no bell housing necessary???

 

you will need a bell housing for sure

 

You use the bell housing from the lexus.

 

To bad the 1uz didnt bolt up to the r150f

 

It does.

You just need the custom bell housing

Either wait for a while til superrunner on pirate4x4 markets his bellhousing.

Or have one shipped from austrailia today.

cmon, everyones doing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfmh_...eature=related

 

Mine seems to be either blown slightly or running very rich. my MPG dropped drasticly and started smoking the way you describe and it sputters for about 5 minutes at start up.

 

Thanks to guys like you, my bank account is always empty !!

 

Yup - she was running rough for a day before the smoke. I thought it was the spark plug I still hadn't gotten to and then another plug went. If you have lots of white smoke with that sweet smell of anti freeze it's the head gasket. Ask me how I know. LOL

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So I am not opposed to rebuilding the 3.0 per say but honestly with the strain that engine goes through with me on 35's and 5.71 gears I think I'd just blow a head gasket again in a few years. I mean the engine had JUST been rebuilt when the 5.71's and 35's went on. And it lasted 2 years....

 

so you gonna swap a 3.4 in???? let me know if ya need any help

 

We don;t know what we are doing yet. LOL Just exploring all the options first! I will def let you know. Where in colorado are you located? We are at 119 and 1-25 (Longmont exit).

 

poop smears. good luck on tippy's future. and of course, i will help you if you need it, but as you know im more of a moral support mechanic. lol.

 

Molly,

I've done my swap (although I have developed a couple of issues that need to be addressed). The difference is amazing, and it is a reasonably easy swap to do, as I'm sure that you are aware. I'd certainly be willing to offer whatever help I can, since I'm in the Metro area most weekends. Let me know if I can be of assistance, please!

Raj

 

Molly i dont know you and you dont know me--but i have everything for a 3.4 swap--I would be willing to trade this or that or.....trade the 3.4 and all the goods for a head job myself---I got my heads Weasied and will be swapping them onto my new rig. If you are slightly interested then pm me and we can talk details.

Good luck henry

 

How much did it end up costing? Did you use the ORS kit?

 

That is nucking futz! I want one!

 

molly met you at russles house in longmont (he has the 87 longbed)

i have the flat black 1st gen, i wheel with them alot, im in westminster off of i-25 and 104th

you might recognize this truck, i have since but bigger tires on it since the last time you saw it



heres russ's truck to refresh the memory

 

Oh I know russ.. way to well. LMAO. I remember now. Yes all the help I can get will be appreciated once we decide what to do!

We are going to go pick up our donor 4runner (goldmember) tonight. We bought her with a bad engine before my headgasket) so we could have donor parts for everything else. Too bad I didn;t know my HG was gonna go!

 

let me know i did sams heads on that silver 4runner 3.slo with the rod knock, i had that done in like a day

 

TC,

I'm into mine for about $4,000 to $4,500, but, as Elvota pointed out, there are ways to reduce the costs considerably. I did use a full ORS kit, plus their crossover pipe, so there's lots of room to save from that situation.

If you can find a good 3.4 with the ECU and other goodies for a decent price, then your biggest hurdle will be with making or buying a conversion harness. The rest of it is pretty easy, albeit a bit time consuming.

Let me know if I can help!

Raj

 

So here is what we are now thinking:

Do the 3.4 swap but transfer Tippy to manual since, we have a manual transmission and crawl box. Then we will also put the crawler in. The money I save by going to manual (Automatic 3.4 swap is about $500-$700 more expensive) I will use to buy the crawler adapter I need. Then sell the auto tranny or whatever.

We are still just in the idea phase... but that's where it is at.