How hard is it to put a small block engine in a 88 PU?

 

It's not easy! There is a lot of things you'll have to consider. A few to think about is you will have to get new radiator, tranny (I've heard you can buy some sort of adapter to mount between the engine and tranny to use the existing), new motor mounts, and of course all the wiring. I'm assuming your thinking of putting a 350 in. I know a guy who started doing this and those were just a few things he told me about. I'm not sure if he ever got it finished.

 

Oh and another big disadvantage is you won't have AC. thats what turned me off about it all.

 

so its almost better money wise to just rebuild my engine?

 

What engine do u have now? I wouldn't rebuild a 3.0, just swap in a 3.4. I would rebuild a 22R or 22RE - the preformance/economy ratio is much better on them than the 3VZE.

How bad is the engine? Sure it needs a rebuild (mileage is pretty irrelevant with Toyota engines - just cuz the odometer says a certain number doesn't mean it needs a rebuild)

 

its got 252xxx miles, and burnt valves as it stands. its the V6 SR5 engine, it is a 3.o

 

Yep - 3.0. I would do a search for 3.4 swap

 

where is a good place to look for a motor. and if i do it myself, will i have to change anything else?

 

Too much to go into again...Search and ye shall find all.

 

thnx for the input