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Well I never said this would be the next big thing all I wanted to know is the quote they gave me a reasonable price. I could not care less if you dont believe me then ignore this thread no one is making you post here anyway. The shop DOES import rear clips and parts from japan of course but do you think I really want to pay more for the shipping when he has one laying around his shop that I could use in stead of ordering one, waiting, and paying more? Now chacha asked me to get him a quote and I will personally I will go back there and also take pics *if he doesnt mind* but the shop isnt what you call "close" to me its out of my way.

Well I guess your right sh*t I'd do it but I really dont feel like learning how to drive all over again One of the guys there have a right hand drive car dont remember what it was though but he said he was so used to driving on the left that when he drove right hand car he kept sticking his hand out the window trying to shift gears lol. I havent laughed that hard in a long time

Better yet I'll get you a work estimate like mine and I'll scan it for you I'm heading down there tomorrow morning anyways cuz I'm looking for a GOOD painter for my car. Any suggestions who I should go with? Please dont say Macco lol

Alright I can ask them but that sounds damn pricey! you really want a right hand drive celica?

Ya thats it Let me guess photoshop? And what do you want me to ask him for you exactly?

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Its part of the tax lol. Arizona is messed up.

Well I dont mean to be an a** but he only has one GT Four rear clip at his place and I want it for my car lol. So I need a little more time to get the money and I'll post the pics for sure and his info where you can find him. I'm about to go back and ask him how much just a AWD convert will cost, cause theres like 2 or 3 more people after me who want it done. All I can say is his shop is in Phoenix, AZ 85040.

And I just remembered he said something about he doesn't want to do a swap on a 96 or higher Celica because of emissions and stuff. because I live in arizona the screwballs lol have emissions testing here. But if you dont have emissions testing manditory where you live I guess you can ignore it then

lol 60 mph dude when I get this done first thing I'm doing is taking it onto the I-10 interstate and getting my first speeding ticket . I'll at least go 100 mph to test it and I'll tell you how it went. (if I'm not dead)

Pretty much he said it might go to $7,000 if like small pieces are missing that need to be special ordered like miscellaneous parts. Well let me get the money I definatly go through with it now and I'll take pics a post them here and you guys can judge on how good its done.

Funny thing is I asked the same question I was like Dude are you sure you want to do a 4WD convert? He looks at me all serious and says come with me to the back, and he had like I swear 3 6th gen Celicas lifted in the air with all the 4WD conversion done, really clean too driveshaft axel everything I nearly busted in my pants lol. He apparently gets rear clips from japan I think ST205 ones and transfers all the **** with minor modifcation to the body. Some tack welding thats all I believe. I tell you I've NEVER seen anything like this. The guys son is some ECU guru I felt so stupid around him he comes out where I was standing by my car and says "you doing a 3SGTE right?" I was like ya He goes how much power you want 300, 400, 500hp? I'm like your ****ing kidding right? He goes No, not at all. You dont know what these Toyota engines can do. So I said 300 hp is fine I guess.

So today I had a good friend of mine recommend this asian guy who speicalizes in japanese engines and trannys. I went there with my 94 Celica GT so he can take a look at it and I asked him for a 4th gen 3SGTE swap. He started the work estimate and then asked me if I wanted to convert it to 4WD well I said what the hell why not. So with EVERYTHING included complete motor(4th gen 3SGTE), ecu, harness, transmission, rear 4WD conversion, labor, additional parts, and performace tuning (300HP), the whole thing came out to $6,864.50. My question is........is it worth it?

Im gonna try this same swap could you type out here what you used? like which ECU and how did you hook it up, wire harness, and what 3s you used?

I found a 4th Gen 3S-GTE with 4 speed Auto from Japan I guess I'll try and drop that in see how everything goes.

should I convert the car to AWD then?

Ok my girlfriend is driving me CRAZY!! She is getting a 6th Gen Celica GT 2.2L Automatic tranny. And heres the bottom line she wants me to do a 3s-GTE engine swap with an AUTO tranny. Im gonna kill her to tell you the truth I said with manual would be easier to swap but noooo she wants a Auto 3S-GTE configuration. So guys im not looking for a serious drag racing car here but can someone please tell me what to use?!?! I was looking into the 3rd gen 3S-GTE that was in the 94-99 Celica GT-Four and the 4th Gen 3S-GTE thats in the Toyota Caldina GT-Four and it comes with a Automatic. Guys tell me something here what way should I go without doing radical/expensive changes, I was also thinking of converting it to AWD but if that complicates things for get it. Please HELP!!