Eck,

Thanks for the heads up, I am getting a manual engine. The reason for that is it is $200 and had low miles.

But something everyone should think about when considering this conversion is what it's intended use is, especially before you mod the engine. Diesels are a great thing but they have awesome torque. The only problem here is that all the torque will find the weak link. And where the turbo spools, the torque band and all might be a little tuff when you throw how we treat our rigs on the trails. SO I am just going to throw a stock TDI in for now.
I personally daily drive, crawl, cruise the mountain backroads and such. I have no intention of competing with this vehicle. And for all of this the 22re is really fine for me, Toyota did a great job when they designed this engine and mine only has 30,000 miles on the rebuild, and it was a solid rebuild no cheapo parts were used here.
My goal is to make my own fuel and get great mileage. I hate stressing in the mountains about getting low on fuel, jerry cans, blah blah. The other part is to end my reliance on oil companies who continue to gouge us at the pumps while reporting record profits quarter after quarter, at the same time telling us the high prices are due to supply and demand. As well as to support the diesel movement in the US. WHY IN THE #$&* CAN WE NOT GET NEW TOYOTA DIESELS IN THE USA WHEN THEY SELL LIKE HOTCAKE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD!!!
I know others have different opions on the entire above paragraph, this is just my feeling.
The business I am in allows me to see and hear things that the ave. joe would never get to see or hear, and this is what sealed the deal for me doing this swap. It's like working for a boss or owner that is just a real horrible person and everyday even though you are getting payed to do a job, provide incurance for your family, new house car and all that which is great. At the end of the day we just helped make some ass%$#& that much richer.

Ok enough rambling
Mojo