The title pretty much says it all. I have a 1999 LC100 with 255k miles, and am looking at options for more power.
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Rebuild the 2UZ.
It will only cost about $9k in parts.
A 5.7 would cost way more than that...by a factor of 3 to 4.
To rebuild the 2UZ cost 9K in parts?!?!
By "build one" I'm sure he meant rebuild one from the ground up with performance parts. If you weren't doing it yourself, that's a pretty good number. If you did it yourself, it would be less but performance pistons, rods, heads, etc all cost in pretty substantial $$$. I don't know if $9k will get the motor stroked but that's another avenue as well.
I wonder how much extra HP porting, polishing, port-matching would generate for the 4.7L? If you did mild ports/polishes to all the manifolds and heads, I bet there's some extra power to be discovered. And new heads or valve train would cost about $1500-2500, that could also squeeze out more.
bamabrock said:Why not swap in a GM Gen3 motor/transmission and adapt the 100 series transfer case? Plentiful, cheap, and bulletproof. Advance Adapters makes the kits for the 80 series.
I'm in the process of installing a 5.3 in a Jeep YJ wrangler and I picked the motor with all accessories, wiring harness and ECU for $500. I'll have about $3-4k when I finish.
beno said:Then it ceases to be a Toyota and most importantly a Land Cruiser
jasonbraswell said:Clarified...
But the 40 guys do this stuff all the time?
Then it ceases to be a Toyota. That's the long and short of it. But I am biased afterall.