maicomega1

Never seen it done. I pulled the 22R out for a rebuild, and thought about the perfectly good 4.0 Ford out of my brother's wrecked '96 Ranger. Then I thought about the R151F I saw at the junkyard the other day while parts scrounging. Anyone have experience with this swap and mating combo? Not having much luck with Google. I could probably stick a T-4 or T-5 in there. Whatever crappy tranny came mated to that engine as a worst case scenario. I've only seen it done with a 302. I think the 4.0 would fit better and allow me to keep the A/C. Any experience with this out there? Advance adapters doesn't offer anything that I can see.

This is the truck, picked it up cheap from a buddy. Straight body, very little rust (except the tailgate, of course).

parkkicks

why god why! please spare this toyota the agony of bearing a ford motor!!!

jk (kinda)

i really dont know just wanted to harrass ford a bit

hillbillydeelux

nooooo the 4.0 is a junker, all my buddies that drive nothing but fords wont even touch them from what i understand is they're like the 3vz of fords only way worse.

a4runnerfreak

If your gonna do that, sell me the truck engine-less!!!!!!

AP4CHE

I've heard the same, some old ford motors are reliable... most old ones are but the 4.0 is a pile.

hillbillydeelux

the only newer ford engines that are worth a damn are the 2.9 v6 and the 5.slow.

maicomega1

4.0 a junker? Never heard that, but I haven't owned a Ford in years. Maybe I'll just build a 302 and see if I can figure a way to keep the A/C.

hillbillydeelux

thats a better idea. youll be a little more happy with the 302.

Mic09dcsm

I would transplant a Vortec 4.3 way before any Ford engine even entered my mind......Except for a 460 in my mom's '63 Unibody

hillbillydeelux

if everything goes right (wich it prolly wont ) ill be rockin the 4.3

Mic09dcsm

I hear ya about stuff not going right. My plan is to get a fairly new 4.3 when my 3.0 completely dies and put some roller rockers, cam, exhaust, intake, etc. and have some pep again. After these 35"s I could use it.

hillbillydeelux

i have a v.3 vortec in a 98 or 99 s10 blazer lined out its hella clean but getting my friend to give it to me might be a slight task....

maicomega1

"why god why! please spare this toyota the agony of bearing a ford motor!!!

jk (kinda)

i really dont know just wanted to harrass ford a bit"

Come on dude! I see all kinds of wack swaps out there, so in my beer fueled garage session I thought about doing something that hadn't been done before. I just can't stand the thought of having another stupid Toyota with another stupid 350 bowtie jammed in there. Anyway, I just went over and measured my neighbors 302 in his work truck, and it should fit without any firewall humping. I'll figure something out...

hillbillydeelux

im not dissin the 302, its a good motor, but if you really want to have fun and do an off the wall swap do a cummins 4bt that would be sweeet. or just stick with the 302.

maicomega1

My buddy has that old Toy diesel that they put in the trucks in his Land Cruiser ambulance. That thing is pretty sick, if a little gutless. I think he said he has a hard time finding parts, though.

hillbillydeelux

thats sweet i always liked diesel swaps.

parkkicks

i wasnt really dissin. i dont know enough about the ford 4.0. i was just having a good time.

maicomega1

What would really be cool, and probably haul ass, is the 3.5 Nissan that they put in their altimas and Maximas. I have A 3.5 Altima and it goes pretty good!

maicomega1

I can take a little hacking. How's the build going? Nerf bars on yet?

parkkicks

actually yes i got them on this week. and i wasnt haking you. just ford (good naturedly of course) im starting to save and plan my exhaust system now.

thanks for asking