3SGTE questions, really need a faq on this! Options

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Ok well I used to come to this site alot because I really like the toyota celica. As of right now I still own my first car, a mazda mx-3, well Im sick of it, its going to cost me mega $$ to get it where I want it. So Im going to get a celica for the fall and do a swap hopefully over the winter. So Ive searched trying to find some straight forward info on this swap and there really isnt.

So far all Ive gethered is you need a wiring harness, also and ecu and IM is on everyones list. Ill be ordering a complete engine which includes the ecu and hopefully the harness, Ill ask before I order. Do to ontario law i wont need the IM since my car can be classified as a hotrod and tested under 1980's emmision standards.

So heres my question, when I order this engine is that that? Will it drop right in and just adopt all my old parts, or will I need things to make it work? It comes from a awd car, correct? So what does this imply for a fwd car? So please all the info you could give me would be great, a shopping list of EVERY part needed or recomended would be great. I would also suggest adding a walk through of the swap to a faq section.

Thanks alot!
Timothy Dawson

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QUOTE (kuya1284 @ Jul 12, 2003 - 3:13 PM)

One last thing, don't expect this project to be a SIMPLE bolt on... It WILL require a lot of effort on your part.

Ill tell you what I expect and you can bring me into reallity, I will buy a GT probably 94, in the fall/winter buy all the parts I will need, harness, plugs, wires, fluids, act clutch?, buy the 3sgte engine complete, so it comes with ecu and tranny, which i cant use because its a awd tranny right? So I get it delivered to this mechanics place where he is going to do it on the side to save me money. So he lifts out the old engine, takes the parts of my old engine puting them on the new engine, puts the new belts plugs and what not on. Lowers it back in, hooks up the tranny tops off the fluids and we are off to the races (not litterally). BUT from what Im reading I will need to rewire some things. Drill a new hole for the harness or extend it? which is recomended?

If I get the engine in say quebec I think I will take a trip up there and pick out my engine finding the cleanest newest one I can find, with lowest m.km on it. I think that can eliminate extra expense as far as water pump and other parts are concerned.

Another thing, thse are the same series engine right? The 3sgte is just a jspec tc version? So all parts will swap over right?