The time has come to give my 88' 4runner a new heart. I know where i can get a block and heads for cheap, (180 bucks from my local p-n-p) aswell as a reputable machine shop within a mile of my house for my decking/polishing/porting/hottank and
magnaflux needs. My question is... i have seen several ppl here refer to egnbldrs.com for rebuilt engines, but not sure i recall them for kits. So any advice for decent rebuild kits would be greatly appreciated. Anyone who has used a egnbldr rebuild kit, was it worth it? it seems to be a little less costly them some on ebay. I'm not really worried about saving 100 bucks, more worried about quality. Thanks everyone!!!!!

 

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Oh, and another quesdtion. All the 3.0 blocks are the same correct? As in it doesnt matter what year 3.o block i grab.

 

No.. Not true... All 3.0 blocks are not the same... there are different motor mount bosses on the different years....
Luckily for you and I, we can use any engine in our trucks, because they are 88's. But the later trucks cannot use the earlier blocks, because the bosses are not there for the later engine mounts...
I have a link that explains it and shows it better....
I will post it when I find it....

http://www.enginebuildermag.com/Arti...ta_30l_v6.aspx

 

well thats good to know. I think after reading the previous wright ups concerning the rebuild kits, imma go with the engnbldrs. Now need to find where to buy some valves and where to send my injectors to be cleaned.

 

I think engnbldr.com is the place for engine parts, and witchhunter.com is the place for injectors...... Search the forum and you should find out the place to send the injectors....
I am guessing at the witchhunter name. I think that is where I have been planning on where to send mine....

http://www.witchhunter.com/

Do you have a machine shop that you are going to use????

I have one by me, but it is a but scary to send a Toyota engine to just anyone that I have no info on.....

 

i bought my master kit from EB for $219 all i need now is the head and cam and some new rods and a crank shaft. got the erg block plates from LCE

 

P.S. ... Let em know when you start and we can work on these together..... I will give you some of my time, if you will give me some of yours.....
I need to pull the trans to reseal it, so I will need a few more muscles and hands...

 

B4, yeah i have a machine shop next to mid atlantic 4x4 off ritchie hgwy. It's literally 4 blocks from my house. Talked to the owner a few days ago, and he actually has extensive knowledge on 3vze's and 22re's. Prices arent that bad either. I plan on going to Crazy Rays possibly tommorow to pull some heads.

 

How bad are your heads.....?
Look into getting a set of remans and see what the price difference is.. May be surprised. Should be able to get a pair for under $500 (about $250 ea.)

I actually had my 22re head rebuilt by them a bunch of years ago... I found out after getting it done that it would have been cheaper to buy a reman than have them rebuild it.....
That is one thing that I would have liked them to tell me.. Would have done wonders for their customer service score with me......Otherwise I was very happy with them. They did great work.

They are the one in the back of the Fischer Auto Parts store? Right?

 

well, i know my exhaust valve on 6 is shot. I am getting heads and a block due to the fact i am still driving my truck. Need it for work, so imma get heads/block and rebuild on the side till its ready to drop in.

 

If you want, I have a set of 88 heads and the 93 block is still in my truck...

I am keeping the late model heads because I am converting over to the late model hydraulic tensioner as opposed to the mechanical spring tensioner that is on the 88s.

The 88 heads have a horribly burnt #6 exhaust valve....

Is yours dumping a huge amount of smoke... That is what happened when my valve went....There is actually a hole in the valve....

 

OOOOOO yeah. to the point if there is more then a quart of oil in it, i can leave a smoke screen the army cant see thru.....lol and as far as the heads..... i can pull 2 from rays for 80 bucks total? 100 for the block. Am i comming to your house or rays? lol

 

you can come to my house.....

And save yourself a few hours trying to get those heads off and the block out....

 

sweet. gotta check and see if i still have your number. got a new phone.

 

got the heads, thanks to B4wheeler, already at the machine shop. WOOT!!!! now to find a block

 

You should think about doin some home brew headers on the 3.0 it would save you from a burnt valve on 6 and help against the headgasket failure.

 

Better then that, i have a line on downey headers just waitin on money and the ok for em

 

Sean, u gonna show these fine folks the pics of the valve!! Haha

 

lol, yeah gotta figure out how to get it from my phone to photobucket to here...lol