More 3sgte info, lots of reading and searching Options

[Uppitycracker]

Ok I have been reading alot about this site and searching on search engines and here is some questions I have came up with:

1. "a cheaper alternative for the ECU/Wiring situation would be to use your stock ECU to control chassis electrical functions, and an aftermarket standalone engine management system to run the engine. A new Haltech could run you $1000 to do this. A Wolf, maybe $750. Also, this will eliminate the need for some of those expensive sensors like AFM".

Does this eliminate all the rewiring? How hard are these stand alone systems to hook up? Will I not need a new wiring harness and all that anymore?

2. "stock exhaust wont bolt up to the 3S engine, so you will need a custom exhaust which accomadates the new engine."

Is this just a simple case of lining up a new pipe or does it all have to be replaced? I know I will be going to like 2.5" piping eventually but for right after the swap Im talking?

So my shopping list for the basic swap would be, the complete engine which I already have a source for, a standalone system, and all the little things like gaskets, belts, and fluids, which Im sure I just get at toyota.

[abatardi]

Haltech for $1k? Hardly..

Yeah, and bring that to a tuning shop and you can expect to triple that...

I paid I think $1350 for my haltech, and got it installed and dyno tuned, had my exhaust welded up and polished intercooler pipes made for about another $3k. And, by the way, that's only after the guy refunded my $1k cash because he blew cylinder 2 on me. If you install everything yourself the tuning would be like $1k. It's possible to do this as the wiring isn't hard, but getting all the ignition settings right (considering haltech supplied instructions didn't work with my engine ignition) and getting it to start is a little difficult without some diagnostic gear.

- aba