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Re: 22R-TE - Automatic or Manual?

Posted By: John Bridge

Posted On: August 21, 2002 at 12:25 pm EDT

so would it just be smarter to maybe buy a old used 22rte and just take the whole turbo setup out of it and bolt it onto my current 22re?

Steven Benner wrote:

> Of course there is the celica
> turbo header/downpipe. That is
> the major item needed to fit
> an RTE into a Celica.
>
> IIRC all turbo 22R's are post
> 85. So they have the TCCS setu
> p. And IIRC 84 celicas were an
> alog. At very least the TPS wo
> nt work. The TCCS TPS is 4-pin
> , the earlier TPS is 3. I am n
> ot sure if the turbo ECU was t
> he same as the N/A ECU. But I
> think they were.
>
> You should be able to hook an
> auto tranny up to it no proble
> m. Those trannys are suposed t
> o be fairly strong. I wouldn't
> go attaching a 300HP engine t
> o one though.
>
> There are allways lots of litt
> le details to work out in an e
> ngine swap. Personaly, I think
> you would get a better engine
> , and a better match for your
> car if you rebuild your presen
> t 22RE for turbo. That way you
> don't have to worry about wha
> t year engine you got.
>
> BTW I think there will be addi
> tional problems if you got an
> 89+ engine. Not too sure on th
> is one though.
>
> Steve

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Re: 22R-TE - Automatic or Manual? - Steve Thom 08/22/02 (2)

Re: 22R-TE - Automatic or Manual? - John Bridge 08/22/02 (1)

Re: 22R-TE - Automatic or Manual? - Steven Benner 08/23/02 (0)

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Message:	John Bridge wrote: > so would it just be smarter to > maybe buy a old used 22rte an > d just take the whole turbo se > tup out of it and bolt it onto > my current 22re? > > > Steven Benner wrote: > > > Of course there is the celic > a > > turbo header/downpipe. That > is > > the major item needed to fit > > an RTE into a Celica. > > > > IIRC all turbo 22R's are pos > t > > 85. So they have the TCCS se > tu > > p. And IIRC 84 celicas were > an > > alog. At very least the TPS > wo > > nt work. The TCCS TPS is 4-p > in > > , the earlier TPS is 3. I am > n > > ot sure if the turbo ECU was > t > > he same as the N/A ECU. But > I > > think they were. > > > > You should be able to hook a > n > > auto tranny up to it no prob > le > > m. Those trannys are suposed > t > > o be fairly strong. I wouldn > 't > > go attaching a 300HP engine > t > > o one though. > > > > There are allways lots of li > tt > > le details to work out in an > e > > ngine swap. Personaly, I thi > nk > > you would get a better engin > e > > , and a better match for you > r > > car if you rebuild your pres > en > > t 22RE for turbo. That way y > ou > > don't have to worry about wh > a > > t year engine you got. > > > > BTW I think there will be ad > di > > tional problems if you got a > n > > 89+ engine. Not too sure on > th > > is one though. > > > > Steve
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