The 22R is carburated. The 22RE is fuel injected (EFI). The block is the same.


btw, I posted pics of the show. There's a thread in off topic.

 

Standard horsepower is better on the 22RE than the 22R, but carbs are easier to tune (as my car-junkie cousin says). The carbs on the basic 22R are mostly tuned to comply with emissions. Cali sucks when it comes to that.

 

yea i kno but im trying to see which is better with some headers for torque horsepower and gas mileage. and yea i saw them, wheres the yotasat out there??? lol

what u mean to comply with emissions?

 

They won't give as much power because the standard carb is somewhat restrictive. LC makes great carbs is what everyone else is saying, but it sounds like they're not as good for the environment. Forgive me, I am not great with carbuerators.

 

i was gonna throw on a weber or edelbrock carb tho son. lol

 

Gotcha.

 

haha yea i kno a lil bit... but i wanna kno what i can get a lil more power with, carb or fuel injection? david, whats ur opinion?

 

I know there's a Taco ext cab, but he wasn't there. He should be at the show in May.


Back in high school a friend of mine had a '77 Celica GT Liftback with a rebuilt 22R with Weber carbs, it was badass!
I did find this:
20R, 2190cc displacement, 8.4:1 compression, 96 hp
22R (Carb), 2367 cc disp, 9.0:1 compression, 100 hp
22RE (EFI), 2367 cc disp, 9.4:1 compression, 116 hp

The 22R looks killer with the sidedraft carbs, like this

But, I think that if you're looking for more power stick with 22RE.

 

how much more power is it tho? cuz i love how carbs look but id still love some power under my foot

 

well, right off the bat you're getting 16 more hp with the RE. Plus you can either turbo or supercharge the RE.

 

naw im not going all out, jus headers and intake with the RE, headers and bigger carb with the R

i want looks and power but damn do some of those REs look ugly

 

The other thing you should take into consideration is , like 88 mentioned, emissions. They're getting more strict everyday. You could get away cause the year of your truck, but I believe everything from 1994 up is fuel injected. I do love the looks of the 22R with sidedrafts. It performs well too.

 

mine is a 90... ill look into that when i get closer to buying my engine... but im planning on either the 22r, 22re... gotta remember this is eventually gonna be my fancy truck, show mobile lol so im going just as much for looks as performance

 

What do you have now?

 

22re... but remember it has 227000 miles on it right now so im gonna drop in a new engine regardless

 

What if you rebuild it? And I could be wrong on this, but I believe you can just remove the intake manifold and carburate it. You might check on that tho

 

naw, id rather drop in that 2.5 hehe

but yea, the great debate, good thing i got at least 2-3 yrs till then

 

hey at least he still drives a yota product!

i would just rebuild it, much cheaper than buying a new one. the head i put on my 88 (efi from a 91) was from a 87 carbed engine and everything bolts right on. i would imagine it could go the opposite way. and living in cali i would stick with the re since you can't pass smog with a weber.

 

so i CANT pass smog with the weber... okay i got it, so im stuck with the RE even tho its a 90? alrighty. but i wanted the LC 2.5L over the stock 2.4L

 

but he could get away with a carb if it was a full blown show truck that he doesn't drive, right?