaflow exhaust and high flow cat, it sounds pretty good to me, quiter at high speeds but good grunt at lower speeds
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i also have a glasspack i might put on it, im leaning twards the 40 series.

the top of the engine looks brand new so its had some major work done.
183,XXX miles.

there is a pretty bad oil leak, the pan looks pretty clean so im hoping maybe double oil filter gasket?
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check the valve covers they are nottorious for leaks i have one right now. and eah all thoes problems are way minor. i have the auto and its a dog, but my buddies got the 5spd and he can roast em through 3rd. i wish i hard the 5 spd
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well, im partial to pickups, but im also partial to manual transmissions. i prefer a 5spd with 120 hp over an auto with 140 hp. but rly u gotta think about it. if u keep the money couldnt u just make ur pu better than the runner? yea its got a bigger engine, but u can turn the 22re into a solid beast, or if uv got access to stuff like it seems u do u could just find an engine and do a swap. but i almost feel myself fallin for that 5spd just cause its not an auto. lol. good luck with that decision man, u need it.
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i'd say get it. i had a sinle cab p/u and i bought a runner. i really love driving my 4runner, it's bigger and there's actually room for more than two people....i've fit seven.......plus with the 3.0 i'll never get a speading ticket!
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yeah i really think im going to get it if i can.
im hoping to sell the truck for $2000 and buy the runner for $1500

one major question, what is this thing?
i found it on the floorboards of the runner.



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It's a stock aplifier.
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ok, good. not as important as it looks.

ive got about 4000watts worth of amps subs and speakers for this beast.

are the cup holders in these things replaceable? where could i fint parts like that and the switch for the ssunroof?
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