If I won the lottery...

fantasizing about a very fun distant future project...


https://parts.hamertoyota.com/p/Toy...MIlY2B_9L54gIVAsRkCh2bfwNhEAQYBSABEgLa7vD_BwE


https://spprecision.com/products/toyota-2uz-fe-47-long-block-crate-engine-sale.html


thoughts? opinions? criticisms?

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4lmW2tZP2kU#

 

Oh my god yes

 

If you had the money to do this... you wouldn't do this...

I'm not speaking for you, but there's plenty of people who have the money to do this, and they dont do it... it's statistics.

 

Somebody in the 2nd Gen forum is trying to put a 4.7 V8 in his Tacoma. It’ll be interesting to see if it fits.

And besides two chics at one time, I’d try it on a beater truck with a used V8.

 

Already been done before. Had the trans, transfer and engine from a 4runner

 

Did it run, was it worth it?

 

And a hodgepodge dash... right?

 

Just send it over to Hennessey with a blank check and say "make it amazing".

 

DON'T DO IT!!!

 

He was actually selling it and it sold quickly

 

I’d D-4D swap a Tacoma.

I could also buy a 79 series and a hilux and rotate them over here on Carney’s until they are old enough to import or I just bring them over and they are “off road use only”.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/v8-tacoma.484131/

 

Or just get with this much cheaper version and drink it til you think your truck has 6 wheels

 

Or Hoonigan and this is a V8. Only Tacoma stock part is the grill

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wM0qmMb3sCg#

 

If this were a 3rd gen, he would clearly retain all 13 cup holders

 

I’d buy a really sweet dash mat

And put it my trophy truck

 

You're right, I would buy an Ariel Atom...
but I still want to think I would spend the $$$ shoving a brand new built from the ground up supercharged 2UZ-FE into an old Gen3...

 

Heres my thought. Why spend a million dollars when you could probably spend a lot less? Copart is a company that auctions cars. Find an acceptable donor with rear end damage that you can buy for 500-4000 harvest the engine, sell the rest of the parts you don't need, and then figure out the computer components, engine mounting, and the rest of the parts like trans etc. If I had to make an un educated guess maybe 20,000 at most? Most of that I'm sure would be labor so if you are a skilled DIY mechanic with tools, welding and cutting equipment, a in garage lift, you could cut that number down significantly. I think the toughest part would be adapting all the computers to accept parts from another vehicle, especially an older one. I'm pretty sure there has already been a diesel swap into this chassis, and I might want that over another engine.

Frankly I wouldn't as I would rather spend money on other stuff like camping gear, bumpers, re gear, or kings etc but hey you would get the motor you want.

https://www.copart.com/lotSearchRes...:false,"searchName":"","freeFormSearch":true}

 

If you'd won a lottery, you wouldn't be driving Tacoma. Thread.