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4 runner mods

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4 runner mods

Post by gen1runner »

hi all new member, im luxys little bro :roll:
just asking for some cheap and cheerful mods to a 85 4runner. it already has a 2" lift but want to know how to improve the engine thats in it (3Y carbie), any help would be most helpful thanx :D
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Re: 4 runner mods

Post by 4sum4 »

gen1runner wrote:hi all new member, im luxys little bro :roll:
just asking for some cheap and cheerful mods to a 85 4runner. it already has a 2" lift but want to know how to improve the engine thats in it (3Y carbie), any help would be most helpful thanx :D
Don`t worry about the motor,just concentrate on gears and lockers
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Post by gen1runner »

thanx for the reply so soon, :) what gears would be best and which lockers are best air operated (ARB) or the lock right diffs?
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Post by 4sum4 »

gen1runner wrote:thanx for the reply so soon, :) what gears would be best and which lockers are best air operated (ARB) or the lock right diffs?
all depends how much you wanna spend,air lockers front and rear and dualies or gear set 4.7 or 5.1
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Post by gen1runner »

it already has 4.88 gears as stock!!!! but no power to get up. will a locker help or will i need to rebuild it or get a 4y-c motor.(2.2) as i have the 3y (2.0). Pretty tired it has done nearly 300,000km. anyhone got a 4yc going cheap????
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Post by 4sum4 »

Not much differance in HP between the 3Y 4Y motors,Weld the rear and get a gear set,It makes a hugh differance a 1.3 zook will crawl 44`s with good gearing
If more power is what you want your going to have to do a conversion
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