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.

[Uppitycracker]

thanks for the info man, ya i know must of what i need to know in order to do the swap and its going to cost alot more then I initially thought, so im going to wait and think about it, try and gather a bit more info on the subject.

Im thinking now about maybe the 3sge vvti engine, its rare but i could just wait till I find one and go with it, as far as i know its a little more straight forward and avoids the complications of a turbo charger.

My one main problem is i live in an apartment so no storage, If I had a garage Id be down for sure and just store that baby and go from there, so basically if I do a swap everything has to be right there and ready which is alot harder then it sounds. But ya Im going to just wait it out and see what happens.

I still have to wait a month till I get my celica, still got the mx-3, I wish I liked that car more because there is a straight forward bolt in swap for it, 200hp jspec v6 klze engine.