The looooooong awaited 7m swap thread
(Thats right BBP, you can relax now... she's almost there)

In search for more power i decided to research all possibilities.
A V-8 would have been too much for my toy axles
Building my 22r would have been too expensive and i didnt wanna push the little guy too hard with aftermarkets.
3.4 would be super expensive and a lot more work than i want to do.

Finally i found the 7m-ge swap. The appeals of this swap are:
7m-ge will bolt to your stock motor mounts with the right combination of brackets
7m-ge's bell housing will bolt to your stock trans
180hp and 180 ft lbs from a naturally aspirated- not real impressive but definitely enough to turn some 40's in a few feet of mud. I dont want to start breaking parts every time i get on it so i'm trying to avoid too much power.

So a few months ago i brought this gem home



To start things off i tore out the 7m


I cannot stress this enough LABEL EVERYTHING! Even if you think it's not needed.


Next was to get rid of the old 22r


Put on the new bell housing to make sure it was a good fit

Blue dog wanted to check things out, make sure i wasnt f'ing anything up.

I couldnt get a hold of the brackets so i decided to just relocate my motor mounts. Right after they were welded up:
Gee whiz it sure looks purdy in there
<--- Theres Shrek standing next to the yota



Latest updates: Got my flywheel and a Centerforce dual friction racing clutch. Soon as i find the damn flywheel bolts she will be in for good and i can start wiring.

Updates soon

 

wait that's IT...

 

Oh what a surprise, quick reply from BBP you need a life aside from yt

Yea thats it so far, but wiring isnt going to be as bad as i thought. Should be mid next month at the latest

I'm just kickin my own ass for loosing the flywheel bolts

 

Soooooo, another excuse for yet another YT event run this weekend...




Looks great man!!! Hey it took me four months to put a snorkel on!!

 

Can you post up pics of the mount set up you have going on? I'm pretty curious, I am getting ready to build a 2WD truck with a GTE motor I have laying around and if there is a easy way to go about it I'd like to see... you said something about the right combination of brackets?

 

Yea well all i did was use the 7mge brackets and 22r rubber spacers. I cut the frame mounts off, reinforced them and welded them back on in a different location (i think it was about 3" forward and a little bit down)

What i've heard you can do is grab the brackets from a 5m-ge and it will all bolt right up but i couldnt get my hands on any.

I can get you a few pics tomorrow

 

I seriously can't wait to see your rig back on the trail man!!!

 

al... after 3 wire harness for 3.4 swaps... if you need/ want help reading diagrams or soldering wires.. you let me know.. i'll show ya the new bumper and bring the sc for you to drool over.

 

Looks good al, I want to see some vids of you throwing some mud soon