Salaam / Hi All,

I have been in 2 minds about the engine that will finally finds it way in the bay of the hilux.
I currently have a good condition SR20DE that came out of my Sentra when I did the swap.
The only items missing are bell housing, W58 gearbox, ECU, surge tank?
This very engine made about 120fwkw before I removed it.

Now for the purist in me;
I would really like to keep the hilux as pure as possible and would prefer to rather swap in a Toyota engine.
I have measured countless times and there is no way I will be fitting a 1UZ in there without gutting the engine bay.
I do not need the hilux to be stupid fast either, so no 1J, 2J, 3s etc is really required.

I would however like to have about 120-130fwkw with some basic mods.
I would not mind a 4age 16/20v but the current prices of engines are insane, at importers and private sellers alike.

I spoke to 2 well known mechanics that hale from the old school days of racing and knew there way around the motors of yesteryear.

The option I am more drawn towards, is dropping a Toyota 3T in the hilux and it requires minimum alteration to the cross member. Now I do not know these engines at all and would like some advise from the more knowledgeable members as to what works and what does not work on these engines to get to my target of 120-130fwkw.

The hilux will be driven often and occasionally need to tow a vehicle with a trailer, so heavy cam durations will not really be great for so called daily driving.

This is what I have in my head at the moment:
3T with original gearbox / W58
Skim the head to increase compression
Match port the head
272 / 276 degree cam
40mm Weber side draughts with proper linkages and tuned correctly
4-2-1 Branch with 57mm exhaust.

I am also aware that 20v ITB's can fitted with ECU but I am not too keen on it at the moment.

Any thoughts and/or comments?

Regards,
Henoja