Porter cable has a 2 stage 15cfm @90. My local farm and fleet sells it for $800. No clue if it's any good.
IR has the SS5L5 single stage 18 cfm @90. You can get these for around 850-900.
IR SS3l3 is around 10 CFM and runs abour $600 I think.
I've read good/bad about Lowes units. Seems like...
You made the statement "who wants to pay $50k for a truck". Implying in my mind that you are saying this is what people are paying for a Tundra. Apparently I misunderstood.
There are guys getting limiteds for under 40K - a little under invoice, plus a 2500-3500 rebate (or whatever it is...
I picked up a 08 DC "grade" 4x4 5.7 for a couple hundred under invoice a month ago. Came out to something like 24,8K b4 TTL with the tow/cold pkg after the rebate. Nice truck, about the only thing I miss vs. the SR5 is the telescopic steering column.
I'm not sure where beaufort is getting 50K...
Here is a combined list of combined import numbers, which doesn't help much: TLC FAQ - 6.1 Selected Country Engine/Chassis Sales Figures (Model Year)
83 was the last year of the 40 in the US and I believe is the rarest. I thought I read something like 400 or so were imported. I could be wrong.
You need a bellhousing adapter (or new bellhousing) and some other stuff to mate the engine to the stock transmission, or to mate a ford/chevy trans to the tcase. If you're swapping in a new motor, I would assume you're going to ditch the 3 speed. If you want non toy trans, you need a tcase...
Your decision should also be influenced by what transmission you want to use. Check out the adapters available:
Toyota 10 Spline Transfer Case-Advance Adapters Inc.
if you switch to a 4 sp case:
Toyota 16 Spline Transfer Case-Advance Adapters Inc.
Get the LC conversion manual from them.
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