blown hg (1 Viewer)

[buckhammer]

So I blew my HG the other day. I have 207,000 miles on the engine it is a 1997. I am thinking I will go ahead and do complete rebuild. My question is will I notice power gains with just the rebuild or should I supercharge it while I have the whole thing torn apart.

 

[whodat]

supercharge it if you are looking for more power. I doubt a rebuild alone will do it for you.

 

[collector_edi]

Stock 80 or modified?

 

[buckhammer]

she is a 97 with an OME 2.5 lift and swamper bias ply Q78-16 on tundra 7" wheels, rear drawers, no fender flares, herculined, I do plan on adding a winch in the front and possibly in the rear, spare tire carrier and a long range fuel tank. My problem is when I tow my boat (only about 1000lb ) I can really feel it bog down, on topof that try to cross the pass with the boat is just embarassing. I was hoping that I needed a SC.

 

[wob]

good luck finding a supercharger

 

[reffug]

If you presently have a SC in your possession then by all means use it.

If on the other hand you don't well then..........................

 

[Ruadhrigh]

You will notice considerable gains after the rebuild. Maybe it is just a placebo effect, but Onur and I both noticed a great difference after our rebuilds.

 

[reffug]

If you do a rebuild and have a capable shop in your area I would consider overboring.

 

[buckhammer]

I do not have a SC but I was under the assumption that I could get one from LC or Kazuma. I am interested in the overboring but I do not know if I can get the parts from toyota or if I need to go somewhere else. I would like to do a complete rebuild. I also do not know of a good shop in the seattle area. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[flintknapper]

Please consider sending your old head gasket to CDan who is collecting them.

 

[elmariachi]

This might interest you:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/28710-winter-hi-po-engine-project.html

 

[buckhammer]

Do you think that buying a long block or having my block rebuilt is a better way to go. I am afraid that I wont get as good of quality out of a long block unless mr.T offers one.