Well I'm josh from sunny socal and I picked up myself a 87 pickup for cheep (500 bills cheep lol) its going be my daily driver. Its going to be a sleeper so like the title said I'm new to this and idk were to start engine wise. I don't want to go crazy and the fund arnt flying out of the sky. I know I want to go F.I cuz carbs are to tricky I think. So wut can I do? Any help would be awsome. Thx ppl much love:cool
I hafta say this Aisin 22R carb is a lot simpler than some people think. Just one part to meter fuel ratio F.I. to me is more complex, I'm not biased either, I have PGM-FI on my Honda it's aight, but when I pulled out the carb, ordered the rebuild kit I got pulling this, n that, then cleaning all the metal parts replacing everything in the kit - mostly gaskets n brass parts. BLOW everything out w compressed air (I used a bike pump) adjust float ur set right now runs as it it was designed- i didn't even untap the fuel mix - replaced all vaccum lines while I was at it. I have an 88 Fed n Canada Model in Anaheim glad to have another local Toyota pickup owner on here
Was up man welcome to TM. Yes pics are a must wether crappy cell pics or high quality digi stuff, even a disposable taken to walmart and put it on a disc works. Hahha
Yay we love pictures. too bad we can not tell what the color is. Does look straight and in good condition.
ya sorry i didnt know the pic were black and white untill it was to late. shes green and she is pretty stright body wise. bone stock as far as i know. wut wold be a easy engin swap?
Welcome to TM man, nice clean truck you got there. So can we get some colored pics and whats the plans for it?
Haha I asked the same questions and every reply was that every engine swap isnt really a plug and play scenario. There are a few people that have done 1JZ, 2JZ, 1UZ, and 2 or 3 RZ swaps and also a couple small block chevy swaps. I am sure you could find a lot of info. Also check out myjzswap.com.
Well there are 2 answers to your question. Answer 1 - If you have good to excellent mechanical skills most engine swaps for this truck would be easy. A handfull of engines fit in the bay without MAJOR mods to frame or firewall. Most can be easily wired cause the toyota harnesses are very simple. So say you drop in a SB350 or 327 very easy except oil pan clearing cross member and then of course tranny and driveline clearances and such. Most people stay with toyota based engines as Dion mentioned above the UZ's and JZ's and there are numerous write ups and such about these engine as they are relatively common swaps. The website he mentioned as well is a very good source. Answer 2- if you have no clue and your mechanical skills are mediocre at best then dont try and or pay someone else. LOL
my pop has a mechanic shop in cypress and we will be helping me with everything so im good on that part. my pickup is a carb and i was thinking about puting efi in it so could just pop in a 22r efi turbo and ungrade the turbo aand call it a day or is that a waste of money cuz i hear ppl talking about its not werth putting alot of money into a 22r cuz it doesnt do much
Well if you can find a 22r turbo, rebuild it, upgrade the cam and turbo you might be able to have some fun but for bout the same $$$ you can drop a 350 in and roast all day long. Depends on how much fun and what you want to do with it. Any stock turbo engine on has a certain window of ability to upgrade so after doing research on what kinda money you are going to spend to get a 22r turbo to the point you would be happy with it go research what you will be into a SB or a 1uz or a 7mgte which will well out perform a turbo 22r being stock.
Fullerton here too broski! I'm by CSUF a block away. I got mine for the $500 special as well but too bad i had a blown HG good thing parts are affordable and plentiful
I don’t want to do anything crazy like put a 350 cuz this is my daily driver and i want to keep the fab as minimal as possible thats why i was talking about the 22r turbo.the less fab i have to do the less down time the car will have and the more i can drive it lol. and dOBER i live like 5 blocks from down town fullerton so im glad to see a Neighbor here lol
