well i know that personally i am some body who went from a small block back to the 22re, and i only have stiffer valve springs and a stage 3 cam with kn drop in filter and 2.5 exhaust with a flowmaster. i mean i am only running 36 swampers right now and will be going 38.5 here soon, but i was turning 42' with that small block and yes i was practically unstopable, till the damn plug wires got on the exhaust and i turned the motor and tranny in to omelets. but hey i beat a stroked 450r on the flats by two truck lengths, hell yeah now that was moving fast, kinda skerd me actually.

if you gear the toyota drive train with a doubler and lower diff gears and dont just plant the pedal to the floor and use some skill the 22re will out run a 350, especially on fuel.

that does not mean speed by any means but you can get farther on the technical stuff with the 4-banger, if you are hitting nothin but mud bogs and racing on the dunes or logging roads than yeah a 350 i suppose would be better. that just means i would look at the type of wheelin you are going to be doing mostly and how much you like to fix your truck, cause horse power aint cheap.

nick