Congrats on having more power! Where are the pictures of this beast? And the details on what things had to be modified to make her fit?
I'd start with Mike's page on the swap on
www.offroadsolutions.com. But, in short, just about everything, much of which I had done incrementally in the last couple years. To summarize-
Transmission (R151, but the new motor's R150 would work modified to accept the Crawlers.
Radiator, 3.0 V6 required.
Exhaust of course, Maremont 2.5" freeflow cat, full 2.5" system headers back, which was large (2.5" non-mandrel cat back sorta equivalent to 2.25 but not exactly) for a 22RE, but not anymore. My Flowmaster works fine. Really fine. Really really fine. Sooooo fine. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Not too loud, just there in a really pleasing way, esp. with the Can-Back with Jake and Mrs. Jake in the back, the lovely Mrs. Morgan shotgun, and a late-night Dairy Queen directly in our sights...
Drivetrain relocated approximately 3" forward, with the attendant complications including a shifter that snakes like that python in that really cheesy movie on the SciFi channel. I did the shifter snake to make Mike's life easier, I get to do it again now with more precision... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />
New motor mounts, new crossmember mounts, custom crossover running very close to the firewall requiring thought, which Mike definitely put into it. New hoses of various origin, keep the 1996 emissions, and of course the wiring harness <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />. It's complicated enough to intimidate me, and I have a tech degree in electronics and use to inspect aerospace ground and flight electronics. So I'm picky- and I see NOTHING to grouse about, the harness is VERY nice. Two ODBII ports, one in-cab.
In short-short: gut the drivetrain and start over. It's a little involved to do really right, & make it factory. Got some admiration at the Burt Toyota service dept. yesterday, even crude as it is till I do the cosmetics. Except for the bonehead salesman who thought I should have done a V8 <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />. He has a 2004 4Runner with NOS. Oh, nice. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
