Thinking of buying a Celica, anyone got advice, Need info, want to be future owner, Options

[Total_Package]

I am a owner of a MAzda MX3 GS (1993)
I am going to sell it and am very intrested in Celicas. I was thinking of going with a Integra but there are too many out on the street. I like my cars being more unique then the average Honda, Eclipse or Mustang... thats why I bought a MX3

I got some questions:

1.) Do both cars (Sts and GTs) use the same engine/tranny?
2.) Any popular engine swaps?
3.) Is it hard to get these cars into the 14s?
4.) How well can they handle boost? Like, how many PSI?
5.) What are the common problems for these cars?
6.) Are parts easy to find?
7.) Would it be hard to find a 6G Celica for $3,500?
8.) How much power can the engines and transmissions on the 6G Celicas handle?

This post has been edited by Total_Package: Jul 16, 2006 - 1:35 AM

[j0e_p3t]

a 3sge and 3sgte directly swap into a gt. a 4age and 4agze directly swap into an st.

This post has been edited by j0e_p3t: Jul 16, 2006 - 5:54 PM

[Total_Package]

This what some guy in a different forum said

If you are looking into a celica I recommend that u search for an alltrac celica which has 4wd and the 3sgre engine in it already...otherwise here is what I have encountered.

there are several things that need to be done other than swap in the engine to make this swap feasible.

First off there is some wiring that needs to be done and you will most likely have to convert a RHD harness to a LHD harness and do a little rewiring at the ecu.

You will need to search for some engine mounts and/or alltrac crossmember with mounts on it.

Another thing is you will probably need to get a front mount intercooler in order to keep your car from over heating, The alltrac celica is a top mount so it came with a hood that included a scoop...regular celicas dont, so either you invest in a hood and keep the top mount IC or you go front mount with custom piping (there are no kits available for it as of yet).

The 5sfe tranny will bolt up but wont hold very well from what I have heard. Best tranny is the mr2 tranny with LSD otherwise v6 camry (what I have). You will need the shafts for these trannies in order to make them work with the celica...the V6 camry tranny involves having to make custom shafts (unless u can fab them yourself).


here is my setup if you wanna take a look. Car is ALOT fast and boosts stock at 7-9 psi...I have it running around 12 with the BOV looser inorder to avoid too much pressure at the waste gate (error 34).

We have 4 active members with swaps and roughly 6-7 with swaps total and at least 1 in progress (coolieboi)

gl man

That sounds like one expensive swap

This post has been edited by Total_Package: Jul 16, 2006 - 6:18 PM