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Old 03-10-2007, 01:42 PM
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drivetrain/powerplant swap

I currently own a 91 4cyl pickup with an automatic transmission.
I have a truck which i am thinking about using as a donor truck. It is about the same year but 2wd. Im planning to rebuild the engine with a kit from lcengineering. The only thing i am not sure intirely what i need for it swapping the transmission. If its possible i want to swap out my automatic for the 5spd in the donor truck. What would i need to do it and would the 2wd 5spd work properly?
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I'll bet it can be done. Check these out.http://www.marks4wd.com/products/eng...ion-index.html

http://advanceadapters.com/toytruck.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Toyota_transmissions

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Old 03-11-2007, 01:14 PM
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Im planning to rebuild the engine with a kit from lcengineering.
to save some money and get great parts go with www.engnbldr.com
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if it bolts right up you should be fine, however, youd need an ECU compatible with that 5spd but you also need one for the 4wd methinks...

on second thought, i think 4wd has its own ecu so you may just be able to snag the ecu from the 2wd...
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Manual transmission/transfer case setups of that era are "brainless", no ECU. There's a connection mechanically to the speedo, and a plug for the 4WD indicator light, both on the transfer case. No transmission electronics for 5spd.

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to save some money and get great parts go with www.engnbldr.com
+1 - unless you're going for some high end stuff, you'll save a ton of $$$ and get the same quality of parts. Ted stocks some mild performance gain stuff.
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thanks for the links, they will definately help when i get my project fully underway. im going to dig out the book and alldata program and check it out some more tomarrow.

as for engnbldr i was unsure as to the uality and durability of their products.
a close friend of mine works at a local parts house that carries loads of performace stuff. i was thinking about getting some stuff through them like the cam maybe.
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