i have recently got a 1989 toyota lowrider but wats under the hood ? an ugly stock dirty 4 cylinder... ive come into contact with a guy that has a 87 toyota supra turbo (straight 6 3.0L) for 4000 $ freshly rebuilt with an intercooler. now im very curious if this is a worth while deal and if it will even fit in my truck and how complex the swap will be ??? any answers from any one helps please !!!asap
can a supra turbo fit into a 89 toyota pickup(4cyl)
Mar 14, 2007
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There is a web site to answer just this question! Google Supra Tacoma and have fun shoehorning it in!!!
I wouldn't think it's even possible to fit an inline 6 to a vehicle designed for a 4-cyl or V6 without serious compromises. It would easier for you to put a V6 into your truck and either turbocharge it or supercharge it. I even know of one who had the 4-cyl he had built for high boost and was clocking the 1/4 mile in the 13's. It seems cheaper and more practical to me.
There are those who have done it! There are a couple websites devoted to shoehorning the 7M-GTE into a Taco shell!
Hey, where the heck ya been?
im haven a bit of trouble finding the website. and should i be googling supra tacoma even tho its not a tacama??
"Hachiroku_$B%O%A%m%/(B" wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:48:29 -0500, Viperkiller wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:30:35 GMT, bagged89yota wrote: > > > >>i have recently got a 1989 toyota lowrider but wats under > the hood ? an > >>ugly stock dirty 4 cylinder... ive come into contact with a > guy that has > >>a 87 toyota supra turbo (straight 6 3.0L) for 4000 $ freshly > rebuilt with > >>an intercooler. now im very curious if this is a worth while > deal and if > >>it will even fit in my truck and how complex the swap will > be ??? any > >>answers from any one helps please !!!asap > > > > I wouldn't think it's even possible to fit an inline 6 to a > vehicle > > designed for a 4-cyl or V6 without serious compromises. It > would easier > > for you to put a V6 into your truck and either turbocharge > it or > > supercharge it. I even know of one who had the 4-cyl he had > built for > > high boost and was clocking the 1/4 mile in the 13's. It > seems cheaper > > and more practical to me. > > > There are those who have done it! There are a couple websites > devoted to > shoehorning the 7M-GTE into a Taco shell! > > Hey, where the heck ya been?
Sorry that I've been gone a while. Business is booming and I got busy with modifying my two MKIV Supras.
You'll be interested in this. I had my 97 Supra converted from a
4-spd automatic to a 6-spd automatic from a Lexus. The software was more difficult to perfect than it was to install the hardware. I had other things done to the 94 also.How has everything been with you?
Pretty good, but I got laid off from a job I really liked.
Business is booming, eh? Hmmmm.....
Here's a 5M-GE swap, 1983-1985 Supra:
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Here's a complete build:
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That oughta keep you busy for a while!
Sorry to hear that you got laid off. From what I remember you were having problems there anyway right?
I'm not trying to rub it in but yes business is booming for me now. It started when a big client had to back out of their contact due to a contraction in their business. I had to pursue other work for the 3 client reps I had supporting that business. I went into commodities. I'll give you two examples that may help you out. When oil dipped to about $51 a barrel, we invested into that and look what they've been selling for recently. We did the same with gold when it was down to the low $500's.
The lesson is when bad things happen sometimes, it actually turns out for the better.
Unfortunately, no, I was doing quite well there. C'est la vie...
Yes, this is true. I had a friend that bought gold when it first became legal to own it again at $375 an ounce, and held it and held it and finally sold at >$700...
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