Sorry if this post is in the wrong place I just wondered if anybody on here has a book put out by advanced adapters called the toyota truck tech manual ? its supposed to have good info.
I just wondered whats in it and if its got good info on ford V-8
swaps.

Thanks

I've got a copy. It's pretty good, covers the basics anyway. You'll have to be more specific about what you want to do if you want more help. Honestly, the guys here can probably give you more info than the AA book. :p The book does cover what products AA makes to help with the swap, motor mounts, tranny/case adapters and such.

If you really want a book, I'd say the AA book is worth getting and a good place to start. It helps with your options. All the easy options are listed in nice tables. The real nuts and bolts of doing the swap are likely found here though. Do a search and you'll probably find more than you ever wanted to know about motor swapping. It's all basicly the same, just the details are different. If you have specific questions after the search, post up and I'm sure the gods of 4x4 here can help out. Be sure to salute them, :flipoff2: .

Seems you should be able to get better and more info by just searching the web...

Well actualy im in the process of the 5.0HO/T5 swap and I wanted to know if they recomended a bocy lift. Or more specificly if you can do it without one. Also how the speedometer interfaces. if the toy is electric how can you interface with the gear speedo of the T5. And other info like radiators and heater core water line re-routing. I can figure it out myself im sure I was just thinking if they give part numbers to make the stuff work that it may be worth the greenbacks...

You can do that swap in an '854Runner if you have a 2" body lift and cut out the entire front clip and raise the engine a few inches and move the engine forward a few inched to clear the bell housing on the AOD so you don't have to hack into the firewall.

Of course, you could stick to Toyota axles in place of Rockwells to prevent all of this other work can came along with it :D

Have you checked this out. There is more to the Web site then the BB!!!!

http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/Engine/index2.html

Oops ive looked at that and studied it for a long while. and also have mailed brandon and got some questions answered.And I also saw how difficult it was to used the NP435 with a toyota which is why I chose to stick with the T-5.

Originally posted by 3vze
Well actualy im in the process of the 5.0HO/T5 swap and I wanted to know if they recomended a bocy lift. Or more specificly if you can do it without one. Also how the speedometer interfaces. if the toy is electric how can you interface with the gear speedo of the T5. And other info like radiators and heater core water line re-routing. I can figure it out myself im sure I was just thinking if they give part numbers to make the stuff work that it may be worth the greenbacks...


I suspect they recomend the lift, but I can look in the book I have if you really want to know what they think. IMO, you will need to get creative if you don't do the BL, doesn't mean it can't be done though. You could move the drivetrain down a little, hack the firewall and tunnel, build custom mounts to put it where you want it and it will fit, etc..

Spedo is cake, just get an electronic sender that will bolt to the T5. I'm sure you can find one with a search or someone will chime in here for you. My drivetrain has an electronic sender allready and I'm using a VDO electronic spedo to interface to it. Older Toy speedos are cable driven, the one in my 88 was. Make sure yours is new enough to have an electronic one.

For the rad, I'm using the stock rad from the new engine. It fits fine, but my engine is a V6. Fan is the Ford Taurus electric fan in the tech article here. Heater core lines are custom, just go to Autozone and buy some heater hose and run them where they need to go.

Expect a lot of custom fab stuff, not just from the mounts and such either. Little things add up and cause headaches, hoses, wiring, fitting everything, etc.. Even if you buy all the AA stuff for the swap, you still have some of that to deal with. The part numbers AA does give you are for thier expensive stuff. If money is no object and you want stuff that is nearly bolt-on, call AA and buy everything they make for the 5.0. It'll cost you, but I hear they make good stuff.

Oh, watch the steering box. Mine ended up very close to the steering pump on my Ford V6. Make sure you have clearance on that side on the engine. With a V8, it would be best if there were no accessory there at all, IMO.

Do you have the wiring done yet? If you can, buy an aftermarket harness for that thing. I modified the stock one from the doner because I couldn't find a pre-built one for the engine I got. It wasn't too bad, but took a lot of head scratching and a wiring book to figgure out.