shoes138

I lowered my truck even more! tell me what you guys think??




the ride not all that great of ride quality the axel is hitting the frame. Well this is the reason why my truck is lowered n the axel is hittin my frame!






well how i got this motor for free! from a guy at the in foresthill parting his yota all the motor has a bad headgasket n thats about it! my plans are gettin O/S valves n regrinded cams, head job, remod the intake manifold, n try to see if i could put twins on her! great lil project n reading alot on how to make you own custom turbo kits! im readin Maximum boost by corkey bell! this book has alot of info! i would recommend this book to anyone tryin to build there own turbo or lookin to buy a turbo car! tell me what you gusy think?

Elton

looks pretty good need more pics

shoes138

yo man ill grab some tomm its too late now but i gotta get the 3vz-e out of my truck first

JamesD

Get a 3.4 with a supercharger in that thing. Now that would be bad asz!

James

91_4x4runner

Of course you'd then need a modified bonnet or a BL to clear the motor, but it could be done.

gilby4runner

3.4 with a turbo or twins? ... Tell me what tires you are using and i will buy stock in that company...lol

chimmike

3vze eh?

Twin turbo would be sweet. I was considering something like that myself. These are what I would suggest: Pick up a pair of the stock 300zx turbos. They're sized right between T2's and T25s. Wastegates set for 7psi. Should net 150-160whp on an auto 3vze without overstressing the motor or creating too much unnecessary heat, maybe more.
Anything larger than that will be laggy and probably create a bit of a strain on the motor.

mastacox

[flame on]

In the words of the Opera guy in Scrubs:

"Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssstttttttttaaaaaaaaaaa kkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeee!!!"

It's really a much better idea to save up for a 5VZ-E swap, or perhaps even a Supra motor since it's a sweet street truck. Polishing the turd just won't get you anywhere useful, and by the time you've done it you'll probably want a new engine anyway.

[/flame off]

shoes138

i got the engine for free so im not gonna complain but im gonna try to do somthing no one has ever done before. its gonna be fun and its gonna be a lot of work but the headgasket should not be a problem cuz im gettin new cams, o/s vavles, n new headbolt. so in theory should cure the headgasket problem n if it work it works it if doesnt then time to drop in a 2jz motor!

chimmike

and if that's the case, i'll take the 3vze off your hands

1styota4X4

i would not be worried with the head gasket as much as i would be worried with tuning the motor...that is the biggest problem that i have seen...

I personally would look into the 1uzfe and turbo it....a nice v8 rumble and still yota that is what i want to do

chimmike

the 1uz alone would be fine, adding a turbo to it would be unnecessary.

Realistically, you can argue that a swap would be better in the long run, but utilizing the 3vze is more cost effective (read:cheaper). A kit alone to swap to the 3.4 is $2k, not including the motor, other various transmission and 4wd crap necessary, etc.

I'm a firm believer in using whatcha got. My first heavily modded vehicle was a red-headed stepchild 1.8L Sentra. I was the first to successfully turbo it on this continent. It wasn't a power behemoth, but I was able to do it so that it was cost effective, and it was very fun. Rare, too.

Tuning? Apex'i SAFC can be used. It's super mega basic.....and use a wideband o2 sensor obviously.

shoes138

yea i was going to do a 5vz swap until i saw the acutally price on the motor, then i decide to do something now has ever tried to do! it will be fun thou, well got to dissasemblying the motor ill post some pics later!

yotasavg

i love my 3.0, slow as it may be.......i say do what you want to do man! props

shoes138

Well yesterday i took the whole wiring harness, intake manifold off! its was really easy but i was suprized on how toyota change the 92 3vz-e from my 89 3vz-e! but anywayz now all im left with how to take off the cam gears n also i know i have to take out the distributor but do i have to mark it to still keep everything still timed together??? well here are the pics

shoes138

hey guys i need help i cant get his cam gear off i know youll prolly need a special tool but is there any other way you could get this cam off?

Brenjen

Borrow a puller at autozone. That's the best thing about the walmart of auto parts, the tool loan program they have. I think others do it too, Advance etc. I wouldn't worry about the timing if you have access to a compression gauge, just put the #1 cylinder back on the compression stroke & wire it back up. Once you have it all back together it will be at 0 t.d.c. as long as you keep all the timing marks aligned when you pop the timing belt back on it's simple.

Timing marks on cam gears aligned - Crank pulley mark aligned @ 0 with the #1 cylinder @ t.d.c. Just be sure you put the plug wires back on in the correct firing order.

cr500rider

this is what i did to my 87. http://toyota2wd.proboards2.com/inde...ead=1138066316 Honestly i dont see a TT 3.0 doing anything but blowing more headgaskets. I had one in my 87 before i put in the 3.4 and it was slooooooow! In actuallity doing a 3.4 swap on a truck that already has a 3.0 in it is super easy. motormounts, oil pan, oil pickup tube are direct bolt ons. I had a mufler shop build me a crossover pipe for 60 bucks, added in another O2 sensor for another 40 bucks and had my friend wire it up for me for 300 bucks. and best of all it is RELIABLE! I have a feeling a TT 3.0 would not be very reliable, not trying to diss on your project, it sounds cool, but not practical and i think you would be working on it all the time after its done

shoes138

well im gettin new head bolts new regrinded cams, n that should cure the headgasket problem! but we will see how that turns out with a twin turbo rigth now im trying to find the right turbo for my engine needs.

shoes138

well here are a couple of designs i came up with to suit my needs, i no theres alot of things missing. its just a rough draft. I also had a question do i need to include the egr valve or reed valve? by excluding them would that doing anything to the motor besides the emissions?