If you get the 302 for your Toyota pickup, can you still keep your manual transmission or do you have to change it into an automatic?
Originally Posted by TigerDan
I worked with a guy back in the early '80s who had a Chevy-powered Toyota 4X4 pickup, there were quite a few of them running around town at the time, as well as some V8-powered Landcrushers. A friend bought a Landcrusher that someone had swapped in the big GMC V6, I think they were 305 CID. The engine is so big, it looks like a V8 till you start counting spark plugs. Weighs a bunch. I would go for the 302 like Mustangfreak says. Much lighter than a Chevy, no dist-to-firewall interference problems, and, it's a FORD! -TD