was just outside in the garage getting ready to swap my 2lt from my 85 truck into the 89 v6 4runner and i noticed the front of the frame is different, obviously for the ifs. The runner's frame is more or less flat up front, but the 85 frame bows up.
here is what i am wondering about now.. i was planning to just cut the 4cyl mounts off on my 85 and weld them into the 89 frame the same distance from the front crossmember as I cut them off. Now i just realized that wont work, as the v6 mounts seem to be higher up to compensate for the flatness of the frame.
what would work to mount my 4cyl in my v6 truck? the 2lt mounts are the same as the 22r mounts if anyone is wondering about that. would I just simply need to cut the v6 mounts off and move them forwards? If worse comes to worse, i will mock the engine and transmission in the frame and fab my own engine mounts, as well as the transmission crossmember which i was planning to fab anyways.
basically looking for knowledge on swapping a 4cyl into a v6 89 which will recieve a SAS at the same time, probably not so common but im sure someone has done it.
thanks
mike
here is what i am wondering about now.. i was planning to just cut the 4cyl mounts off on my 85 and weld them into the 89 frame the same distance from the front crossmember as I cut them off. Now i just realized that wont work, as the v6 mounts seem to be higher up to compensate for the flatness of the frame.
what would work to mount my 4cyl in my v6 truck? the 2lt mounts are the same as the 22r mounts if anyone is wondering about that. would I just simply need to cut the v6 mounts off and move them forwards? If worse comes to worse, i will mock the engine and transmission in the frame and fab my own engine mounts, as well as the transmission crossmember which i was planning to fab anyways.
basically looking for knowledge on swapping a 4cyl into a v6 89 which will recieve a SAS at the same time, probably not so common but im sure someone has done it.
thanks
mike