Alibaba 1GRFE... Impressive Factory Vid, Still wouldn't drop 3k on it.

Found something I didn't expect today, thought I'd share. Apparently you can get a long block 1grfe from China for around 3k. Factory video actually looks bad ass. DEFINITELY NOT recommending anyone actually cough up the cash though, but would be interesting to see what the quality is if anyone has...

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/For-Toyota-Lexus-4-0L-1GR_1600100588223.html

 

huh.... interesting... half tempted to pull the trigger on it and see what shows up.

 

Looks interesting. They say for a 20 unit purchase you can get custom logos and badges. That would make a great Tacoma World group buy version.

 

It’s the same thing as a Jasper warranty motor... they don’t last

 

haha thats amazing. What cant you buy on alibaba..

 

It says $3800 after shipping

who is going to buy this
1GRFEs don’t break. That’s why you didn’t buy a 3rd gen. Their motors break.

a slow basic 15 year old 220hp V6 is not worth $3800. Probably $1k max.
I don’t trust Chinese parts and have bad experiences with them

you can buy a used one locally to clean up, with warranty, and potentially build it for more power.
Or, if you have a spare motor, welder, and time, you can simply choose a different motor with more power to build and swap. The engine bay has enough room for it.

you could put a tundra or old 4Runner V8 to keep it simple. Maybe supercharged

 

Are you saying Jasper motors are trash?

 

I’d never put anything in my truck other than OE. I’d rather have a 300k mile 1grfe than a 0 mile jasper

 

Yes and so are their transmissions.

 

Chinese crap......what everyone else has said here is true, 2nd gen tacomas are great because of its Japanese made 1 grfe, engine.

 

Shippings another $700

 

Hehe, they don’t swim themselves over

while we’re crapping on Jasper here (unless anyone wants to praise them), what have you all done for tranny rebuilds? Local shop? Vendor? I KNOW someone’s going to comment on some bad ass tranny upgrade, but please also comment on ones/thoughts with 4x4 compatibility

 

#DIY all day