Mr.Pink86

Alright I bought an engine stand, borrowed a hoist and I plan on taking my motor out tommorrow after work and I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of problems that i would run into.

djdoughboy

what are you planning on doing to it?

Mr.Pink86

I blew a head gasket, getting that replaced is a tad bit expensive so I'm going to buy a new motor, the haynes manual for the camry gives alot of information but i would like to talk to someone that has done it before and know common problems etc.

mcelligott

The head gaskets will blow on the new motor too, unless you managed to get one with low miles.

Pheonix

Yeah you better check / replace all those gaskets on the used engine. You better check the radiator & anything coolant related on both engines before you wind up with another blown head gasket!

Mr.Pink86

ok i was going to start today but garage was to messy but i'm starting tommorrow, oh another question has anyone heard of using the bottom end of a 3.3 or 3.5 motor and boring the cyl. to to fit the pistons, is this worth it?

Pheonix

They're completely different blocks. The coolant routing on the truck 3.4L 5vz-fe is also different, so you can't use 3vz-fe heads on a 5vz-fe block either.
Displacement isn't that important. It only provides a linear gain in power. It wouldn't be worth enouhg power to be worth the effort. It's not like a retarded american v8 where you can take something that starts @ 5.4L then magically add 20% displacement to it without even trying.