V6 swap, for me, better than 3S-GTE, Yep, here we go again Options

[K-ESD]

It can be done, i know that.

I'm currently exploring my options for the possibilty of that swap.

I'm desperate to know more about it. I searched but all i can find is the same darn thing over and over "is it possible yes, blah blah blah". I need more details. I read adrian's posts in celicatech.com but he just wrote a scratch about it. I'm thinking about getting a 3MZ-FE and this is where I get confused.

From what I understand the 3MZ is a bored out 1MZ with vvti slapped on, this would mean that it would be possible to stuff a 230hp/242trq N/A engine with a 5spd (from the camry). Yumm !! But really, how does it compare to the 1MZ-FE on the outside. The 1MZ swap has been done on a 5th gen, as far as i know dimensions are identical (or very close) to the 6th gen. I know this will require alot of custom work that exceeds my knowlege/experience with car mecanics but i will seek help from my local gear heads to get this done. Right now i just have to know what goes and what doesn't as far as major components go (engine, tranny, etc...).

I'm really concidering this swap because a few things in my drivetrain are going.... concidering that my 5S-FE has 265k+ kms and i beat the shnit out of it everyday*. (what's the point of owning a sports car if ur gonna drive like a grandma). Something is going to break and I don't want to invest into what I already have, if i'm going to drop some money into my celica, i want something out of it.

Thanks in advance for your help

(p.s. found a 99' 1MZ-FE at a junk yard close to here for $900 cnd)

[lagos]

yeah i mean if u wanna get the mz then go for it man no one else has done it...............its DIFFERENT! ...............get that feeling to say i did it first!!!

that feeling of being different and being the 1st to do something, quickly wears off when your standing over your car, scratching your head thinking, "how the hell do i finish this.... ive got no one to ask for help" .

if your going to attempt to do something thats never been done before, make sure you have a few of the common swaps under your belt so that youll know what you are doing.

[Kwanza26]

that feeling of being different and being the 1st to do something, quickly wears off when your standing over your car, scratching your head thinking, "how the hell do i finish this.... ive got no one to ask for help" .

if your going to attempt to do something thats never been done before, make sure you have a few of the common swaps under your belt so that youll know what you are doing.

Unfortunately people don't think like that. Most people who want to be "different" are actually very uncapable of doing anything by themselves... otherwise they'd know better.