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Hi everyone. As the title states I'm looking to swap a 94 5FSE into a 98 body. The body on the 98 is excellent and its already setup as my AutoX car. The 94 has a good motor but the body is completely gone. Both are complete cars so I have full access to all parts and harnesses. The 98's motor is just about dead, the previous owner ran it without coolant for over 30 min and everything is off in terms of specs(it also sounds like an old truck) Now that the seasons over I want to move the good motor over until I can source a BEAMS or 3SGTE motor. Only main difference I've seen is the setup regarding the distributor. Has anyone came across this before and have an easy work around.

The car was going to be in street prepared class. Stock engine and drivetrain with suspension and brake upgrades. That's the class my friends run and its mostly low end cars for a laugh rather then to be competive. After reading your replies I am interest in this 3S-GE motor even if it outclasses me from my friends.
http://torontojdm.com/cart.php?target=prod...category_id=117
Not sure if I linked that right but is that the red top motor you mentioned. It's a complete motor with harness and ecu. Anything else you can think of that I'd need before starting. I may just replace the water pump on the stock motor for now and gather the parts and materials for a swap after I've learned an bit more about the car

Hi everybody. I'm new to celica's and toyotas in general after coming from mainly building 13b rotarys. I found a nice 1998 Gt with an excellent body( which is very rare here) but the water pump failed and it over heated so it was sold cheap. The only motor here for sale are 2001 Camry motors. I know both engines are roughly the same except the Camry has coils. My question is can I swap the 2001 Camry motor in? I need to keep it the same motor for autoX classing. Can I swap the distributer over along with my other accessories and make it work or does the celica head need to be swapped over to the Camry block? Any info would be great. Thanks