i have an 88 toyota pickup 4x4 with 33's and a 3 inch body lift i want to free up some more horsepower and rebuild the motor. can anyone give me some ideas such as bore it out different injectors, bigger cam/crankshaft, new exhaust, kinda new to yotatech, just lookin for ideas and such

 

it has a 22re 2.4L in it with only a K&N airintake on it thats it

 

22r/e are always going to be somewhat gutless.

if you don;t want to rebuild it you could start out with the usual mods: full exhaust system (headers, high flow cat or no cat, 2.25" pipe etc), intake system, electric fan mod, to name a few.

you could change the diff gears (that wouldn't increase hp but it would increase torque) which would help push those 33's.

a good place to start, so i've heard, is to clean out the throttle body and throttle plate. i hear a lot of guys say black goo builds up and robs power.

IMO rebuilding a 22re for lots of juice is kind of like polishing a turd. it's not gunna be a stud no matter what you do. if you really want power swap in a chevy small block.

 

opening up the exhaust seems to give the most bang for your buck. A high-flow cat and muffler will be good. A new 2.25" header and new pipe clear back with high-flow cat and muffler is what I'd recommend.

Mild cam wouldn't be a bad idea either.

 

4.88s on my old 89 4runner with 33x12.50s, and it ran like a champ! Was never fast, but I could smoke both meats loose (Lincoln locked) with a 1st gear clutch dump.

 

instead of rebuilding the 22re swap in a 5vzfe 3.4L. you'll spend the same money souping-up the 22re. while swapping the 3.4l you can add a supercharger and fuel mods from urd.

it seems though that you want a bit more get-up-and-go for running the 33" tires. if it were me i'd just regear.

 

im not trying to like make it a stud so to speek i just want a little better take off and open road driving...plus my turck is like a work in progress project/daily driver truck i just want to do some mods to make it have some more umph ya know?

 

Look at LC or DOA websites and see what they do to their 22RE engines and what other options they offer. You'll get a good idea of what it takes to build a high-horsepower 22RE from them.
You'll find that it may be cheaper to swap to a GM 4.3L V6 or 305/350 V8 (5.0 / 5.7) or Ford 302 (5.0) V8 than it is to try to push a 22RE to anywhere near the horsepower / torque levels of those other engines.

 

i still plan on rebuilding or swaping the motor because it has some leaks and ticks, and it is still all orginal and smokes when i start it up

 

Definitely cheaper going the regear route.

A couple things that might make a small difference would be to make sure that K&N is nice and clean, do regular maintenance like fluid changes cap rotor plugs and wires, could play with your fueling ratio, get rid of all your emission devices like egr and whatnot. Just some food for thought

 

what gears should i go to i have stock 4.11s in in now i kinda want a detroit trutrac locker front and rear

 

4.88 would be the proper gear, toyota never made 4.11's you got 4.10's dude.

 

has anyone had any luck with the trutrac lockers are they a good investment or not?

 

check engbldr.com for a built head w/ cam for a little more power, and 4.88's would work great for ya

 

4.88s were great driving in the city and offroading. Would have to WOT it to get it up around 80, and as soon as you hit a hill, you'd have to d/s to 4th when highway driving though...

 

i do do a lot of highway driving so what gears should i run

 

4.88s are still probably your best bet lol.

 

I mean come on it IS a 4cyl GAS motor after all. Caint always have the best of both worlds. Though if you'd like to swap a 4bt 4cyl cummins in there, you'd probably be VERY happy.

 

i can do 70-75 w/ 4.88's and 33's on the hwy