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Thanks alot guys.

It's time to talk about engines. I originally intended to just use a good 'ol 20 or 22r toyota motor and it would be fine. Except that it would be just like every other toyota out there . You have to plan your passes a half mile ahead of time; Downshifting to climb hills; then add a/c into the mix . No, that just isn't going to cut it. There are lots of swaps that can be done to a Toyota and lots of adapters and things made by various companies. What engine will be going into this truck you ask??

Stay Tuned.....

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my dad has a 82 toyota that has a buick 225 v6 in it. i guess the guy that put the motor in they truck used a kit that had motor mounts, a tranny mount and a transfercase adapter. now when a toyota body is used there is no modifacations to the firewall. i dont know about the luv body on there. its looks like the mounts for the body have bodylifted the truck, so i dont think youll have any problems with clearances.

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The 20 and 22r engines have around 100 HP and the EFI 22re has around 115 or so. In order to make this truck fun to drive through hills or flatland, with or without a/c running, we're going to need about double that. Here is a picure of my new engine stand



This is a 1983 Toyota



That has been kind enough to agree to donate it's engine, harness, computer, bellhousing, radiator, a/c parts, cruise control, and other stuff to the truck build.



It has the Toyota 5MGE engine which is a DOHC inline 6 EFI producing about 150-160 HP in stock form. I'm not sure of the torque rating but with the DOHC's it runs nice! I'm going to remove all smog junk, add a cold air intake, free flowing exhaust and header and possibly some cams. That should put the numbers real close to 200. . I've researched the swap and it is fairly common in toyota truck circles. It's not going to be easy to fit in the Luv engine compartment which is slightly shorter than the Toy truck bay but it can and will be done You are probably wondering what trans, t-case etc. ...I will provide all the details of the swap as I go.

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DUDE!!!!!!!! that thing is going to haul ASS!!!!!!!!!!!

now if only I could get one but with twin turbos

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'80 Luv 4x4, 3" BL, 1.5" SL, 32/36, 2.25" exhaust...and fuzzy dice.
'95 Toyota 4Runner Limited 5-Speed.

shouldnt that supra motor bolt right up to the exsisting 4x4 toyota tranny. im pretty sure it should. ive seen other 2jz swaps into like toyota PUs and 4runners and they just bolt the motor right up to the exsisting tranny and off they go.

anyways, that gonna be really trick when you get it done.

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I don't think the stock toyota trans would handle the supra engine's power, but then of course i'm just going off of info i'v gotten from others, but then again they had turbo setups and not N/A, so i could be wrong about the stock tranny handling the power.

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'80 Luv 4x4, 3" BL, 1.5" SL, 32/36, 2.25" exhaust...and fuzzy dice.
'95 Toyota 4Runner Limited 5-Speed.

Things have been going pretty slow but I managed to get a few things done in the past few weeks.

First of all, The Supra motor is out. The Luv engine compartment is shorter than a Toyota truck and I just wont be able to fit it in there without recessing the firewall and I am not going to do that. I've decided to go with a Toyota 4 cylinder truck motor and just put some power upgrades on it.

I found a near perfect set of stepside fenders for it.





There is only one minor cracked area on one step but it's not a through-break ...a super easy fix and none of the edges have been broken or repaired. Amazing

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A pretty nice Mikado steering wheel



And I've cleaned up and painted the engine compartment with Hammered finish paint. never mind the color...the body color (unknown at this time) will go over the top of it.



More to come...

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that's looking pretty sweet... makes me feel guilty about how mine looks

i know tis is kinda off topic, but would that supra motor fit in a older toyota pickup? ive always wanted to get like a 81-83 toyota 2wd pickup and put a tricked out motor in it. ive seen the buick swap done alot, but i wanna see a supra motor in a 2wd pickup.

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Yep. It's been done quite a bit. Check out Supracharged.com for more info

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November 25th was Marios last post. WHERE YOU AT??????? I wanna see some pics, damn it!

Yea, I'm pretty interested in this project! How's the progress going?

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'90 Trooper 4X4, 2.6L 5 spd

very cool project! i'd highly recommend the crossover steering setup, i've got it on my '79 toy and it makes things less scary on-road, and performs better off-road.

to bolt that supra engine up you're gonna need a tranny from a '84-95 4cyl toyota, and the supra bellhousing. only thing there is that you're gonna have to relocate the crossmember and resize the drivelines, as the later tranny is 4" longer than the '79-83 box.

oh yeah, and my 20R/22R hybrid doesn't require any downshifting on hills. power on demand, baby

I was looking through old posts and saw this one. I was wondering where this truck is now. Is it finished? Was it set aside? Just curious.

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1980 LUV Mikado 4X4
2003 Chevy S10
http://www.luvtruck.com/Gallery/ChrisGo ... index.html

http://www.myspace.com/luvmikado

Mario hasnt been on in quite some time. I hope all is good

I guess no one knows about this truck. I would really like to know how it turned out.

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1980 LUV Mikado 4X4
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http://www.luvtruck.com/Gallery/ChrisGo ... index.html

http://www.myspace.com/luvmikado

sorry i did not see that the luv---toy 4x4 was that old but it was sweet how did it work out

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73 3-door avalanche bdydropped on 18s
86 1-ton 4x crewcab short bd 15"lift
75 k-5 2x
94 king cab

budbondo...

there are a couple of decent fleetside beds in the local yards over in Lemoore if you're interested i can give you the name and number of the place


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that would be great i saw that 4x4 and think i am going to save the life of my little stepside bed i got sum full size a cut here &a cut there sum work alot but i think it will be good thanks

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86 1-ton 4x crewcab short bd 15"lift
75 k-5 2x
94 king cab