PERFECT!
thats what i wanna hear!!

 

oddly enough the cat came off my old 92 tercel

...that i rodded and drove into the ground...perhaps a *little* dirty?

 

especially if its just a toy rig.. sit back earch search search yotatech .. and youll find all the answer.. and if you cant find them ask some more questions... but most have been answered.. next time your by the truck take some pics.. we are all pic whores!

I BT THE CAT IS BAD .. i dont think a 92 tercel cat would work on your truck!!!

 

lol give me a min...i'll see if i can take some through the window. its 20 feet from where im sitting.

 

but yea i would def put a straight pipe in place of that cat or a test pipe as they are called... also is your check engine light on?

 

no check engine light...

 

Restore is a product that is a graphite base liguid.. It fills in the score in the cly. It will cut down on oil use and bring up the compression. We use it in our shops all the time.My wife subaru has 160,000 miles on it. We started using it when it lost power and started using oil. Stopped the oil use, and runs a lot better.

 

ok thats good.. i would seriously start with the cat.. i har d a ford ranger on my 4runner when i got it and it bogged and drove like poop.. wouldnt pass a etest.. then i put one from my other runner and it was fine.. then i took it off after the test....
you know the plugs and wires and cap is good cause the tech did it..

as for the tranny how does the fluid look dark?????
is it full??

 

heres a bunch of pics...let me know if this even worked.

http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u156/iamgregsphotos/

 

i know the 4runner guy said i needed to change the tranny fluid but he said it wasnt a huge deal and i could do it 'whenever'. im guess'n at this point every little bit would help huh...i suck at regular maintenance. im awesome at 'OMG do this now!!'

 

thats the stuff your talking about im guess'n...crappy tire special...$13.59!

 

hahaah omg do it now maintenance .. yeah the pics worked.. nice runner.. it DEF has the 22re 4 banger WHICH is really good. its alot more rare to find than the 6 banger and its better on fuel and TONS more reliable. well normally you wouldnt rush to change the tranny fluid but since your having issues with the tranny i would.. before i start looking at shift solenoids

 

shift solenoids...cant be sure from where im sitting, but sounds expensive!

 

well nothing is too expensive if you do the work yourself...i didnt know anything about these trucks just a few years ago.. now i would take one apart front to back pretty much... do you have a haynes manual?? there is a online manual here
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/

 

sweet! thanks man!
any suggestion as to what i should start reading first?

 

if u want a cat just go to canadian tire and grab a magnaflow hiflow cat they are cheap and buy a cherry bomb they are like 36 bucks

 

The auto tranny is your biggest problem, either swap it to a 5 spd (cheap) or swap in a 3.4 or a 4.3 chevy
I had the 22re/auto with no power so I rebuilt it with the torquer cam, oversize valves, header.... only slightly better but still lame. You will never be happy with the power with an auto tranny!
I swapped in the 4.3 but even the basic swaps cost $2000-3000.