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Hi! I'm actually over at toyotavanpeople.com too!
Imagine that!

check out http://www.toyotavanpeople.com, the "brother" site. All about 4wd Toyota vans too!

thanks all.

Actually it is a carby, and it gets 40mpg!!!
That's the real reason he wanted to swap. The 2wd it is in was hit, has no muffler and holes in the trunk. <_<

My brother wants to try and swap an E engine from a 1990 tercel into his 1987 4wd.

Is this even feasable? The E is mounted sideways and the distributor sticks out what would be the back. Would engine mounts work out at all?

Ok, here are the tire specs:
27" Super Swamper Radial SSR
Size: 27x9.50R14LT
Ply Rating: 6
Skid Depth: 21/32
Tread Width: 7.9
O.D. : 27.5
C.S. : 9.5
Rim: 14x6.5-8.5
Max PSI: 50

So this is for 14" wheels, we may do 15" but we actually need to figure out what wheels would fit both the tercel and the ...

OK, custom springs...
What about leaf springs vs. coil springs?
If we're welding new suspension points anyway...
A guy at Olympic offroad said "4 piece suspension lift, that would be a nightmare!"

The only thing holding us back at the moment is lack of cashflow, oh and
3-AC it would be great to ...

All is well, once again!
The rear BRAKES were totally shot!
We went to Walts and they fixed it all up nice, plus they pointed out that the starter was about to fall off and tightened that

The guy who sold us the Tercel said one of the wheel bearings was going out.

How do we figure which it is, and why does the Chilton's not mention wheel bearings?

There's a TOY!

A company named Stomper made a toy that is a battery powered 4x4 Tercel lifted with huge tires!

There are a few on eBay, just look for "stomper tercel"!!!

Ok, so he wants to put the biggest engine that will easily go in, for more power.
Somebody suggested the 22RE.

Power steering actually sounds like a better idea now, too.
Didn't they make 4x4 tercels with power steering?

Cool!!
Uh, we're in Tacoma, I don't know where you are 3acpower.

Yeah he wants 27 inch tires, so that would necessitate lengthening the suspension bars in the back, as well as longer bars and drive shafts in the front. The wheel wells could be scooped out in the front a bit more, if the wheels are ...