mightyram50 known as archives, there's more stuff on youtube about swapped vans then any if the forums, maybe because there's no 2wd gas van/l300/express forum... aussies are crazy when it comes to vans i saw one express on youtube with a chevy v8 running in the 9's.

any guesses on the noise? with screwdriver as a stethoscope method the valve cover, head and upper block all sounded the same to me... another thing i noticed was the alternator pulley was skin burning hot after running for less then a minute but none of the other pulleys were