Starting my swap. 56K WARNING **UPDATED 11/13/08, ST185 3SGTE swap. IM GONNA FINISH THIS TIME!!! Options

[CelicaGT04]

Ok guys so after about 1 and a half years of researching and saving money i now have enough knowlegde and money to complete my swap. I will cover everything i go through during my process of making my car 3sgte powered. Tomorrow (Tuesday July 11) is when i am going to buy my ST185 front clip from a company nearby. I will take many pictures and write many times to kep you guys posted. I would like to thank everyone who has done a write up on thier previous 3SGTE swap, this information was golden in helping me know what it takes and how to correctly do a 3SGTE swap. Hopefully i can have everything done by the end of july. I am getting a good friend of mine to help me complete the swap. If anyone nearby the area wants to come check out the action PM me. My fingers are crossed that everything will work fine. I have compression numbers on the clip and leakdown %, I also have pictures of what the clip looks like.

I have a 1995 Toyota Celica GT
White
Hatchback
2.2L DOHC

So here are the pics of my car as it sits now...





Here are some pictures of the clip im going to be getting...

ST185 3SGTE front clip






Wish me luck guys!!!

This post has been edited by CelicaGT04: Nov 13, 2008 - 11:54 AM

[CelicaGT04]

[color=#FF0000][font=Arial Black][size=7][b]DAY ONE!!!

Ok guys so heres the deal, i was going to buy the clip today and i called the guy at 3:00pm and he said the clip was already being bought by another customer. I was pretty upset, but he told me that he had a 3sgte engine without the clip for $1250.00. So i thought about it for a long while and i decided to go ahead and buy it. I figure with the money i saved froom the clip i will have enough to buy the small parts that i will need to complete the swap. I have yet to take pictures of the engine. Its late and its been a long day negotiating with the engine seller. I will have pics up tomorrow!