Hey 4ever.....WAS it powerful until you put lift and tires and and and.... lol. Jk, but I'm just surprised... not really heard any complaints about the 3.4. Oh well..... I've lost myself now, lol.

Nice job, Ian! Dang, that looks like New Years DAY, at my buddy's house.... nvm, forget it, lol. I've seen worse sludge though, lol.

 

1uz-fe swap?

 

that's disgusting. i was just surprised to see that.

and i wanted to post some pics

 

Who? Where? When? I'm watching for it! lol.... you suggesting 4ever do that? Yeah, RMA is getting pretty dang TOIGHT with that swap, eh?

Hahaha.. yeah, it was disgusting. I'll leave out the details, other than, the guy had a 914 porsch with a 289 in it, a lil higher than normal... but needless to say, we were STILL SHOCKED to see that he'd managed, FOR SOME REASON, to crawl under it and, well, let's just say "bathe himself in proverbial tranny oil sludge" previously known as Jagermeister! lol. We were calling for him, to move his car, saying "where is he?????"... and suddenly we hear, "HELP, I'M STUCK UNDER HERE!" hahahahaha!

 

Honestly the 3.4L V6 was decently powerful before I added everything on, but it still struggled a little when towing stuff. Now that I have everything added on it is still decently powerful but the added weight, wind resistance, etc. definitely takes a toll on the power and acceleration.

How did you know that that is my next mod?

 

hahahaha! v8 swap really?

any time someone mentions "v8", i post something like that.

 

yay! 6 pages! so you know what that means?

pictures!!!

after many attempts to fill the tranny, i tried something different. i drilled 2 holes in an oil bottle, filled it with 80w-90, put a tube in one hole and forced air into the other. the oil had nowhere to go but up the tube into the xmission:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172964832/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172964826/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172964824/
(everyone needs awesome tunes while working on their rig)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172964818/
aaand then i noticed some not-gold fluid...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172350645/
coolant! dripping from the xmission!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172350639/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172350635/
so i followed it up to the engine, where i found the source: one of the heater hoses had somehow slid up, allowing just enough coolant to seep out and drip
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172350629/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5172350621/
after laying across the engine (no, really, it was the only way to get to it), it's all buttoned up

also stopped by the steel supply place. they don't have anything thinner than .085", so i'm going to change my design a bit to be lighter. but for ~$18 for 20 feet! awesome

 

guess they dont use salt on the roads there in teh winter......rig looks mint, nice job.

 

thanky!

it hasn't been driven in the past two winters. and when it does, car wash every other week. this is the first winter it'll actually be driven 100 miles a day over that crap. no, they salt the roads here so much, you'd swear there was still snow.

 

Sweet man, great work! You saying you have a tranny leak? EEK! Or was that Toyota Coolant???

And YES, on the TUNES while WRENCHING! lol.

Enjoy reading your thread, Ian... your good attitude makes it even more enjoyable!

 

small coolant leak from a heater hose. fixed

 

Fhewwww, that's a relief I'd bet.. Sorry, started thinking "What, did he put an Auto in it? Red Trans Fluid? Me confuseded", haha..... sorry, I should have read back again, hahaha. After yesterday, though? DANG, I was wiped out!

 

never! the only time you will see me in an automatic is if the manual is broken, and i'm getting it fixed. stick for life!!!

now i need to save up for black friday (new laptop). so no more (expensive) mods until i get paid after that. it's ok, though. i like it the way it is now

 

those are sick.... ive been on the look out for some old GI gas/water cans

 

No I was just kidding. I am perfectly content with my V6.

Genius, pure genius

 

thanks. if i was thinking straight, i would have taken a video. oh well, next time

 

so not much going on the next couple of weeks. i'll show you all what i'm working on after the holidays (don't want to spoil it!). but i asure you, it's not toyota related. and after browsing, i have decided that one day i need a first gen 4runner. need. maybe a deep blue with a black top...

 

i got my exhaust flanges yesterday, so i'll give them to a friend to make the extension i need for the new cat. should work out well

 

got the extension and bolted the cat on



















the test drive felt nice, so i'll see how it feels next week

 

Looks good all shiney and new up under there