swapping in a 22R

[kickinindian]

so this is just a question for down the road for this summer has anyone swapped in a toyota 22R engine into one of these trucks cuz those things are tough engines and seem to have a little more gitty up than the Z24s? if i just commited a sin for bringing up toyota i apologize

[PEZi]

not really sure if anyone has... haven't seen a write up for one at least

nothing wrong with the 22r for sure... but i feel like a newer nissan engine would make things easier (aka the KA)

[kickinindian]

yea just wanted to see if i could do something diff tho i would do a chev 350 but i live in the s*** state for smog ever (cali)

[PEZi]

in that case i'm not sure you can even do the 22r if you try to pass inspection... do you have inspection or just smog?

[kickinindian]

i think its only smog but if i cant any ways to give some oomph to the z24? just did the vac lines and gonna buy a K&N anything else that i could do?

[breadbox]

Do EEt. From what my friend says about them, 22R's are fun to mess with. I'd recommend going stand alone mega squirt, and definitely putting a front mount on. At least that's my friends goal.

[PEZi]

i think its only smog but if i cant any ways to give some oomph to the z24? just did the vac lines and gonna buy a K&N anything else that i could do?

lots of things to get power out of it... but none will really fair well for a smog test

as far as the K&N... i have one still that i tried to sell, the guy never got back to me about it. if you want it, its yours for $5 + shipping. i recently cleaned it and everything.

[MetalFab]

If your lucky enough to live in the very few counties that don't smog bianually you could get away with just about anything, yet if you try driving down the road in a minitruck with an extra 4 cylinders and glasspacks.. be prepared to start another project at the whim of any law that hears you. Visio has gotten away with it so far but he isn't driving in the large cities with their road side sniffers etc. Can't see as you're too worried about smog anyway after pulling vac lines unless you plan to puzzle them back on every two years.

Shouldn't be an issue swapping a 22r and would be a ton easier than trying to shoehorn a v8 in there. Why don't you try meeting somewhere in the middle and attempt a v6 swap? Lots of good candidates out there, from the buick 231, chevy 4.3-vortec or non, or even find a wrecked frontier motor and harness. Most newer 6's should get better mpg and have way more power. Carbed motors like the 22r would make the project far more simple.

Fabbing up motor/trans mounts is simple enough. Looking at many other custom engine swaps should be enough to get the right idea. are you planning a 2wd or 4wd swap? 4wd would run into problems with the oil pan clearing the front axle,(720 4x4 oil pans are flat and wrap to the side of the motor with a small sump toward the rear) and 2wd oil pans change from front to rear in either car or truck applications. A few things you'd want to look into.. Coolant hose location, if you'd need the radiator that comes with the motor, you definitely need the trans that came with the motor, driveline modifications (usually under 100 bux) shifter location, speedometer, which alternator to run, what parts you need for the hydraulic clutch.

I'm sure I'm missing a few things. It's all fairly straight forward, yet if I were to attempt another motor swap it would be something that benefits me more than a motor which is rather similar in size and output.

Also you can take your rig to a smog referee who would then smog your rig to the standards of either the motor or body (whichever is newer, so don't put an older motor into your newer rig if you have to smog it) Yet you still won't be able to deviate from the stock smog system equipped with the donor motor.

[audtatious]

Or you could use the retirement program and get a grand....if that program still has funding.....and get a newer vehicle to make the Cali environmentalists happy you got rid of such a smog dog.

[PEZi]

way to be a debbie downer, matty :P

[MetalFab]

Waste of good parts to send it to the shredders, and throwing a late model motor in there will by no means make it a "smog dog" =P fricken flower sniffers. Not all of us can afford a shiny new G37.

[flinterman2000]

Y a 22r. I have nothing against yotas but nissan has a lot of engines that cost a lot less to mod than a 22r and would be easier to install.

[kickinindian]

just my buddy down the street has like three 22Rs and i could buy one from him pretty cheap. and as for the retirment program that thing killed many a good car...my gmas friend had an immaculate chevelle her husband restored and he died so she it was just sitting got dusty and that was about it and she did the 1k thing and got an effing prius...