Where to find an E153? Options

[rdyzz]

Hey guys i'm thinking of swapping a 2grfe into my ae92, but i'm having a very very hard time finding an E153. My question is will it be worth it to find one, a year ago I rebuilt my s54 with a Quaife LSD and replaced some syncro's and worn gears. I may use the s54 for now, it just seems very difficult to find a FWD e153 and I can't find to much info on anyone's preference to the E53's. I don't drag race and I use my car mainly for hpde track events and autocross. However on the back of my mind I feel like why put an engine with good power in if I can't even abuse it without something breaking.

Also one big think that may make this swap hard is the amount of space I have, I know the 6th gen celica has way more room. I'm not to worried because cutting and welding isn't a problem.

here's what I mean by my space issue.



This post has been edited by rdyzz: Jan 18, 2015 - 3:38 AM

[rdyzz]

Thanks, that site is awesome smaay. Now im putting this v6 in a ae92 corolla so my engine bay is smaller than a 6gc. A guy has done a 1mz in his corolla before, his site name was ozone or something like that. He did clear the 1mz, except had to modify the sucframe cause the driver side axle was touching the section of subframe were the control arm mounted. The manifold clear his firewall by .5 in or so. He used the existing mounts via the 4agze transmission, had he pulled the engine forward I dont see that problem.

Smaay will the s54 hold on a 1mz? It feels kinda a waste since I just rebuilt it to not use it. Also is there a link on that 1mz build, I found a lot of things posted by you but no build. Thanks.