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are you going efi on it still if so i think you going to love it 4.3 is a very reliable engine with lots of upgrades if you decide to use them like upgraded throttlebodys intakes ect
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Yeah efi for sure. Ive got a line on a 96 motor with everything from a friend i hope to get in the next week or so. Then all I need is the adapters and misc stuff but it should be much quiker than the 3.4 swap took me. Aspecialy with what I know know. I plan on also re doing basicaly all the wiring in the truck to make it even simpilar
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Yeah efi for sure. Ive got a line on a 96 motor with everything from a friend i hope to get in the next week or so. Then all I need is the adapters and misc stuff but it should be much quiker than the 3.4 swap took me. Aspecialy with what I know know. I plan on also re doing basicaly all the wiring in the truck to make it even simpilar
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Comes with the hobby though so I cant frown to much on it as much as I would like to. Im sure this isnt gonna be the last swap I do
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yep good thing about chevy is there so easy to work on and the parts are so iterchangable good choice engine toyotas have nice but they are real touchmental i have friend with one with that they drove through a river and never has driven right since no machanic can find the problem
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dude i LOVE what you did to your truck... that engine is a monster! how far did you go with reinforcing the frame? im lookin forward to more about this! if i ever do somethin like that with mine, im callin it the superbeast. good job man
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thanks man i still havent did the frame plaining on useing 1/4 inch to strap the frame around the motor area between the leaf spring perches the rest should be fine and i have 1/2 ton chevy springs uder it im trying to make it out monday locally to try it out before we take a trip to florence area this week end hopefully let you know how it turns out will take pictures
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I love the front bumper on your runner where did you get it. Also i love that fact that you put a big block in a 4runner. I have never seen one. You should be able to do wheeles in that thing.
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hey jay the front bumper is a warn actually for a 79 chevy a few mods and it fit like a glove i love how it fits looks like this was what it was designed for wanted something to add a change from all the rest i think i accomplished it and the power is undescribeable thanks
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thanks man i still havent did the frame plaining on useing 1/4 inch to strap the frame around the motor area between the leaf spring perches the rest should be fine and i have 1/2 ton chevy springs uder it im trying to make it out monday locally to try it out before we take a trip to florence area this week end hopefully let you know how it turns out will take pictures
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Pulled the 3.4 out the other night! should have a 4.3 in the next few weeks in there. 3.4 has been to much hassle with electronics and since where wheelin I would like not to have to deal with it as much.
Just like it goes. try one thing it fails so you upgrade
Pics look great I bet that thing is gonna haul ass
We will both be on the trails soon
Just like it goes. try one thing it fails so you upgrade
Pics look great I bet that thing is gonna haul ass
We will both be on the trails soon
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How'd you cram that thing in there? I know of a guy (heard of it anyways) that dropped a big block into some small dodge truck and CUT-PART-OF-THE-FRAME-OUT to fit the engine. I was thinking "yeah, good job doing that engine swap right and not taking any shortcuts along the way; just curious, which institution did you escape from?"
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thanks i have a lot of time in the truck it was no walk in the park like i thought it would be lots of wasted money on parts that would not work ,and lots of hours of work and head aches and plenty of boxes of bandaids but youve got to find out somehow if it would work right hopefully first of its breed the institute that i escaped from was casa grande union high school
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If you got a new harness and ECU, the thing should pretty much be good to go. A few sensors may also need to be replaced but that depends on ECU choice and such.
Originally Posted by john rumbo
yep good thing about chevy is there so easy to work on and the parts are so iterchangable good choice engine toyotas have nice but they are real touchmental i have friend with one with that they drove through a river and never has driven right since no machanic can find the problem
I look forward to the 4.3 and its power. Plus the ease of getting parts
Sorry for the Hijack
Keep it up
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heres some pics of my day out with some freinds hope sorry some are dark got dark on us the truck ran greatt but i need to work on the cooling system it kept running hot on the trail but every problem has a solution hopefully hardley never had to give it gas to climb obsticales a plenty of wheel travel [IMG]http://i307 .photobucket.com/albums/nn290/johnrumbo/Picture009.jpg[/IMG]