Best year for old 2- wheel pickup
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From: km on 20 Apr 2007 13:55 Hey Folks, Looking for info on the best year / motor to get in the 2-wheel drive extended. cab truck. My plan is to get an early 90's or late 80's and rebuild it if I have to and keep for a long time. Plan to have a small camper set up for use a few times a year. Use as daily driver. and do some light hauling. I want the most economical buget minded deal I can get. And like I say willing to put in money to rebuild if it means a lot of years as a low buget ride. Thanks for any help. Warm Regards, Karl
From: Dan G on 20 Apr 2007 17:23 Most anything from '88 on up is pretty much the same up until '95. You should be looking at a 22RE 4-cyl and 5-speed. Any real differences are purely cosmetic. The later models will have a bigger cab space. "km" <meyerkarl(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1177091727.395360.71800(a)n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > Hey Folks, > > Looking for info on the best year / motor to get in the 2-wheel drive > extended. cab truck. My plan is to get an early 90's or late 80's and > rebuild it if I have to and keep for a long time. Plan to have a small > camper set up for use a few times a year. Use as daily driver. and do > some light hauling. I want the most economical buget minded deal I > can get. And like I say willing to put in money to rebuild if it means > a lot of years as a low buget ride. > > Thanks for any help. > > Warm Regards, > > Karl >
From: bearman on 20 Apr 2007 18:32 "km" <meyerkarl(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1177091727.395360.71800(a)n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > Hey Folks, > > Looking for info on the best year / motor to get in the 2-wheel drive > extended. cab truck. My plan is to get an early 90's or late 80's and > rebuild it if I have to and keep for a long time. Plan to have a small > camper set up for use a few times a year. Use as daily driver. and do > some light hauling. I want the most economical buget minded deal I > can get. And like I say willing to put in money to rebuild if it means > a lot of years as a low buget ride. > > Thanks for any help. > > Warm Regards, > > Karl > I had a '94 Toyota PU that I bought in December 1993. Sold it last month when I bought a new Tacoma Access cab. That '94 was still going strong. -- Bearman America: Land of the free because of the brave.
From: JeB on 20 Apr 2007 21:10 On 20 Apr 2007 10:55:27 -0700, km <meyerkarl(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Hey Folks, > >Looking for info on the best year / motor to get in the 2-wheel drive >extended. cab truck. My plan is to get an early 90's or late 80's and >rebuild it if I have to and keep for a long time. Plan to have a small >camper set up for use a few times a year. Use as daily driver. and do >some light hauling. I want the most economical buget minded deal I >can get. And like I say willing to put in money to rebuild if it means >a lot of years as a low buget ride. > Another vote for Toyota.
From: Ernie Leimkuhler on 21 Apr 2007 01:45
In article <1177091727.395360.71800(a)n76g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, km <meyerkarl(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hey Folks, > > Looking for info on the best year / motor to get in the 2-wheel drive > extended. cab truck. My plan is to get an early 90's or late 80's and > rebuild it if I have to and keep for a long time. Plan to have a small > camper set up for use a few times a year. Use as daily driver. and do > some light hauling. I want the most economical buget minded deal I > can get. And like I say willing to put in money to rebuild if it means > a lot of years as a low buget ride. > > Thanks for any help. > > Warm Regards, > > Karl Toyota trucks have a few generations, all with variations of the excellent 22R engine. The first real trucks were from '79 to '83. The real heyday was from '84 to '88 (these are my preferred trucks as I own 3 of them). Then the body style changed again from '89 to '94. The 22R used from '79 to '83 is different from the later versions in that it has a taller block, taller head, longer timing chain and round exhaust ports. These engines also were used in many of the '84's even though the body style had changed. The 22R engine was virtually unchanged from '85 to '95, other than a ever growing emissions control. The original 22R had around 85 HP in the carbureted version. The later 22R had around 95 HP iwith a carb or 110 HP with fuel injection. The turbo version was around 125 - 130 HP. I would avoid the turbo because of repair costs, I own both carbed and fuel injected trucks. Te carbed versions have less power, but are easier to trouble shoot by yourself. The fuel injected engines are definitely more powerful, but if some of the sensors or computerized systems get wonky, it requires a more sophisticated level of training to trouble shoot. In the 2 wheel drive trucks in the mid 80's there are a few transmissions to look for. The standard 5 speed tranny was a W55, and it works fine, but you will be limited to tires no larger than 205R14's. You will get a bit more torque if you stay to 195R14's. The problem with these small tires is lack of payload capacity. Both of my main trucks now have 1-ton transmissions. My '85 flatbed is a factory 1-ton so it has the W56 tranny. Way more torque, and I can use my favorite tires, 27X8.5R14. These tires have a 6 ply side wall and can run up to 50 PSI for heavy loads. My '86 extra-cab longbed is now a hybrid. It was a factory 1/2 - ton, with really wimpy rear springs. Now it has the springs, axle, drive lines, and tranny from a 1-ton. makes a world of difference. Another option is to use a 4WD tranny and adapt the drive lines. In '89 toyota expanded the Xtracab area, but no longer offered the Xtra-cab with a longbed. In '90 they required a V6 with the 1-ton, and you really don't want a 3VZE V6 engine if you can avoid it. In '95 they came out with the first Tacoma truck, but it still had the 22R engine. Toyota also got out of the flatbed and commercial chassis market in '95. |