Badass man!

 

thanks, buddy! not quite the monster yours is, but itll get there... eventually...

 

looks killer.

 

Dude!! Those Tires are AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!

NICE Find!!!!

Congrats!! Sorry your motor is going to have to wait longer though

 

well, found a motor on craigslist last night... bought it today...

the original owner ended up laying his SAS'd '01 Tacoma on its side... he turned the motor off right after it hit the ground, they stood her back up, waited 15 mins and started it... but there was still oil in the cylinders... ended up bending #3 rod... and when i say "bent" i mean that unless you stand the pistons next to each other you couldnt tell there was any damage... they didnt know the #3 was bent so they put new bearings in it and tried again then gave up...

so, i have a motor with 120K with all the parts except ECU (but i did snag the motor mounts) that im taking to my buddy's house to be rebuilt...

pics...

 

just an FYI to anyone whos wondering, yes, i know the head will not work with my truck...
toyota made 3 different heads for the 3RZ motor...
95.5-97.5 used a head with a hole for a distributor...
97.5-99.5 used a head with twin coil packs for spark...
2000-2004 used a head with a quad coil pack...
also, both of the later motors use a cam positioning sensor which my truck does not have...

anyways, got the block dropped off to its new temporary home...
luckily my buddy, rich, works for an auto dealership that has a spare 100 gallon parts washer(dont ask me why, but they have 4 of them) so hes gonna tear down the motor tonight, bag all the parts and take them to work to sit and get clean for a few hours...
after that hes gonna let me know how much its gonna need to be bored, if any, so i can get the master rebuild kit ordered...

i need to see if i can work a horse trade with the breakers near my house to see if i can swap them heads... i doubt it but its worth a try...

heres where i need some help from someone who knows their stuff... should i just replace the bent rod or should i replace the whole set?

 

So i have a question, Why cant the newer head be used in your truck?

 

i dont have the wiring harness from the '01... because of the CPS, it requires a different harness than the one i have...

more food for thought, according to some forums, there are up to as many as 6 variations of the wiring harness over the 8.5 year lifespan of the gen. 1 tacoma...

 

makes sense. how much would a new head be? i think it'd be pretty sweet with a cam in it. but honestly, if i were you. I'd do the best i can to keep the motor as stock as possible. you don't wanna deal with the smog issues.

 

looks like your truck is coming along nicely. nice score on those tires man. hurry up and finish your rig so we can all go wheeling!

 

x2 rig looks good troy we all need to hit up a trail or go to a park rattlesnake bar or prairie city?

 

thanks guys! its coming along... slowly...

i think im going over to help tear down the motor tonight... should be interesting... ill try to get as many pics as i can, but i cant find my camera, so my iphone will have to do...

FWIW, im not gonna cam it just yet... that will be after its got 10K or so on it...

i do want your guys' opinion on the balance shaft removal tho...

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Your new motor is so tiny and cute! It makes me giggle.

 

My buddy got it torn down tonight... off to the parts washer it goes!

Broken Down


Which one is bent?


Ready to be washed...

 

that's crazy man. the 2rz/3rz engine IS tiny. i just got a tacoma also (last week actually) and looked in the engine bay and was like "look at all this room!"

why did you choose to rebuild vs just picking up a long block?

 

yea... its wicked how much room we have... i think there may even be more than the 22re...

i chose to rebuild rather than buy a remanned/used mainly because of cost...

used = 1250
remanned longblock = 1450
I dont have that kind of cash...

but i do have a couple new pics for you guys...

ALL CLEAN!!!


This thing is MASSIVE!


see the bends?


to put this into perspective, this piston is only .75" smaller than my SB400 slugs... and the connecting rods are actually LONGER! 5.75" vs 5.783"

and it weighs a ton... the crank is massively heavy... no wonder they have balance problems...

 

That's almost as big as your.... FOOT!

 

Watch out for laying a crank horizontal. Although they're massive, they need to be supported by bearings in the correct location in order not to bend. It's better to stand the crank vertically.

 

hehehe

 

thanks for the heads up, and im flattered that im your first post... Welcome to Yotatech!

as for the crank, theres a wooden jig that somewhat resembles a umbrella holder... the crank is safely residing, on end, inside of that cradle...


you... suck...


hey, scoob, want a head as a spare? im gonna have one for sale real soon...