V6 swap, Your thoughts Options

[FallenHero]

http://engr.ucsb.edu/~warped/projects/swap/cost.htm that is the parts and price list from a 5th gen celica

I had this huge write up on it that I made. I linked to all these web pages and stuff and really got all the information together. Hit the button to post the thread, and it shot me an error and killed my write up

SO, instead of getting my big beautiful write up, you get to make your own decisions because I am pissed. Maybe I'll write more up later. Maybe somebody with broadband will search around and find all the info and post it.

I quit.
goodnight

[lagos]

i think that motor in a 6th gen, wouldnt be as tight of a fit as it is in a 5th gen, so the radiator probably could stay the same. i know there is a lot more room in my engine bay with the 3s in it, then there was when that same motor was in the alltrac clip i got.

if you read through that guys site, youll see just how much custom work had to be done to make it work...i give him lots of props. it looks like it was a very hard swap.

[FallenHero]

i think that motor in a 6th gen, wouldnt be as tight of a fit as it is in a 5th gen, so the radiator probably could stay the same. i know there is a lot more room in my engine bay with the 3s in it, then there was when that same motor was in the alltrac clip i got.

if you read through that guys site, youll see just how much custom work had to be done to make it work...i give him lots of props. it looks like it was a very hard swap.
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I agree, the 6th gen has Loads of room under the hood. I would probably get a 5sfe or some other (have not researched it) Koyo radiator off of e-bay to cool the engine. That with super thin fans woudl be no problem for clearance. I would build all custom mounting brackets, and would have to do something new with the mounts themselves. The guy Adrian with the 5th gen filled them with eurathane, and that would work i guess.

Getting the engine to fit and mounted is no problem. Yea, there is some cutting and welding, but that's nothing if you have a plasma cutter and a welder. My only worry is I have no TIG welder, but if Mig is good enough to hold a frame together, it's good enough for engine mounts.

The wiring is my only worry. That's what I am in the process of mapping out right now.