Hey, i might have a chance at a 1996 toyota tacoma, extra cab, 4wd, 4-cyl, 5-speed, new head unit, truck cap, 150k miles...any thought on what it might be worth...i'd rate it as being in good condition.
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I have to strongly disagree with this statement. I have owned both and would have to agree that the 3.4L is WAY stronger than the 2.7L. On the flip side, the 2.7L has less inherant flaws than the 3.4L. I have seen many 3.4L with poor oil circulation resulting in rod knock. I believe this is a left-over problem from the 3.0L design.cruiseroutfit said:Run from the 4cyl in my honest opinion, the 3.4 is a FAR superior motor...
trailcarnage said:... I have to strongly disagree with this statement. I have owned both and would have to agree that the 3.4L is WAY stronger than the 2.7L. On the flip side, the 2.7L has less inherant flaws than the 3.4L. I have seen many 3.4L with poor oil circulation resulting in rod knock. I believe this is a left-over problem from the 3.0L design.
bkg said:I like the 2.7 - nice motor....
Cruiserhead05 said:Hey, i might have a chance at a 1996 toyota tacoma, extra cab, 4wd, 4-cyl, 5-speed, new head unit, truck cap, 150k miles...any thought on what it might be worth...i'd rate it as being in good condition.
cruiseroutfit said:How many 3.4's do you know that have actually had problems? We have several (including my 96' Tacoma with 130k and a 4Runner with 110k)... Driving the 2.7L for a week about killed me after driving the 3.4L... Why settle for less? In my opinion it is like going from 2WD to 4WD... the 3.4L is a GREAT motor. I have quite a few customers running Tacoma's, I am yet to hear of a complaint, and 3.4L's are starting to pop up in competition rock crawling buggies and are becoming great 3.0L replacments as the cost of used 3.4's comes down. I am acutally yet to hear of a disatisfied 3.4L owner (not including TRD supercharger problems).
cruiseroutfit said:How many 3.4's do you know that have actually had problems? We have several (including my 96' Tacoma with 130k and a 4Runner with 110k)... Driving the 2.7L for a week about killed me after driving the 3.4L... Why settle for less? In my opinion it is like going from 2WD to 4WD... the 3.4L is a GREAT motor. I have quite a few customers running Tacoma's, I am yet to hear of a complaint, and 3.4L's are starting to pop up in competition rock crawling buggies and are becoming great 3.0L replacments as the cost of used 3.4's comes down. I am acutally yet to hear of a disatisfied 3.4L owner (not including TRD supercharger problems).
www.ttora.comtopherbecker said:Anyone know of good places to hunt for older Tacos and Toy p/u's? I'm in the market for something under $4K...preferably more like $3K. I'm on the east coast (DC). I see all these posts above about '97's for under 5K and am wondering what I'm doing wrong because I haven't seen any of these. The best thing I've found so far is a '91 with 120K miles for $3K and it has a big nasty dent along the front fender. Going to see it monday hopefully.
Anyhow I'd like to find an active forum where people are selling toyota p/u's much like the ih8mud forum is to cruisers.
thanks
chris