My 7afte to 3sgte swap, begins 1-30-2006 Options

[StreetRacing10PS...]

ok, so i decided to ditch my old 7afte set up and go 3sgte. i am in the middle of pulling the engine. all that is left is 2 bolts to the trans, the motor mounts, starter and power steering. whats the best way to pull the power steering because i am having some trouble with getting it out and its slowing me down a little.

[celicaST]

awesome, what gen engine/tranny are planning on using. have you sold your 7afte set up?

[StreetRacing10PS...]

awesome, what gen engine/tranny are planning on using. have you sold your 7afte set up?

iam getting a st 185 clip in a week or so and iam using the 2nd gen MR2 tranny. no i have not sold my 7afte set up yet if any ones interested just PM me. its the same kit that NIK had befor he started his 7agte project.

[celicaST]

pm sent.

[SilverCell94]

how do you plan you axles setup??

[BBoYRuGGeD]

how do you plan you axles setup??

^^^ ah the trick question...lol

bboy

[zipstrips]

and my turbo kit gets passed on down again... haha

why are u bothering with the powersteering? are u removign the rack or what?

[StreetRacing10PS...]

how do you plan you axles setup??

^^^ ah the trick question...lol

bboy

not sure yet. i herd the mr2 axels are too short and iam not sure about the axels on the st 185. ill have to do a lil more reserch first.

[Defgeph]

Good luck man, take ur time. Research, research, research.

For the power steering, just unbolt the hoses that are connected to the pump.

Make sure all the hoses, wires, cables, and grounds are disconected before lift off. Once you start to lift it out of the bay have someone keep and eye out for something you might have missed.

Its really easy, you'll see.

[StreetRacing10PS...]

ok so day 1 is complete. i managed to pull every thing off axccept fot the torque converter bolts and engine mounts. ill most likely have the engine and trans out tomorrow and start looking for a front clip. heres some pix i took when i stoped.....

[CelicaZR]

Good luck with the swap
Why are you ditching the 7afte?

[StreetRacing10PS...]

Good luck with the swap
Why are you ditching the 7afte?

i was origanally going to go with a 3s swap a while ago but didnt have the money so i went 7afte. i also just blew a rod bearing and since i will have a spare car for about a month and the money to complete the swap i figured it would be a good chance to do it.

[lagos]

and my turbo kit gets passed on down again... haha

lol, its like a red headed step child at this point!

[StreetRacing10PS...]

i didnt get as far as i wanted to day, but from yester day, them school and then today i was too tired to do much. i managed to disconect the rest of the motor and get it completly out and start on getting the auto trans and axles out.





This post has been edited by StreetRacing10PSI: Jan 31, 2006 - 9:03 PM

[Fate]

lookin' good bro, let me know when you order your clip.

[celica47]

hey man me and you are the same age lol you can pull this off YOu will INSPIRE a lot more to go ahead GIT r done on my car

Good luck bro

[StreetRacing10PS...]

hey man me and you are the same age lol you can pull this off YOu will INSPIRE a lot more to go ahead GIT r done on my car

Good luck bro

thanks, ill need it. the easy part is outa the way now. i think the hardest part will be replacing the automatic transmission and swapping in the manual. i have pulled many engines be for so this wasnt hard, and have replaced transmissions and clutchees and stuff like that, but never accually swaped an auto to a manual. any suggestions on making it easyer?? i read over the auto to manual swap topic a few times but not sure if its going to be as easy as it sounds.

[x_itchy_b_x]

isnt it funny to see your car with no motor lol.
ps. take a dr.tweak pose pic

[celica47]

ALL MAN you got TO DO that get in the Engine bay and ACT like you Just took over the WORLD lol

[StreetRacing10PS...]

[celica47]

THERE IT IS LOL, POST ALONG WITH THE OTHER GODs

[StreetRacing10PS...]

i began to pull the axles today but ran in to some problems. i got the wheels off and then the controll arm off but i can get the ball joint out because i dont have a ball joint seperator but i can get one tomorrow from a friend. any easyer was to get this done so i can get the axels and trans out tonight instead of waiting untill tomorrow??

