Well the time has come for me to do this swap. After being tired of the lack of power of the 22re and were I live there are hills that I have to drive up everyday and need some extra power. So far I have a 7mge engine with 45,000 miles on it along with the ECU and wire harness, AFM, 5sp bellhousing, clutch fork, slave cylinder, cressida front pump oil pan and pick up. I also ordered a alum radiator that is 1 3/4 thick and is made to cool a v6 and a 16 inch electric pusher fan with control relay. I still need to get the 22re out and this will be a slow build mabye lol. So after I get the 22re out it will be for sale. Some of you might think Im crazy about pulling the 22re with only 6000 miles on it but Im tired of it!!

 

cost of everthing so far
-7mge engine and gasket kit w/ 1 year warranty $900
-7mge ECM, wire harness, AFM, Ignition coil, Bellhousing, flywheel,slave cylinder $350
-5mge engine mounts $40
-7mge cressida oil pan and pickup $75
-toyota v6 radiator $100
- 16 inch electric cooling fan with control relay $120

 

Good luck on the swap! It will be nice to have some power. What are you going to do with that spare 22re though? hint hint (sell it to me).

 

Well the 22re is for sale! It has a RV cam in it, its a little better than the stock 22re but its still a 22re.

 

Where is it for sale? Link? and how much?

 

I live in Lewiston, idaho its still sitting in my truck lol Im thinking 800-900. Im sure it would be a few hundred bucks to ship out to PA!

 

Yeah shipping wouldn't be cheap… and i don't think my garage would like me buying another engine…its so full already.

 

Well the radiator showed up today and my cooling fan will be here thursday and the engine will be here Friday. So on Friday Im going to get the engine tore down and put a new timming belt on it and tighten up the head bolts. Then a little bit of painting. So I will try and get the 22re out next weekend and hopfully drop in the 7m next weekend also. I will just have to see how busy I will be! Keep in tune I will be moving along here shortly!

 

Hey another thing I wanted to bring up is exhaust. I cant decide on what muffler to run! I dont want this motor to sound like a ricer at all and I know its not a V8, so what would you guys think would sound nice and deep on the 7m?

 

i like the cherry bomb extreme on my 3.0. its deep but thats a whole different motor. lol cant wait to see the swap finished you have been doing alot to your truck lately

 

Could you send me a video clip? Thanks for the support this truck has come along ways since I first bought it when I was 16 lol

 

sorry man i dont have a camera. i think it sounds good buts its a lil on the loud side. its a 1 chambered muffler that is only 8" long, so ya its loud

 

loud pipes saves lives lol!

 

Think I might try the cherry bomb I looked on you tube a found a few videos on there and they do sound to bad!

 

Well here is a pic for starters so you guys wont get to board!! Getting some power here soon!! [IMG][/IMG]

Here is the new radiator all alum.[IMG][/IMG]

 

Hey another this I wanted to bring up is I got a 16inch cooling fan and it came with the temp control relay. On the instructions they say to use the temp sensor in the head or in the intake manifold. I was thinking about putting it in the water neck! what you guys think?

 

man you have one good looking truck, but ya i have had all types of glasspacks, flowmasters, ans straight pipes and the cherry bomb extreme sounds the best. im about to change it however and take the cat off and put a 8" glasspack in its place. that should be very loud. lol

 

Well the fraight company delivered the engine this morning and it wasent what I wanted to I had to send it back! I asked the dude on the phone if this was a complete take out engine will all the external parts on it like efi stuff and intake stuff, he was like yeah it comes with everthing. It shows up at my house looking like a long block with a little bit of stuff on the engine. So the swap got a wrench thrown in already. Im still looking for a take out engine with most of the external parts!!

 

Well I found a engine! Recently rebuilt better to go that route rather than worring about the head gasket going and timming belt also! So I should have it next week some time! Swap is back to rolling status now!

 

Well got another goodie for this swap! I ordered the 7mgte t-stat water neck because it has three different sensers on it for temp! So I can pick witch on i want to hook my electric cooling fan to!