Thrown Rod Toyota 22R Motor

http://www.solartruckstory.com/responsibility-part-ii-towing-adventure/ All of the jumping and racing we did with Maybeline finally broke her and we threw a rod right through the engine block on her stock 86' 22R Toyota motor. I know Top Gear couldn't keep this car down but apparently it is possible.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• toyota
• 22r
• racing
• clutch
• baja
• truck
• thrown
• rod
• blown
• engine

[dragracer417]

hey solar truck guy let me buy the truck from you or ill trade you my yota pickup

[solartruckstory]

@dragracer417 hey thanks for your interest but I sold the truck 6 months ago to a guy in Oklahoma. Fixed it up nice before selling, he's enjoying it, we changed our focus and decided the truck wasn't the best platform for solar/ev

[analog56x]

dude, that is a REALLY nice bumper and light setup! ive seen alot, but i REALLY like this one!

did you build it yourself?

[solartruckstory]

@analog56x thanks! I really liked her, we didn't build the truck, it was made by someone in Southern California... don't know the rest of the details, someone owned her before me.

[KiroTheGreat]

Its called change the damn oil every 3000 miles and don't red line it stupids and it won't happen.

[solartruckstory]

You're right, we should have had more oil in her and a sock or two over the air intake. Turns out there was a plastic cap on the air filter missing (just a little thing on the side) so lots of sand was getting in when we took it to the dunes.

[pinkpunx0305]

i want one sent to my house mmmmmm

[NitroDragster426]

Those 22Rs are sure tough but there is only one weakness. It uses a single roller timing chain, eventually the guides(plastic) break and when the chain gets loose it can punch a hole in the engine cover allowing water to get in the oil and causing one big mess

[hisblood27]

hard to throw a rod in a 22r, usually you have to drain the oil and run it nonstop for another 50000 miles

[FJoeForty]

@FJoeForty You could improve a first or second generation small block Chevy with Toyota 20/22R connecting rods......if not for the fact that the stock Toyota rods are thicker and longer. And to think there are H beams and Pautered Iron available for these four cylinders. What for? The stock ones can handle 400+ Horsepower for thousands of hours, despite what the vendors push you into buying when you've decided to boost beyond .5 Bar.

[FJoeForty]

@420witchdoctor The Chevy product today is incorporating what Toyota put on every vehicle they made. Deep skirt blocks, forged steel rotating assembly, and 0.001" machining accuracy. GM still persists on push rod valve train (added reciprocating mass) They are stubborn because this is 1920's tech that negates wide angle cam geometry, and variable valve timing and lift components. (The cam profile you have is the one your stuck with) I am a GM Mastertech, and Toyota tech. They are my expertise.

[FJoeForty]

The number two and three cylinders do this because they are the recipients of the EGR soot burden. Three things occur from this: The accumulation of carbon on these two piston tops propagate glowing embers which ping or softly predetonate all of the time.....punishing the rod bearings, then there is the buildup of carbon on the quench zones and plugs, fouling washes the walls with unused fuel. Doesn't take long for ring seal and oil intrusion soon after. Keep in mind this happens around 250-300K

[KiroTheGreat]

@solartruckstory >_<

[420witchdoctor]

Well that's probably because you don't OWN a Chevrolet. My buddys Caprice has a 305 HO small block and a 3-speed with OD and it has 634,xxx miles or probably more now on it. I didn't say Toyotas are bad, far from it, but everyone acts like they are god, but they'll break as fast as any other make or model. It's all in how you treat them. But as a rule of thumb, Chevys are very simple to work on.

[deputybrad]

I got over 354XXXkm on my 22re, still going strong. I don't see many Chevy small blocks going over a million or even half a million. I've ran my engine with almost no oil, regularly hit over 5000 RPM off road and commuted over an hour each way to school and back in the summer time, all while getting about 28mpg, try that in your 305HO.

[dragracer417]

im glad you realized the potential of the truck and sold it sucks i didnt get it thought that is a bad ass truck