whit wrote:
Now does the Montero get the 2tc?
Would you want to drive a 4000 lb truck with less than 100hp (and 2 speed toyoglide)?
Mike, when I asked for input on a Toyota board, I got exactly what I expected. That is, "why not use the T engine" or, like you said, "go 4AGE", even though I explaned my reasons for NOT wanting to go that route. I'm not going to lie, I'm not the biggest Toyota fan in the world. I think they make some cool cars, but much prefer Datsuns and Mitsu's(Dodges). With that said, the 2 door wagons are kinda unique and I figured it would be a fun build. This will be a driver for my wife, so I wanted the power and smoothness of a V6 engine and she much prefers automatics. Now, I am well aware either of the aforementioned Toyota 4 cylinders can make the power the V6 makes (175), but at what cost, both money wise and driveability. This also does not take into account the torque the Mitsu V6 makes. The overriding reason for going this way is simply for individuality, however, I would not have hesatated to go another way had the engine and trans not fit as well as it does. After all, I do want to finish the car and drive it rather then spend a lot of time fabricating stuff for a difficult swap. I bought the running "donor" for a very good price and figure by the time I sell whatever parts and the scrap value, I will have paid about $500-750 for the engine, trans, wiring, and computer. And I get the benefit of knowing this is a good running combo with no issues.
Mark
Should be a cinch for you, man, after seeing your other work on the other cars. Nice pick for a power plant. I know everyone was recommending you to put a 4AGE, but you wanted something different.
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I did get to go yarding today and found some items that I hope will ease the install further. Got a steering rack from an AW11 to try out and grabbed a upper intake, left exhaust manifold, and valve cover with an oil fill cap (the Montero has a remote fill setup) from a 95' Chrysler Cirrus with a mitsu 2.5 V6. Looks like it should bolt on pretty well and save some fabrication time. Hope to put in some time over Thanksgiving and will post some pics of progress if I do.
. I did see some options as you were saying on the different models but I think I would just be swapping the issue from one side to the other. I did notice on the 2.5 "chrysler" motor the filter location is on the side of the block, rather than off the oil pump, but see no provision on my block. That would have been ideal.