88 4RUNNER 22RE! HELP/OPINIONS

[ricecr]

HI, IM FROM COSTA RICA, IM STARTING OUT A PROJECT WITH AN OLD RUNNER I HAD WITH OUT USE ON MY GARAGE... IVE NEVER IN TO THIS 4X4 OFFROAD THING, ITS MY FIRST TIME! I JUST TO BE MORE INTO IMPORT TUNER, DRAG RACER, ETC... BUT THEY ARE 2 DIFFERENT WORLDS, SO I NEED YOUR HELP.

ITS A 1988 22RE AUTOMATIC TRANS 4X4 IS NOT THE ONE WITH SOLID AXEL ON FRONT.
IM GETTING A ROUGH COUNTRY 4" SUSP KIT AND THAT ALL I HAVE UP TO TODAY. ILL PROBABLY WILL BE USING 33X12.5 R15 ON IT, IT SHOULD DO OK I THINK.

IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH IDEAS, SUGESTIONS AND ANYTHING TO HELP ME BUILT THIS CAR ILL APRECIATE A LOT!
MY IDEA IS SOMETHING JUST TO HAVE FUN, IS NOT GOING TO BE A DAILY DRIVE DO, BUT I WANT SOME THING STRONG ENOUGH.

NOW THIS SOME OF THE HELP I NEED:
1- I SAW BEFORE THIS CHART: 86-96 4Runner
* 33" 3" lift 4.88 gears
* 34" 5" lift 4.88 or 5.29 gears
* 35" 5" lift 5.29 gears
* 36+" 5" lift 5.29 gears
HONESTLY I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT GEARS MY TRUCK HAS, I SEE THERE THAT I NEED A 4.88. SO IF SOME ONE COULD LET ME KNOW WHAT DOES IT HAS FROM FACTORY?

2- EXHAUST, I WAS GOING TO HAVE CUSTOM MADE HEADERS AND EXHAUST, BUT I DONT WHAT SIZE SHOULD I HAVE IT DONE SO I DONT LOOSE TO MUCH POWER. I READ BEFORE THAT SOMETIMES PPL USE EXHAUST FROM A 22R. WHATS THE DIFFERNCE AND DOES IT REALLY IMPROVES?

3- POWER, WHAT MODS CAN I DO TO MY ENGINE TO GAIN SOME POWER ENOUG TO MOVE THE 33" TIRES AND STIL BE ABLE TO GO IN TO A GOOD DEEP MUD OR CLIMB A HILL.

4- ANY THING ELSE YOU COULD HELP ME, INFO, OPINION, IDEAS LIKE I SAID ABOVE ILL REALY REALLY THANK YOU!


THANK YOU´LL IN ADVANCE!!
BEST REGARDS!

[fourwd1]

Welcome to TOR

Your 22RE/auto should have 4.30 gears from the factory, axle code G282 on the VIN tag.

Your chart is suggested lift size/tire size/gearing combos, based on a 5 spd transmission.
With the auto you want to go one step lower, hence your 4.30 gears while a 22RE/5 spd comes with 4.10 gears.
So for 33's 5.29's would work.

For headers, Doug Thorley makes a good one for the 22R/RE.

For power, in addition to headers, there are cams and performance heads. engnbldr.com has heads and cams, and is a good guy to deal with.

[ricecr]

TY fourwd1...

So I should get 5.29? Is this stil going to give good driving on city or hwy?

[fourwd1]

It should put you back close to whatever performance and mileage you get with stock size tires, and that's the point of regearing, to get the engine back into the powerband it was designed for.

For example, I run 5.29 gears with 36" tires on my 22R/5 spd and it is the equivalent of the stock size tires and stock 4.10 gears (I know because the speedo is dead on).

Typically 33's and 4.88 gears do the same (or close to) on a 22R/5 spd. With an auto you would go the next step lower (5.29's). Exactly how close it would get you I can't say for absolutely sure.