so after utilizing the heck out of the search function, i am still at a loss as to the BEST solution to this, not what just works...

so my truck is in the shop and is in the middle of a swap. it's a 92 4x4 manual 3.0 to 3.4, obviously. no bl, planning on doing the 3/4" hood hinge spacers for now. mech. is concerned about rerouting the "double walled stainless pipes" because of heat issues. I think he may be referring to the heat shield? which does in fact mean that after you hack up yer crossover you get no heat shield right?

does someone sell a pre-fabbed crossover for this swap? i feel like i saw that somewhere but can't find it anymore.

so is it in fact a better long-term solution to cap the manifold and keep the exhaust as it sits? does that even make sense?

thanks in advance for any feedback, and thanks for all the info i have already gotten from all you dudes

 

To start things off, you might wanna edit your post. I realize that putting stars in a "slander" word "blanks" it out, but the mods around here will get you for "trying to by pass the filter" and will give you an infraction for doing so...

as far as feedback, I'd say keep it stock until you can get it smogged. you're in california, its a pain in the butt around here. Search on google for Toyotaonlyswaps.com they sell a reverse stock crossover that drops on the driver side, and attaches to the stock downpipe of the original 3.4 vehicle... you can then tie in your exhaust system, and have a 3.4 swapped legal vehicle.

 

ok, these guys huh http://www.toyonlyswaps.com ? thanks for the tips, both of em, sheesh.

 

what year is the swap motor from? the newer 3.4's had a double walled crossover that was not easy to modify and really just left you with flanges. The older style crossover just had a heatshield you could remove, chop the pipes and flip them. I want to say that 2000 is when they switched.

 

1997 engine, although he did say the pipes were double walled.

btw i lived in Seattle for a while after high school, had a 95 4runner back then. So yeah I pretty much knew that 3.0 was coming out of this truck asap. I'm an army brat "from" Tacoma. anyway go washington

 

go down there and look at them.. maybe he just wants an out.
My motor was from a 97 and it had the older style crossover.

 

97 with older style crossover here as well

 

lol had older with my 97 as well. 2k1 I think is when they actually changed? but ya you should be just fine. I sprayed mine with ceremic paint to help. I have had no issues ...

 

cool guys thanks a lot for the help. The toyonlyswap pipes look pretty good, and it's what they do so it seems right. And the only good welder I personally know is too busy building bike frames to take on something like this so it seems like that's all there is to it.

I'll post up a thread with photos and the whole story of the truck in a couple weeks.

 

alright then, the plot thickens. dropped by this morning to see whats what. It IS double walled, but it's from a 1999 taco, not a 97 runner like I thought. I'll get in touch with toyonlyswaps and see if they can mod that pipe for me or what they suggest. I don't want a crappy weld job. Some of those on the build yer own crossover thread look iffy at best imho. and yeah i realize this is not the same pipe with the heat shield.

this is turning into my build thread I guess. I now have a real short list, shouldn't be long before I have it all laced up. gonna be real clean!!

 

That looks huge and surely never fit down the drivers side. I really really like my set up and that was to just drop two pipes down either side of the transmission and hook up later. Lots of room, better flow and less under hood heat.

 

time to start looking at wrecking yards. Or cut the flanges and have an exhuast shop build you a custom pipe.

 

The motor I got was from a 2000 Tacoma, and I know because I helped pull it myself, and it had the crossover that ends with the 2 downpipes, not the 1 large one like yours. It may have been after 2000 or late 2000 they switched to this style.