[StreetRacing10PS...]

ok so i allmost have every thing out iam just wondering a few things. what else besides the engine, trans and axles need to come out?? fuel filter, map sensor, power steering ect.....any thing???

[StreetRacing10PS...]

ok, so iam ordering my st 185 front clip tomorrow and i have two choices.


This one looks stock and pretty clean for $1,400.00 not a bad deal.


or this one. notice the HKS filter and after market strut bar. it also came with a full coilover suspension. this on is for $1,500.00 only thing about this is that iam pretty sure it was beat on and was abused by the previous owner because of the after market parts. also the intercooler looks pretty beat up, even though iam not using the Top mount it still looks pretty beat on.

What do you think????

[StreetRacing10PS...]

now every thing is pretty much out, i took the trans and exles out today and all i have to wait for is my trans axles and front clip which i am ordering tomorrow.

[StreetRacing10PS...]

i ordered my front clip today from texas. it cost me $2,000.00 exactly including shipping from TX to NJ. not bad.



it is being shipped out on wed. and should be here in a week or so.

[BBoYRuGGeD]

wow nice...and at a very very good price. i payed more than that and mine was only a motor set...maybe i should've looked a little harder lol

bboy

[StreetRacing10PS...]

wow nice...and at a very very good price. i payed more than that and mine was only a motor set...maybe i should've looked a little harder lol

bboy

yea i lucked out on the price. on the website it said $1,700.00 but he gave it to me for $1,500.00 plus shipping from TX $425.00 and then $75.00 because it is a residential address.

[95celgt]

superior trading international right? when i get mine i can pick it up:) so no shipping:D

[JFrost9]

wait are these regular importers in texas? man that would be pretty sweet....i could drive up there and pick that bad boy up... now to just find a texas place who can do swaps.

[Dr_Tweak]

Let me know how those guys treat you, I've been thinking about giving them some business.

-Doc

[Defgeph]

Nice work. You're on ur way bro.

[dustin15brown]

I noticed you left your headlights on.... That could be bad if you drop something. Maybe take them off for safe keeping? lol Goodluck on the rest of the project

[StreetRacing10PS...]

wait are these regular importers in texas? man that would be pretty sweet....i could drive up there and pick that bad boy up... now to just find a texas place who can do swaps.

yes they are in Texas.

Let me know how those guys treat you, I've been thinking about giving them some business.

they were pretty good to me. i called them up on friday and told them i was interested so i gave them my e-mail address and the next day they sent me 4 pictures of the clip and the numbers from the compretion check and some other things and then i ordered it on monday no problem. iam also thinking about getting my transmission from their but they said they wont get any 3sge trans for another 3-5 weeks and i cant wait that long.

[StreetRacing10PS...]

I think this project just got a hole lot easyer. this kid i sorta no that lives a few blocks down from me also has a 6th gen a used to go on this site a while ago untill he blew his motor in his GT. i saw him drivin a twin turbo 300ZX today so i figured he gave up on doing anything to his celi so i stoped by and gave him a visit. i was going to just buy the mounts, trans, shifter cable and a few interior pieces off his car untill he offered me $1,000 for the hole car. at first i was like ok, i can take what i need and sell the rest....when it hit me, i would be much better off just puting the 3sgte into that car being its allready a GT, has the mounts and is all ready 5 speed. what do you think??

[celica47]

DAmn dude thats a good idea, but that is another grand, thats gonna put you around $3,000, i dont know you still got to get a tranny and tweak on the 3sgte. So i would say its your call bro.

[BBoYRuGGeD]

I think this project just got a hole lot easyer. this kid i sorta no that lives a few blocks down from me also has a 6th gen a used to go on this site a while ago untill he blew his motor in his GT. i saw him drivin a twin turbo 300ZX today so i figured he gave up on doing anything to his celi so i stoped by and gave him a visit. i was going to just buy the mounts, trans, shifter cable and a few interior pieces off his car untill he offered me $1,000 for the hole car. at first i was like ok, i can take what i need and sell the rest....when it hit me, i would be much better off just puting the 3sgte into that car being its allready a GT, has the mounts and is all ready 5 speed. what do you think??

is the GT in better condition (body, interior, suspension, etc.) than your ST? if so i say go for it.

bboy

[StreetRacing10PS...]

