Motor swap a couple of options, help please?
11-15-2010, 02:06 PM
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Motor swap a couple of options, help please? Well first off I am converting my previously turboed Toyota Tacome over to a 5.3 V8 so it will be able to tow and open a can of whoop *** on occasion.
I talked to a local salvage yard and they have a couple motor/trans setups, one without harness but WITH computer, or another one with harness and a smashed computer...from what i have read it seems that a computer isnt hard to find, and I guess it can be flashed for the specific application in order to run like stock (to pass smog with the ref)..
Am I right in my thinking here? I saw that a painless harness is about $600 to me thats not so painless..
Should I go for the onesetup with a bad computer and just get one and reflash it??
BTW the yard wants $1500 for a complete motor, trans, harness, and computer, but I think that price will be adjusted since it will be missing a computer or harness..
Is this price too high? I am just trying to make the proper decision so I can get my truck running again.
Thanks guys...
I talked to a local salvage yard and they have a couple motor/trans setups, one without harness but WITH computer, or another one with harness and a smashed computer...from what i have read it seems that a computer isnt hard to find, and I guess it can be flashed for the specific application in order to run like stock (to pass smog with the ref)..
Am I right in my thinking here? I saw that a painless harness is about $600 to me thats not so painless..
Should I go for the onesetup with a bad computer and just get one and reflash it??
BTW the yard wants $1500 for a complete motor, trans, harness, and computer, but I think that price will be adjusted since it will be missing a computer or harness..
Is this price too high? I am just trying to make the proper decision so I can get my truck running again.
Thanks guys...
