Fastbird's '99 Celica: 3SGTE Swap, Finally got the project rolling!!! Options

[Dr_Tweak]

Well it's been quite a process working through my move down south and into the new shop here at Southern Car Customs, but finally things are settling down and I've been able to get to work on Fastbird's Celica. I didn't have a camera available to show the first phase of work, which was replacing the timing belt, water pump, front main seal, thermostat, rear main seal, clutch, valve cover gasket, cap and rotor, and a few other things. I guess you'll have to just use your imagination for that. The following pics were taken on Tuesday, yesterday I was off, and I'll be back to work on this today.

Also, please excuse the mess since we're still in the process of moving!

Dropping the engine out of the car:



Engine all resealed, with new stage 2 Spec 3S/5S custom clutch set:



Now with the GT tranny removed from the 5S and installed onto the 3S:



And getting the wiring done! Whoo what a mess!



I should be able to post up some more today.

-Doc

This post has been edited by Dr_Tweak: Jul 6, 2006 - 7:26 AM

[lagos]

I have thought about that, and I've seen it done a number of times. I don't really like the way it looks, personally, and it "seems" like it would pick up more heat from being directly next to the downpipe on the way up and over the manifold on the throttle body side. That said, in the past I used to go on about avoiding running the piping near the hot exhaust parts, but real world experience has taught me that EVERYTHING under the hood gets extremly hot and the routing of the piping make a very marginal, if any, differince. Since then I've aimed more for going with the most direct route with the fewest bends... so that route you mentioned could be something that I'll try out in the future.

id like to see it done someday. if i ever clock my turbo ,thats the route i plan to take. all you have to do is heat wrap the piping that goes to the throttle body over any hot exhaust stuff.