I think this project just got a hole lot easyer. this kid i sorta no that lives a few blocks down from me also has a 6th gen a used to go on this site a while ago untill he blew his motor in his GT. i saw him drivin a twin turbo 300ZX today so i figured he gave up on doing anything to his celi so i stoped by and gave him a visit. i was going to just buy the mounts, trans, shifter cable and a few interior pieces off his car untill he offered me $1,000 for the hole car. at first i was like ok, i can take what i need and sell the rest....when it hit me, i would be much better off just puting the 3sgte into that car being its allready a GT, has the mounts and is all ready 5 speed. what do you think??

is the GT in better condition (body, interior, suspension, etc.) than your ST? if so i say go for it.

bboy

yes the GT is in a litttle better condition, it allso has leather seats

DAmn dude thats a good idea, but that is another grand, thats gonna put you around $3,000, i dont know you still got to get a tranny and tweak on the 3sgte. So i would say its your call bro.

it was going to cost me around a grand for new trans, motor mounts, axels ect. so now i can just use that car and sell my old ST to my neighbor because he has been dieing to get a 6th gen ever since i got mine.

[celicast3sgte]

clean title? DO IT!!!

[Smokeeey420]

your project looks sweeeet!
maybe one day when i get $$$ i'll do the same kinda swap

keep up the info and great pics

[JFrost9]

does the company have a site? Looks like your doing a good job on that swap, id pick up the GT, and use that...

This post has been edited by JFrost9: Feb 19, 2006 - 6:53 PM

[celicarus]

http://www.superiortradinginternational.com/

[JFrost9]

What sucks is we texans have to pay the sales tax...so thats like another 140 dollars or so... Maybe i could talk them down.

[dans_st]

JFrost9 Posted Yesterday, 05:57 PM
What sucks is we texans have to pay the sales tax...so thats like another 140 dollars or so... Maybe i could talk them down.

they are very reasonable, I can get the halfcut(st185) shipped to me(residential) with a liftgate for around $1800, I think that is pretty reasonable

This post has been edited by dans_st: Feb 20, 2006 - 1:22 AM

[CelicaZR]

Man if I was you I would swap the 3sgte in the GT.
For the ST I would keep it and when you've enough money use it
as a daily driver.
Then you can go down as one of the few people on this site with 2
6gcs

[StreetRacing10PS...]

iam probaly getting the GT tomoroow for $1,000.00 w/ a blown motor. iam still waiting for my front clip tho!!!!! they said 7-10 business days and it has been some were around their allready. so iam goin to have 2 1/2 celicas sitting in my drive way by the end of this week lol, ill have to take a pic of that. ill have my red St a black GT and the black front clip st185. ill take some pix as soon as i get them all. other then ECU and engine what else has to be done to the GT to swap in a 3sgte. i have done tons of research for the St and now i have to do it all to the GT. iam using the 5sfe tranny because i read that a few people have done it and have had no problems, ill just buy an upgraded clutch and fly wheel and hopefully that will hold the power.

[celicarus]

JFrost - rent a trailer and drive it home - if you have an engine hoist take it down - rent a pallet jack for mobility - that's the cheapest way i could think of --

[JFrost9]

yea i was thinking something along those lines...my biggest problems would be the down time, finding a garage/engine hoist(think a friend has one) and just getting everything organized. back to the actual thread though, Street its even easier to do the GT...its practically the same as the ST, only you can take out a few earlier steps like switchin motor mounts, and then the axles and cables. If you were able to do the ST, then you shouldnt have a problem with the GT.

This post has been edited by JFrost9: Feb 20, 2006 - 10:03 PM

[StreetRacing10PS...]

ok, now iam pissed. superiortrading said the clip wound be here in 2 weks which was wed. so i called them up and they said they accidently sent it to CA!!! so now its going to be ANOTHER 2 weeks untill i get it.