3.4L V6 swap into a FJ60??? (1 Viewer)

[Troublesome222]

"Yes I searched"

Has anyone done or know of someone that has done a F2 to 3.4L swap in a 60 or 62?

Got a link?

Where would I look for an adaptor to mount the 4spd FJ60 tranny to the 3.4L?

 

[CruisinFJ60]

a 3.4 would be a waste of money as it is smaller than the stock motor. and if your talking about the chevy 3.4 that is a front wheel drive motor and has 2 dif bellhousings that were available on it and there are no redily available adapters to make it work.

now if you meant the chevy 4.3 on the otherhand and your in luck. adapters are around and it is a pretty simple swap you will see a slight fuel increase but nothing major. power will be a tad better but again nothing very much as it is only 0.1 L larger that the stock 2F really your power is coming from the fuel injection and the more modern technolodgy the motor uses, you will also benifit form some weight loss but again for the money the power and fuel would not be a motivating factor. in a 40 it would be pretty ok but not a heavy 60. IMOP

if you went with any of the SBC v8's there would be a nice power increase as well as the same and possibly better fuel increase as the 4.3 everything you need can be had super easy, lots of people done em so lots of support and help, adapters can be found on the cheap used. (got mine for 250 bux)

 

[Troublesome222]

I'm talking about the Toyota 3.4L out of a 4Runner or Tacoma. I found a wrecked 4Runner with a good motor and all the wiring, for cheap. I also have a TRD supercharger that will be bolted on.

Correct me if I'm wrong but this setup would give me more HP, TRQ and Fuel Injection.

I thought about going with a fuel injected Chevy SB. But I'd really like to keep it Toyota.

 

[ntsqd]

Look up the HP & torque numbers for that engine. I'd be surprised if the HP isn't greater than that of the I6, but I doubt that the torque is greater.
I always break it down like this: HP is the rate (speed) that the engine can do work. Torque is the amount of work that the engine can do. Compare an Indy car engine to an 18 wheeler's engine and look at what each excels at doing. Modern car and light truck engines seem to be more and more biased towards high HP at the cost of torque. Which makes sense if you only want to beat the shmuck next to you to the next stoplight, and that is all that John Q seems to care about anymore.

A friend of mine owned the T-100 that was the Magnusson prototype for the TRD supercharger kit. Fuel mileage was never great after the install. Everything that I've read since continues to support that. The truck did (does) leap small buildings in a single bound, but it had to get a second, 40-ish gallon fuel tank for extended Baja trips.

 

[Troublesome222]

3.4L with TRD supercharger the numbers should read a min of 251 hp & 275 ft lb torq.
Thes numbers are at a higher RPM then the 2F's peek performance levels but then again the 3.4L revs higher.

And weight wise. My 3.4L has no problem pushing around my Taco. The FJ souldn't weigh much more then my Taco.

:EDIT: I just checked and by what is printed on the door jam my Taco's GVWR is 5100 lbs. and the FJ60's GVWR is 4200 lbs.

 

[Eporter]

I could explain it, but wikipedia is so much better:

A gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) is the maximum allowable total weight of a road vehicle or trailer that is loaded, including the weight of the vehicle itself plus fuel, passengers, cargo, and trailer tongue weight.
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Gross weight is often confused with curb weight, which represents the weight of the vehicle with no passengers or cargo. The difference between gross weight and curb weight is the total passenger and cargo weight capacity of the vehicle. For example, a pickup truck with a curb weight of 4500 pounds might have a cargo capacity of 2000 pounds, meaning it can have a gross weight of 6500 pounds when fully loaded.

 

[Troublesome222]

My Bad.

 

[LCOwner]

I'd go for it. Swap the engine and trans.. I think Marlin Crawler has an adapter for a Mini-truck t-case and use the Runner rear end.