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@@bennysax1 the angle it was sitting at, oil all went to drivers side and hydro locked it. That’s what I assume since there were two holes in the block and the intake was full of oil on the drivers side

Had I known at the time I would have gone with the 2uz.

Yanked the garbage 3.5 out after it blew. Sourced a 1uz from a 92 ls400, trans. Swapped output shaft, filter and pan for trans to convert to 4wd, shoe horned it into the truck, welded up crossmember and mounts to hold it up. Put in a j shift t case from early tacoma and an add bypass switch to engage the front diff. Pretty easy actually, now that I’ve done all the research and figured out all the parts needed lol

@@jefferson9428 lol had no choice. Sas was next on the list but then the 3.5 blew!

Lots of cutting. Tubbed the firewall on both sides, some metal messaging with a bfh.

@@TacomaDad I would imagine that’s a ton of cutting. Have any pics or another vid of it? I’d love to check it out. Would you do it again? Wondering how big I’d want to go with mine. Lol

@@johnnyjimj irrc it was around $106 with everything. Yeah still using it the same exact way with no issues. Sunk in the mud, on gravel, on rocks- not one problem. Use it on my 1 ton work van as well.

Hey, I am. Know any places I can take my SR5 that won’t break it? I’ve only been in Missouri for a couple of years, so I don’t know a whole lot. Thanks!

I pulled the ecu and found some leaking and bad capacitors. I have a test ecu coming and I’ll see if that fixes the issue

@@TacomaDad I hope so.

Haha I think I got that fixed now. I was in a rush to get it buttoned up to take it wheeling

And I didn’t cycle the steering before driving it lol

@@TacomaDadlol I'd be in the same boat , how you liking the swap so far

@chancelawler710 still have an issue to work out. Have been working on the same problem for almost 2 years. To be fair I don’t work on it for months at a time but last night I pulled ecu and found some bad caps. So that is giving me hope that could have been the issue all along. Other than that, I love it. Still need to drive it at hwy speeds (one thing is doesn’t do right now) and figure out if the exhaust I did sounds good for me

Same here! Can’t wait to actually use it to its full potential!

@@ClassyTacos me to, just been trying to get it to run properly for a while now. Might have found out the issue last night though!

Haha with a lot more engineering it would be legit!

This only went in mine because the 3.5 blew up on me at 32k miles. I’ll look them up! Thanks

@@TacomaDad Wasn’t that you that was 4 wheeling on your RUclips channel when you blew your engine? If so I remember that video. The Car Care Guy is south of Chicago. He just finished doing a frame off on his 600K mile LS 400. If he can’t figure out what’s wrong with your Taco, then no one else can.

Yeah that was me, when it blew up, I was just coming up a steep, off camber hill- on winch line- when it let go. Was wild. No explosion, other than smoke I had no idea. Until the low oil light came on and it was all under the truck 😑

@@TacomaDad I felt bad for you. I hope you can figure out why you’re V8 isn’t working properly for you.

​@@Doc1855 hold up one second, what mod has you pushing 300+ HP and and extra 30 lbft out of the 3.5

Thanks! Just the plastidip brand. Ordered it on eBay. I have the spray gun so that’s what I used to spray the truck with it.

@@TacomaDad awesome thank you the info! Also, thank you for the video too. You’re Truck looks amazing.

@@brookebrawley2142 it is. With an arb rear locker.

I did not regear. Still haven’t and it’s currently on 37s. That was just a rear locker I have.

I honestly forgot about doing that part. It was done, just didn’t mention it or show it.

As far as I could tell it hydrolocked. Oil was all on the drivers side and the intakes on that side were full of oil. Busted two holes in the block as well

@@TacomaDad Thanks for the update. Sorry for the engine issues. I enjoyed watching that video. I’d love to have fun like that with my 23 TRD , but I simply can’t afford to do all of the suspension upgrades. I’m an old duffer now and on a fixed income. It sure is fun to watch y’all having fun !

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it! It was a great time!

I enjoy a nice easy crawl every now and then. Just like to push the truck sometimes. This time may have been too far lol

No I do not. I didn’t record when I built it. Just this video explaining what I used. It’s pretty simple though!

Nice! 1uz? I went with log style headers. I ordered a set of really nice headers but they wouldn’t clear and I wasn’t gonna refab the steering shaft. They were like 2 1/2” past the shaft. Log headers leave about 1-1 1/2” between shaft and headers.

@@TacomaDad this is a 2000 taco and we have very little room. I'll have to look up log style. Or do you have a video of it?

@@TacomaDad yes 1UZ for us!

I don’t have a video of it. There are two types of log headers, block huggers and regular. I’m using the block huggers, they don’t stick out as far and allowed everything to clear. I don’t have a video, but if you google log headers 1uz they will pop up.

@@TacomaDad thanks for the help! This is great

So, It’s in the truck running and driving. Took it out for a weekend of wheeling and had no issues. Couple months later the water pump gave up so I just swapped that a month or so ago. Haven’t had time to put out an update video but I will, soon!

@@TacomaDad That is awesome. I am curious how you managed to get everything to play nicely. I would imagine all the 3rd gen stuff is pretty reliant on CANBUS. How did you get around all that? I've got a 2019 and I hate the 3.5 and the factory transmission. I'm on 35's with 5.29's and I get worse fuel economy than I could have ever imagined. I was thinking about swapping something else into it. Are there any factory systems on yours that have stopped working? ABS? Airbags? Traction control etc? I still want to be able to drive this thing daily.

Oh it’s all standalone. Body harness is there to power all the doodads and gizmos and the motor is separate. 12th state off road makes an adapter for the front differential, so that is push button now, with a j shift t case.

Thanks! Honestly, I had to go back and see what size they were 🤣 trucks been through so many tires. Currently on 37s In the video they are the 265 75s

There was a lot going on so I think I came on after it started smoking. I didn’t even see the smoke until my spotter yelled out. I’ve had that oil light come on in the past, no smoke though

I did not. I didn’t have an issue and even when I went to 37s.

Those were temporary. Got new m/ts shortly after that video. I’ll enjoy the truck with the v8 in it for a while before I sas it.

We did a stock truck event every April. We typically go to moonlight offroad park, in Sullivan Missouri. On the stl tacoma Facebook page, is where we post the details. Join them and it will be posted soon!

A whopping 32k

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Lol. Truck is done, I’ve wheeled it and drove it around a few times. Just working out some kinks right now. Have no time to work on it lol

I’m getting the parts to do the 63 swap. They need it badly

It runs and drives. Wheeled all weekend with it. Have to run an aftermarket fuel pressure regulator and hook up some gauges. I’ll eventually post a video up on the current status.

@@TacomaDad thats awesome! I want to do this down the line to my 2018 2.7L tacoma. videos like this are very helpful.

@@skateinspace it was a struggle to find info on the 3rd gen to do this lol. But it worked out, not bad I guess for a garage build. 😂

It was only built for my truck. And it is just barely tall enough to lift it now lol

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Oh definitely. It would rub the UCA if not. They are 1.5” ones but not sure of the brand. I got them from a buddy.

Thank you. I wanna try that route and see if it will hold and not to cut my firewall. 37 is a heavy tire, and things will start breaking, especially the front end.