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What did you do to the radiator to provide the needed extra cooling? Mine looks entirely too small for a 2.6, plus it looks like it might need to be moved forwards some.

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'78 Chevy LUV,1.9,4sp,headers,31's,SAS Dana 30,Dana 20,SOA rear w/Aussie Locker, rough body, bought new 12/4/78.
'87 Trooper,2.3,5sp,headers,31's,ball joint flip & spacer,Aussie Locker rear,Superwinch hubs,brush guard w/5.5K winch,more to come.

I have not changed over the radiator yet, am still using the 1.8 since it is still cold around here. But before winter is over I plan on putting in the 2.6 radiator am just going to cut the old bracket and possibly use them again but might have to make my own. I have plenty of room between my fan and radiator with using the stock 4spd tranny, how did you mount your engine?

I don't have a 2.6 in my LUV, but had thought about it. I do know you don't want to let a 2.6 overheat, they tend to shed headgaskets, so I figured some radiator mods would be in order. My fan only clears the radiator by about 1" now, so I assumed the larger engine would be even closer.

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'78 Chevy LUV,1.9,4sp,headers,31's,SAS Dana 30,Dana 20,SOA rear w/Aussie Locker, rough body, bought new 12/4/78.
'87 Trooper,2.3,5sp,headers,31's,ball joint flip & spacer,Aussie Locker rear,Superwinch hubs,brush guard w/5.5K winch,more to come.

so i need is a 4x4 2.6 ?

That is the engine that i used, would guess the only difference would be oil pan on a 2wd 2.6. So are you planning on keeping it fuel injected? or going to put on the 2.3 intake and be carb?

i want the EFI

what about using the 2.6 block and lower end, a 2.3 head & the EFI intake & exhaust manifolds, ecu, etc from the 2.6 so it would have higher compression for more power + have the efficency boost and tunability of EFI.

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1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

I used a 2.3 oil pan on my 2.6 and it seems to be rubbing the diff on my 1980 4x4 LUV. Anyone else have this issue?

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1980 4x4 LUV, 3 inch body lift, 4.56 gears, 31x12.50r15 Super Swamper IROKs, Weber Carb, Electronic distributor,

Did you use a 2wd or 4wd oil pan? They are different shapes.

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'78 Chevy LUV,1.9,4sp,headers,31's,SAS Dana 30,Dana 20,SOA rear w/Aussie Locker, rough body, bought new 12/4/78.
'87 Trooper,2.3,5sp,headers,31's,ball joint flip & spacer,Aussie Locker rear,Superwinch hubs,brush guard w/5.5K winch,more to come.

I ended up using the 2wd oil pan. I just knew I read somewhere that you had to use the 2.3 pan but no one ever specified the 4wd one. I pulled it back out last night and am going to try to use the one from the 2.6 like trail_racer did. Hopefully that works, otherwise I have to go searching for a 4wd 2.3 pan.

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1980 4x4 LUV, 3 inch body lift, 4.56 gears, 31x12.50r15 Super Swamper IROKs, Weber Carb, Electronic distributor,