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Comment by Lakota Wolf on September 20, 2013 at 8:38pm

The Mini's are awesome. Compact but roomy at the same time. I agree with the V-6 over the 20R or 22R for hills.  Nice rig.

Comment by Harry U. McClain on September 20, 2013 at 8:45am

Pat, when I bought the sunrader, it had the 22r 4 cyl. engine with 4 speed manual tranny. The 22r didn’t have the power to pull well in the mountains, so I built headers, added weber carb, 5 speed manual tranny and rv cam, which helped on the power problem but still was not good in the mountains.  As a result I bought a GM 4.3 Vortec v6 with 5 speed manual tranny, added  weber carb and dual independent exhaust system.  This gave me 250 hp as opposed to 100 hp with the 22r.  This made the sunrader a dream to drive and the mileage is as good or better than the 22r.
The toyota v6 is a better choice than the 22r and will get you150 hp and would be an easy switch.
I had considered the toyota v6 switch but wanted more hp.

I had to do a 2 inch cab and coach lift to get the engine and tranny to fit but worked out great. Will post more pictures as soon as it quits raining and I can got some new  pics.
Harry