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Re: engine swap
| Posted By: | SUPRASTAR |
| Posted On: | December 02, 2004 at 4:49 pm GMST |
I TOO LOVE THE GT-S I JUST FINISHED BUILDING A 22RTE FROM THE P/U. WHAT BLAST NOW MY CONVERTIBLE HAS THE POWER THAT I WANT ABOUT 225HP @15LBS OF BOOST THIS WAS THE MOST AFFORDABLE SWAP. YOU CAN USE THE STOCK TRANNY AND THERE ISNT TO MUCH FABBING UP TO DO BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK
andy wrote:
> I have an 85 GTS and i love it
> to death but it is just a lit
> tle too underpowered so im loo
> king to do an engine swap (alr
> eady have a B16A in my CRX).
> I was wondering what engine wo
> uld maintain reliability give
> decent power 150hp-whatever an
> d not cost too much money. I
> just want to keep it a manual
> transmission and not add too m
> uch weight therfore...
> 1uz-fe auto tranny only comput
> er wont run well with a manual
> supra 7m-gte, good but heavy.
> 1jz hard to get parts at times
> being a jdm only engine not t
> o mention converting the wirin
> g harness. 2jz, well can i bor
> row 6-8 thousand dollars from
> you?
> how about the V6's 3vz or the
> newer 5vz which can take a TRD
> SC but again the 5vz only cam
> e as a manual in the t100 so i
> ts a little hard to find a goo
> d one at a decent price.
> my latest thought is that our
> celicas are powered by the old
> 4 banger truck engines, why n
> ot just slip in one of the new
> er 4 cylinder taco engines? th
> e 3rz has 150hp according to t
> oysport.com and 177 torque the
> y are newer, reliable and not
> too expensive from what i've s
> een and best of all they will
> accept a TRD supercharger. wha
> t are your thoughts? has anybo
> dy swapped a different engine
> into their celica? ohhh and i
> have 2 spoilers that wrap all
> the way around the rear window
> but dont cover it and i would
> nt mind parting with them for
> a couple bucks(im in reno NV)
> sorry no shipping.
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