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I know that title probably paints a dismal picture for some of you but I promise Im not that much of an idiot. My wife probably disagrees, but hey I cant satisfy everyone.
Here are my thoughts: 3500 swap into a 93 toyota 4runner. But wait isnt that silly! Not really, when you get the details. There is a guy that did a 3800 swap (yes I know that they are evil motors used exclusively by knobs) with the stock(ish) yota transmission. Here is how he did it.
Clif's notes version: The toyota trans is used in all sorts of vehicles. Included are the dodge dakota and jeep wrangler (I think, could be an xj). With the input shaft from one and a bell housing from another it will bolt right up to a GM 60 degree v6 and aforementioned evil 3800. Basically I think you guys are on to something with the 3500 over the 3800. The 3500 is smaller and lighter with similar power.
I have a question though. Are there oil pan options? I would need a rear sump pan and havent really found much on this. I will admit that I havent searched THAT hard which is a no no but I figured I would write it into my sweet thread and see if anyone had any thoughts on this.
Also if anyone has a link comparing the 3800 to the 3500 in physical dimensions that would be awesome. Not something I need but something cool never the less.
Just to throw this out there, I noticed that the LS4 shares this bell housing. Anyone know if this has been run in a rwd, North south orientation (ie not a fiero). I think this is probably too much motor for my application but worth a look.
Here are my thoughts: 3500 swap into a 93 toyota 4runner. But wait isnt that silly! Not really, when you get the details. There is a guy that did a 3800 swap (yes I know that they are evil motors used exclusively by knobs) with the stock(ish) yota transmission. Here is how he did it.
Clif's notes version: The toyota trans is used in all sorts of vehicles. Included are the dodge dakota and jeep wrangler (I think, could be an xj). With the input shaft from one and a bell housing from another it will bolt right up to a GM 60 degree v6 and aforementioned evil 3800. Basically I think you guys are on to something with the 3500 over the 3800. The 3500 is smaller and lighter with similar power.
I have a question though. Are there oil pan options? I would need a rear sump pan and havent really found much on this. I will admit that I havent searched THAT hard which is a no no but I figured I would write it into my sweet thread and see if anyone had any thoughts on this.
Also if anyone has a link comparing the 3800 to the 3500 in physical dimensions that would be awesome. Not something I need but something cool never the less.
Just to throw this out there, I noticed that the LS4 shares this bell housing. Anyone know if this has been run in a rwd, North south orientation (ie not a fiero). I think this is probably too much motor for my application but worth a look.
As was mentioned, you pretty much are going to need to modify the oil pan or the crossmember, as there aren't any other oil pans out there. You could potentially adapt an older gen stamped steel pan, but then you loose the benefit of the cross bolted mains that the 3x00s offer. I am currently in the (slow) process of determining just how much I have to hack up my oil pan to work. Let me tell you, its alot! In the end, I may just end up going with a dry sump setup.
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