Completed Engine Swaps., who's got em. add your name and info. ;) Options

[Mynzeyes]

just like the topic says, i think this would be a very good little thread, just to give some insight for the newbs and dreamers as to what the swappers have done, what they went through, and how it's workin out to this day. feel free to add any info you wish, mainly the car type before, the new motor type, info about your personal swap (as all swaps are NOT created equal), a time frame, general cost, how is the performance, are you happy w/ it, etc... . let's see how big this list can get. .

-John-

edit: btw, only post if you are DONE and driving the car. that's what i'm lookin for.

[Vacchus]

Unfortunately it is not easy for me to tell you all the details because of my poor English, but i will try!
Thanks to a mechanical with great imagination and his great team, i swap my 95 St to 95 GT-four with complete installation of engine, electical system, brakes and of course AWD.
My vision was to swap just the engine in my st and use the mr2 transmission to make it front wheel drive because i thought that it was impossible to install the AWD.
So we were looking for the half front car to be imported from japan. About a week later the guy who is in the used parts importing called us and he told that ha had found a nice 95 gt-four, with only 35000 kms on for a price of 3000 euros, and for just 500 more, he could send along the rear parts (the car had to be cutted in half to be legally imported as spare parts).
I thought that the rear part would be useless to me, but the mechanical was mad, and told me no to loose this chance..
So about two months later, we had all the parts in the garage..
The car had propably fall from the road to a field or something and the top was destroyed (turned upside down), all the windows were broken, the seats too but the engine bay was in great condition.
My mechanic was working for 20 days and he managed to fit the awd system. It was the most difficult part of everything!! For the st engine removal and the fitting of the new one, he was working for 5 days, and the rest was to fit the awd block(!!) as his team was installing brakes, suspension, airbags and all the rest parts.
When they finished, we had to do some modifications to the exhaust system, as for the electrical too.
The cost for all the services was 2400 euros, plus 800 more for parts that we had to buy new from toyota.
Total cost=6700 euros. If i add the 12000 euros that i paid for my car, we have a total amount of 18.700 euros for a 95 Gt-four.. Maybe i could buy an original with less money but thats the way it works!!
The car was a very pleseant surprise because the unlucky japanese owner had done great job with engine modifications, and the dyno test gave us a report for 328Hp instead of the 255 that the specifications were telling about. I wish i knew him, because there are a lot of questions that i would like to ask!!
I am wondering if it was the same difficult for you too to make this kind of swap!!