Toyota Tacoma 2UZ Swap Guide Is the Most Comprehensive We’ve Seen Yet
Anyone contemplating a Toyota Tacoma 2UZ swap will want to watch this incredibly detailed video on how to do just that.
The Toyota Tacoma has held the title of best-selling mid-size truck in America for some time now, which – coupled with their inherent rock-solid reliability – means that there are a lot of them still out on the roads today. The Tacoma is also a favorite of enthusiasts, however, which means that there are loads of modified examples running around, many of them with an off-road focus. However, one thing many owners dream of is a V8 swap of some sort, the ultimate mod in terms of adding performance to the mix. For them, this new Toyota Tacoma 2UZ swap guide video from the YouTube channel Big Tire Garage looks to be an incredibly useful tool.
In this video, our host goes over every single part one will need to complete a Toyota Tacoma 2UZ swap, as well as every single step required to execute that transplant as well. Our host knows this because, well, they recently completed this same swap themselves, which means that they learned the hard way – buying some of the wrong parts and making a few mistakes along the way.
Thus, we can learn from this starting with the fact that they recommend purchasing the entire 4.7-liter V8 assembly including the bell housing for an automatic gearbox paired to a 2UX, a fuel pressure sensor from a Tundra, a canister purge solenoid or EVAP canister, and a Tundra computer. It’s also worth noting that is the donor Tundra in this case was not equipped with an ignition immobilizer, but if yours is, you’ll need to worry about security lockouts occurring.
In this case, our host retained their manual transmission, and as a result, created a pretty darn fun pickup to drive in pretty much any situation. He also managed to pick up his donor Tundra for a mere $1,000, and with everything else thrown in, he’s spent a total of $6,100 on this particular project. To us at least, that makes this one heck of a budget project that paid big dividends in this particular case.
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