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Haha my friend who has rich parents and finally admitted to me a few months ago he uses mummy and daddys money is a complete nut for cars and did a very similar thing to what you are thinking. He bought a 1981 brown honda civic i think it was and put a prelude engine in it. He even put old peoples stuff in the car to trick people until he put his foot down. Never got to see it in the flesh unfortunately, however what you are thinking of is unique but is this the right reason to do it? To be honest from my experience not a lot of people know what a GT4 is unless on these forums, I never knew they existed until 2007 and i had been in my mates a year or so earlier and just thought it was a celica.

Have you found somewhere that can do it? You can put any engine in any car just need to fabricate new mounts but obviously there is a lot more to take into account once the engine is in. Is the carina front wheel drive?

Usually what i say to people like this is just buy a GT4 ha but if you are determined to see it through you can always keep it at 2wd which would be easier by using the gearbox off an mr2.

installing the rear subframe for AWD might run into problems there??

also watch out for getting it cert'd, get it all done at once (ie bigger engine, turbo, AWD) and adjustable suspension if your going to do it aswell.


^ check the LTSA website for more info on that

Dont see why it wouldnt. the car shares the same chasis codes, drivetrains, and engines as the celica! Maybe if you can, go to a junkyard or use someone else's celica for a side by side comparison.

http://www.cars-directory.net/specs/toyota/carina_ed/1996_6/

IIRC there is a Carina model that is AWD so you might need the rear end from that and a 3S should fit up front. Do your research and it should be fairly straightforward if you can find the parts.

at200 is the st200 chassis with a 7A-FE front wheel drive power plant. Other than the power plant, it is the same chassis as the st200 but was only used for the Celica
st200 chassis was used only on the Carina ED. It could take a 3S-GE 4WD power plant or a 3S-FE or 4S-FE power plant with front wheel drive
st201 chassis was a slightly modified version of the st200 chassis for the Corona EXIV. This chassis was also used for the Carina ED in later years
st202 is the main chassis for the Celica. It is a slightly modified st201 chassis to accept a 3S-GE without 4WD. Later years of the Carina ED and Corona EXIV adopted this chassis and thus were available with front wheel drive 3S-GE power plant. The Curren also used this chassis.
st202c is the st202 converted to a convertible by ATC of America
st203 is a slightly different chassis to accomodate the 4 wheel steering this model has. Also used by the 4WS model of the Carina ED.
st204 is a slightly different chassis to accomodate the 5S-FE engine and transmission components. Only America (GT), Canada (GT-S) and Australia (SX and ZR) got Celica's using this chassis.
st205 is a slightly different chassis with a larger transmission tunnel to accomodate the 4 wheel drive this model has. Carina ED was also available with this chassis and 4WD.

st205 was the last Celica chassis before the 7th Gen, but not the last T20 chassis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_T2xx





Which is interesting as it would suggest that while the st202, st203 and st204 can't be converted to 4WD as the transmission tunnel isn't big enough, it may be possible to take the crappy at200 plus parts from a st200 Carina ED and convert the Celica to 4WD without serious mods to the chassis. Plus, a non-turbo 4WD has a certain appeal from an insurance viewpoint.