well, ive got a 1990 ext cab pickup with an extremely tired 22re in it. im in the process of building a 4.3 tbi motor for it. i've also got a solid axle thats gonna replace the ifs. im going to go with the 4 front 5 rear t/g kits or the suspension. im getting my swap adapters and headers from NWOR. im also going to recover a trd electric locker from a 97 taco that ws stolen and left wedged half way down a canyon wall thats fair game to anyone due to the recovery costs that insurance wouldnt pay the owners. i will post pics of these projects soon...

 

do your research on the NWOR parts...they don't have the best costumer service..but maybe you will have better luck

 

i've been reading that alot. i've talked to the folks tere a few times and they've been pretty nice to me and informative as well. im going to price all of my parts through them as well as AA. im trying to do this as cheap as possible. the parts house is going to bring my new rings wednsday. i've got my cylinders honed, new cam bearings installed, new cam, new lifters, bsicall everything for the rebuild except for the rings, they sent the wrong ones. i should have it long blocked by next week if my heads come back. than i'll be ordering my adapters. im still trying to find time to snap a few pics between work and sleep...

 

well, i havent gotten to work on my engine much, but i have all the parts i need at the shop to put it together! I've been extremely busy with work and fires. but i will be getting pictures up soon. i have a fire dept training saturday, but sunday is all mine! Im going to call and get prices from NWOR on the parts tomorrow, i already have AA's prices. after i get my prices together, i'll order all my parts! I'm going to get an aluminum radiator from summit racing and tig my own mounts on it to save money. Im getting really excited to get this new motor in and going!

 

well, i got my pistons installed and my heads cinched down on the 4.3. went to install the new crank and discovered i had no rod bearings in the kit, so im at another stand still until probably tuesday or wednesday. I'll be ordering the edelbrock intake, edelbrock valve covers, a new radiator, cooling fan and fan controller this week from summit. i'll also order my oil pan from nwor to clear my ifs. that is the only part im ordering from nwor, i've decided to get everything else from AA. everyone is right, customer svc is a+ over there.

 

as promised a few pictures of the toy

engine bay


Interior


Right side of pickup


Left side of pickup

 

well, i got the 4.3 long blocked tonight..... need my intake, water pump, oil pan now.... will have pics up of the 4.3 tomorrow, i forgot my camera at home.....

 

painting the engine


another shot of painting

 

I got my intake and my valve covers ordered today. Picked up an edelbrock aluminum tbi intake, and edelbrock elite valve covers. i will be ordering the new oil pan monday, and the rest of the motor parts. its coming along well, hopefully 2 or 3 weeks and it'll be in the truck and runnin' down the road! Let me know what ya think so far! and chime in with any suggestions! thanks for lookin

completely painted long block


another shot

 

well, today i hiked down into a canyon to a wrecked taco. i recovered the rear axle from it! its equipped with a factory electronic locker! it was completely free. im stoaked about it

 

I bought a set of 5 bfg a/t's 315/75r16 and have a new set of 16x8 w/ 2 3/4 inch offset coming tuesday