Pitbull Rescuer's New Project/Build Thread
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PitbullRescuer
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offthebeatenpath
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That looks great man! I love a good project truck.
Even if you have to do a full engine swap, I'm sure it'll be worth your time. Nice truck.
Even if you have to do a full engine swap, I'm sure it'll be worth your time. Nice truck.
BigFishAllDay
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Assuming you've got got the time, it looks like a good way to learn alot about working on 4Runners.
I say you put a Supra motor in it.
I say you put a Supra motor in it.
PitbullRescuer
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Funny you said that actually. Not a chance n hell it's happening but I talked about that earlier today. It'd be pretty bad to have a twin turbo, paddle shifted 3rd Gen. But Singtoe and Clownmeat have skills far superior to mine.
That said, if I can afford it, I may have a pretty cool swap figured out for it.
4-Ripcord
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$50 says he is buying IanB's 3.0TD!.. That would be awesome.
BigFishAllDay
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Sounds interesting. Have you ever seen this site: Supracharged.com - The Official Toyota Supra Swap Site - Supra 7MGTE, 2JZGTE conversions and more
PitbullRescuer
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It would be really awesome if I could afford it. I don't know that I can so thats a pipe dream at best right now.
PitbullRescuer
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^ Thanks. I have two different options for a motor right now. I'm probably going to pull the trigger on one of them this week.
PhdNPrerunners
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Good luck on the build man. I would have loved to pick this up but I saw it too late. Can't wait to see how it turns out
PitbullRescuer
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Good news, bad news.
Good news: had two of my buddy's come by, one owns an Indy shop in Philly.. The other owns an Indy shop right near my house but he was a Toyota master tech before he opened it. Both looked at the motor and the heads, they looked at the previous "mechanic's" write up and neither think there is a bottom end issue.
So, plan was to bolt the heads back on, compression test the engine and go from there. If it was okay, I was going to send the heads out for some freshening up and send the injectors to Witch Hunter for their magic tough.
Bad news: only 1 of the head gaskets came back with the parts pile. And the timing belt and head bolts are missing too. Not the end of the world but I was planning on bolting it back together with the old parts just to compression test it. Now I'm out $119 for a head gasket, timing belt and head bolt set. But, I'm still optimistic that the motor is good. Fingers crossed.
Good news: had two of my buddy's come by, one owns an Indy shop in Philly.. The other owns an Indy shop right near my house but he was a Toyota master tech before he opened it. Both looked at the motor and the heads, they looked at the previous "mechanic's" write up and neither think there is a bottom end issue.
So, plan was to bolt the heads back on, compression test the engine and go from there. If it was okay, I was going to send the heads out for some freshening up and send the injectors to Witch Hunter for their magic tough.
Bad news: only 1 of the head gaskets came back with the parts pile. And the timing belt and head bolts are missing too. Not the end of the world but I was planning on bolting it back together with the old parts just to compression test it. Now I'm out $119 for a head gasket, timing belt and head bolt set. But, I'm still optimistic that the motor is good. Fingers crossed.
PitbullRescuer
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So, I got home from work tonight and dug in a little bit. Dis-assembled both heads. They're headed to the machine shop later this week to be hot tanked and decked. I'm going to lap the valves and re-assembled them myself.
Da proof
Why not?
Da proof
Why not?
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PitbullRescuer
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Dropping the heads off tomorrow at the machine shop to be hot tanked and decked.
Anyone think I could have the valve covers and intake manifold hot tanked too? I think it would clean them up nicely before painting them.
Anyone think I could have the valve covers and intake manifold hot tanked too? I think it would clean them up nicely before painting them.
Loyal Toyota
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We have the EXACT same vehicle minus the leather seats in yours. I definitely want to see where this goes.
My vote is on the 4.7 V8 swap.
Cheers!
We have the EXACT same vehicle minus the leather seats in yours. I definitely want to see where this goes.
My vote is on the 4.7 V8 swap.
Cheers!
PitbullRescuer
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Slight delay. Talked to the guy at the machine shop, quoted me $330 to clean and mill (resurface) the heads. Seemed way excessive so I held off. Stopped by another machine shop yesterday, older guy that's been there since 1970. $210 to clean and resurface them, $405 for him to clean, resurface, do the valve job and reassemble them. Much more reasonable IMO. So I'll be dropping them off there on Thursday.
I also ordered yesterday:
Full Gasket Set
Timing Belt, Tensioner and Idler Pulley
ARP Head Bolt Set
Valve spring keeper set (lost one during disassembly, figured I may lose more during assembly.)
Side note: the buyer for my '97 backed out. She was apparently trying to get a personal loan from her credit union which they were unable to approve. Not a biggie but it would've motivated me to move faster on this one.
I also ordered yesterday:
Full Gasket Set
Timing Belt, Tensioner and Idler Pulley
ARP Head Bolt Set
Valve spring keeper set (lost one during disassembly, figured I may lose more during assembly.)
Side note: the buyer for my '97 backed out. She was apparently trying to get a personal loan from her credit union which they were unable to approve. Not a biggie but it would've motivated me to move faster on this one.
PitbullRescuer
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I do, yes. They're in pretty good shape too, should clean up nicely.
