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    toyota chinook motor upgrade/modification

    Thanks for the links, they were insightfull.
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    toyota chinook motor upgrade/modification

    That does sound appealing, however is there stock toyota equipment for the EFI setup that would bolt up to the 20R head?
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    toyota chinook motor upgrade/modification

    Well, it looks like the kits that I would need would be nearly $1000 from Advanced Adapters and I would feel the need to rebuild any kind of motor before installing it. So as nice as the V6 swap sounds I can't see putting around $3000 into it (including donor motor and misc. parts). I've done...
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    toyota chinook motor upgrade/modification

    Cool! Sounds pretty dooable without too much grief. I will check out those places. Thanks
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    toyota chinook motor upgrade/modification

    Yeah, it's been a pretty cool truck....in some ways, not so cool in others. I'm not very sure on the history of the truck. Thanks for the suggestions. The 4.3 TBI sounds like a good option. If I wanted to use the stock manual trans. I suppose that there would be an adapter plate available? I...
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    toyota chinook motor upgrade/modification

    Oh yeah, I should have said that it has a 22R motor in it. Thanks for the reply, I will look into the 3rz swap. What is the benefit of using a 20R head.... bigger valves, taller cam? Thanks, Chuck
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    toyota chinook motor upgrade/modification

    I've got a 1983 toyota chinook 4x4 truck which has been really good to me, the only thing is that it is a real slug on the highway and it gets pretty bad mileage (probably about 12 - 14 mpg on the highway). I was thinking about rebuilding the motor (oversize the pistons and cam) and changing it...
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