hey flash, looks like she's running real good since last time i saw that thing! just curious, but why are you selling it now?
As you know, when the temperature drop these get hard to start. I didn't like leaving work at midnight (-40) and praying that it would start. That is the main reason. The other reason is that it has to work hard to pull that truck around. I need to be able to fill it up with wood plus a trailer and not worry about killing the engine. It is a good motor but a bit to small for the truck. 2.5L would be perfect.
I was contemplating a 1.9aaz in my 4runner. I had 3 engines in my garage, lots of parts, and I was going to use the ACME adapter plate. Downside was that it would still be a fair bit of fab work (cooling, exhaust, motor mounts etc) and it would surely be underpowered.
Then I found a Toyota "2L" 2.4 diesel pickup for sale locally. $800 and it was a bolt-in swap. Still underpowered but at least I can get it up into 5th
This was not that under powered. It felt like the 22re but when you put a load of wood in the back you would feel it going up hills. Just normal driving it was fine.
Ill trade you my 3vz-e v6 and tranny for it.
A 3slow? thats a step backwards........
with some work, this motor should easily move around your truck

my mTDI is probably pushing 160ft/lbs torque, and thats just a guess considering the clutch only holds to around 150 ft/lbs and i can easily slip it :roll: :lol: and i don't even have the intercooler hooked up yet. i may look toward getting a better intake & downpipe in the future, which will further increase the power :twisted: