5vz Toyota 3.4 four cam 5 speed automatic transmission

[bigdaddyof4]

A 19 year old kid in Bolivia jus put a 5vz Toyota 3.4 four cam 5 speed automatic transmission in an EB. Just thought it was interesting

 

[roundhouse]

Link. ?

 

[bigdaddyof4]

Face book "Ford Bronco's 66-77" his name is Jose Elias Justiniano Burgos

 

[bigdaddyof4]

I invited him to this site but not sure he has visited

 

[bigdaddyof4]

 

[73azbronco]

Had that motor in my Taco, sold it at 210,000 miles and going on strong.

 

[roundhouse]

My 96 yota had 315K on it when I sold it and it was running great
No clue why this guy used a automatic
The Toyota 5 speed manuals are the best manuals on the planet . The NV3550 is almost a direct copy.
Those motors are indestructible
Don't blow out spark plugs...
Don't eat coil packs ...
Don't snap off spark plugs ...
Don't eat cam phasers ...

I don't Facebook , I have an actual life instead. So only info I will see about this swap is whatever someone posts here

 

[broncoitis]

That is pretty interesting! What kind of power do they put out and can they move the little bread box around efficiently. Although I never owned one I always thought that the older Toyotas were somewhat underpowered.

 

[TOOLMAN]

The predecessor of the 3.4 was the 3.0 which was absolutely gutless. Also had a penchant for blowing head gaskets. That 3.4 is good and torquey, also pretty bulletproof as previously mentioned. I think it would be alright. Definitely better with a 5-speed. I think putting the 2uz-fe 4.7 V8 with an auto in a Bronco would be pretty sweet!

 

[67686977]

There were plenty of LS haters, but not a word on this?

 

[Rustytruck]

Why haters this motor makes perfect sense in Bolivia.
I wish I had the guts to take the 3.5 out of my Nissan Pathfinder and put it in a Bronco and see how it would do. Talk about haters if I did that.

 

[broncodriver99]

What kind of power do they put out and can they move the little bread box around efficiently.

190HP 220ft/lbs.

My 02 Taco is pretty peppy.

 

[EFI Guy]

There were plenty of LS haters, but not a word on this?

Give it time, some of us have been busy this morning.

I'm a hater, partially because I'm a brand loyalist and a "buy American" sort of guy. The other part of me just despises working on Japanese trucks. The only thing I despise more than Japanese trucks are the newer British offerings. This is coming from a guy that works on mostly Porsche, BMW, VW, Audi as a day job.

Fortunately, those Toyotas are pretty reliable and take very little to keep them going. They aren't immune from problems, but with proper maintenance I see 300k out of them quite a bit.

Having said that, I give the kid Kudos. I have no idea what the Ford V8 market is like in Bolivia but I suspect it was much easier to find the Toy motor, and it will likely be easier to source replacement parts for a Toy motor than a Ford V8 down there. And, at 19 years old I admire his ambition to tackle a project like that.

Now, if it were one of you guys that did it, make no mistake, I would be in your build thread poking fun at you. ;D

 

[bigdaddyof4]

I truly admire this kid he says "I work all day in a Porsche consecionaria and step classes at the university
for two weeks I've been working about two to three hours in the jeep
And I still do not quite" direct quote I'll let you decipher it. I explained to him we never call am EB a jeep lol

 

[Ly-mo]

Wouldn't be my first choice for an engine swap, but as others have said- they are indestructible. As a dealership tech, I routinely saw Tacos with way over 300k on the first engine. More than enough power to pull a bronco around- I'd want 4.56 gears or deeper though.

 

[73azbronco]

My guess is the availability of 302/5.0 let alone 351 is nil down there.

 

[panteramatt]

My 96 yota had 315K on it when I sold it and it was running great
No clue why this guy used a automatic
The Toyota 5 speed manuals are the best manuals on the planet . The NV3550 is almost a direct copy.
Those motors are indestructible
Don't blow out spark plugs...
Don't eat coil packs ...
Don't snap off spark plugs ...
Don't eat cam phasers ...

I don't Facebook , I have an actual life instead. So only info I will see about this swap is whatever someone posts here

HA well said about facebook.

 

[panteramatt]

Give it time, some of us have been busy this morning.

I'm a hater, partially because I'm a brand loyalist and a "buy American" sort of guy. The other part of me just despises working on Japanese trucks. The only thing I despise more than Japanese trucks are the newer British offerings. This is coming from a guy that works on mostly Porsche, BMW, VW, Audi as a day job.

Fortunately, those Toyotas are pretty reliable and take very little to keep them going. They aren't immune from problems, but with proper maintenance I see 300k out of them quite a bit.

Having said that, I give the kid Kudos. I have no idea what the Ford V8 market is like in Bolivia but I suspect it was much easier to find the Toy motor, and it will likely be easier to source replacement parts for a Toy motor than a Ford V8 down there. And, at 19 years old I admire his ambition to tackle a project like that.

Now, if it were one of you guys that did it, make no mistake, I would be in your build thread poking fun at you. ;D

Im with you. Diehard FORD guy but Im looking for a used commuter car and looking at the jetta TDI but they have their problems.