i'm going to pull the motor (270k+ miles its earned it) and rebuild the 3.0 as well as the heads. ill have the heads and block checked out at a shop and i'll slap it all together and see how it goes. This rig was really just a side project for me to have something to do while i build my 55...
Thanks for the definitive answer, i had hoped such was the case but i just wanted to be sure. I am curious what the different numbers mean.hopefully not valve sizes / cam lift or something like that.
With regards to the swap i live in California and i have had to deal with nightmares when it...
Hi all i just picked up a 1993 4runner from a buddy for essentially free (just pay up registration) it had a blown head gasket. upon removing the drivers side head my wrench slipped off the cam shaft and broke through the wall of the head.
so i went to the junkyard and removed a head from a...
these were on my 75 for a few years and i loved them. i changed out the knuckles and they no longer fit. i bought them new from the person that sold me my piggy.
Just a quick note about the kit. the kit from man-a-fre comes with aluminum brackets the person who sold them to me had the brackets...
i got started pulling the old knuckles / spindles apart and pulling off my man-a-fre willwood disc brake kit. (these will be up for sale in a few days just in case anyone is intersted)
an interesting side story on these the person who sold them to me ( new ) had the original aluminum brackets...
bit of an update. as i mentioned before i wanted to get rid of my hill billy high steer and convert to the larger diameter pin, knuckles.i also wanted to convert from my mini truck push pull steering to crossover power steering. i was able to procure a nicely rebuilt scout box as well as all of...
it was running when i pulled it out to do my v8 swap. i dont know what year it is ( my original motor was a 2f and this was swapped in its place by a previous owner). is there some way that i can send you a picture of something ( valve train perhaps) that would tell you it will work for you?
I'm having a hard time finding one that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. i thought i would check to see if any of you have one that they wouldn't mind selling.