Not sure about my Celica anymore, not sure if its worth working on Options

[Mannyrav]

When I first bought my Celica and came to this site, I was so enthusiastic about working on it. I fell in love with the car and the idea of having it the way I wanted, and I fell in love with the 3sgte engine and the thought of a GT4 conversion.

I forgot who was it that told me, but someone recommended that I sat down and thought about what I really wanted to do with my car. Well I did alot of thinking, and with my budget, by the time I have enough money to get the dream celica I wanted 4 years would've passed by.

I never knew doing an engine and tranny swap would be so expensive.

I know most would probably respond with; its a process that takes patience and time, and you need money for these kind of things, it never comes easy; but I still wanted to work on my car.

By the end of the year I should have atleast 1 grand saved up, and I expected to accomplish something with that money..but it seems that even a bodykit is out of reach with my budget. (I'm a college student with a crappy job at radioshack, with bills up the a@#; not some broke bum).

Yeah I know I'm kinda impatient, but I'd like at the least for my car to be a manual so that I can get more out of my everyday driving experience.

So my question is, with my situation is attempting to hook up my car even worth it? Or should I just buy a crappy manual coupe and work on that (I'm still paying for my celica btw)...I don't know what route to take, and I'm disappointed that I feel discouraged when I grew to love my little st celica

Edit: I was even willing to take a different and alot cheaper route than a gt4 conversion- getting a 4a-ge engine and a manual tranny and a invader bodykit..but I dont know what I'll be looking at there $$ wise

This post has been edited by Mannyrav: Oct 19, 2007 - 12:39 AM

[crismillencolin]

reliable ha , my car ate two engines in two years .

3sfe is weak **** .

[kerosene]

reliable ha , my car ate two engines in two years .

3sfe is weak **** .

OR, you drive like S*** ... a car is only as good as its driver, and if you killed 2 motors, that would mean you suck at driving

[crismillencolin]

reliable ha , my car ate two engines in two years .

3sfe is weak **** .

OR, you drive like S*** ... a car is only as good as its driver, and if you killed 2 motors, that would mean you suck at driving

Unless you know what happened , and you dont stfu .

I bought it and the engine went two days later (from a mechanic)Big ends , apparantly he would have known as he sold it , the oil in the engine was like tar .
I replaced the 3sfe and the engine started spewing out blue smoke after a year , unlucky with the engine i guess .
This is my 13th car and only one that i've had too swap engines on .