Opinions on this guys?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOYOT...Q5fAccessories

 

Not sure, ...you gonna bid? Cuz that aint "BUY NOW", lol. Man, I was just reading a thread, it's in the "NEW THREADS" section under, "What would you pay for a 3.4?"

Best wishes on the hunt. Gotta have the ECU, harness, alternator, PS, Bell housing, ...... I don't know, as I said, but reading that other thread, it sounded like there are "GUYZ" out there that offer the ENTIRE kit for the swap into a 3.veezee for a price. I'd say one thing, Brian, .....TAKE YOUR TIME, unless you find a rolled 2002 with 30K or something, ....ya know? And, even then, gotta be sure nothing REALLY bad happened to it before that, etc. You can't find one at a yard that you mention all the time? I'd love to do this, ...but into a 22re I think it's even more extensive and, well, the MONEY! LOL. Can't remember what mileage they get. Curious on that, too. I was actually weighing the 1UZ swap, not long ago, that RMA does. I mean, .....2200$ or so, plus motor? Hmmm, lol. ME LIKES V8's, hahaha.

 

congrats on getting the only other gen 4runner I would get, at a great price

 

not speaking from personal experience here, but a few of my buddies that have done engine swaps say that it is soo much better to buy the entire donor vehicle, that way you get the same computer and harness and stuff. plus, you can part the rest of it out for probably half the price of the engine. just my $.02

 

meh, it's complete, that's for sure. but i wouldn't get it unless a) it didn't come with the tranny, and b) it had the cross-over pipe in the back (or are you going to do something crazy-awesome with the exhaust?). but like mark said, it isn't buy-it-now, so i dunno...

hey, aren't you the one who's supposed to be the deal-finder, mr. i-bought-2-vehicles-cheap-and-got-one-for-free?

 

Well the deal-finder may strike again. I am not saying anything now in case i jinx it for tomorrow...

 

Mark you make a good point, what i think im going to do is throw in a new headgasket in the 3.0 and run her around like that for a while until she pops and by then hopefully ill have a good 3.4 to swap in.

Thanks man! I used to hate all the 4Runners aside from 1st gens but to be completely honest I really REALLY fell in love with the 2nd gens and even the third gens i like now too!

You make a very valid point. I'm working on something kinda like that right now... More info tomorrow.

 

Hey, how about this one? He's near me! lol......

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac...268599034.html

 

well if you keep finding deals i might need you to find me one...lmao

 

haha no cant distract me!

hahah i can try my best

 

Quick question for you guys, i can't get a straight answer. Some people say for the 3.0 -->3.4 swap you need a body lift, others say you don't, some say you need a 1" and others say a 2" so what is it? Do i need a body lift or not? If i do, then you can pretty much forget about the swap as i am 100% against body lifts.


I'll keep searching...

 

Found a 3.0 to 3.4 wiring harness already complete, they want $600 :O i think that's a bit outrageous but i might buy it lol.

 

Found my answer!! All i need to do to make it fit is cut out some of the inner hood support!

 

So the 3.4 i was looking at getting fell through the search continues...

 

what's that? 7.5 inch body lift with 3 inch blocks?



haha good to know

 

Haha i wouldn't do the swap if i needed the body lift for it.

 

definitely not, I would find some other way, I hate Body Lifts...just my 2 cents!

 

I hate em too!

 

a good alternative is a hood scoop, or at least a hood "bubble". i think one of those would look cool, needed or not

 

x2 on the hood scoop!!!