own3db

i have a 1987 toyota 4 runner and i want to put a small block in it i was wondering if sny one has done the swap and can help me find the parts i am going to need and where to buy the stuff

bob200587

search the forum, maybe try searching at Pirate as well. Google would proabably be you're best friend looking for the motor and what not.

I say go for a toyota engine instead. Check this site out.

4Hummer

yup been done. 305/302 or 5.0L Chevy 4.3 Vortec is an easy drop in, and a buick 3.8 is pretty easy too.

the 350 is big and needs custom work done to the ooil pan to clear the ifs diff, plus cooling is an issue (Youll need electric fans)

Bill

While I have no relavent information to offer myself I found this on 4wheeler.ca: 350 into a toyota

hooray for cross posting!

91Toyota4x4

350s in Toyotas make me sad. :cry:

Flamedx4

It's been done thousands of time for decades. Use Google.
Here's a head start - try Novak, Advanced Adapters, Downey, and even *gasp* Northwest Offroad.

Bumpin' Yota

Unless that 350 happens to be an LS1 when you hit the gas. Be aware that stock bottom ends on the LS1 will support 500 crank hp... 350hp + 150 wet shot = FUN!

An LS1 is the only 350 Im thinking about...and they do live up to their reputations!

Flamedx4

Yep, but then you have the problem of exploding the transmission...
Small blocks in Yotas are wonderful, but stay mild and drive sanely unless you just enjoy breaking stuff.

You want 500 ponies, then get an NV4500. And stonger drivelines. And stronger axles. And.... (In that 87, you'll want to be gentle on that IFS...)

91Toyota4x4

I know they got some power, my dad had a Formula Firebird that he just sold a few months ago. LT1/LS1 whichever is older I always forget I don't know anything about GM motors.

Icehawk

LT1 is older. If can find the pics of my 2000 S-10 with the LS1 stoker motor.

383 LS1
400 crank
comp cam
port and polished heads
.060 over
Raceing pistons
150 shoot

total hp priceless for a S-10
450 w/o the shoot
to fast with the shoot.

If you are going to do a 350, spend the my and do the LS1. this is the best motor for power to waight ratio that Chevy made, 427 L88 motor is the king of all motor.

Bumpin' Yota

heheheh yes the LT1 is a decent motor, with torque out the wazzoo below 3000rpm, but above that and it kinda dies off. The LS1 on the other hand has all the torque of the LT1 below 3000 (and then some) but then starts pulling HARDER above 3000rpm!! (my buddy has a '01 LS1 TA with the 2.72 rear end - i keep trying to get him to put in a 3000 stall, moser 12bolt, 4:10s, and a hot shift kit to go with his 125 dry shot....

tc

LT1 is one badass motor. The way it moves my 5000lb Impala shocks the hell out of people! (But I still want a nitrous/turbo setup...)

If you want even more low end grunt, get one that was from an Impala SS or 9C1 (police package) Caprice. Different cam etc than the Firebird/Camaro/Corvette version for more torque.

Since the introduction of the LT1, few mfg's have anything on GM engines. That new LS7 in the Corvette Z06 is SICK.

kyle_22r

i'd rather take a run of the mill small block and build it than be stuck with the 2nd gen small blocks with their horrid optispark distributors. you can build just as much or more power than the LT1, and probably do it more cheaply.