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[jawdroppingkid]

hello im a new car owner and im very excited to start learning about my car. all my precious research was on honda motors (honda/acura) mostly b18 and b20. im new to toyota and want to learn my car inside and out! i own a 1994 celica st hatchback (automatic) and it has around 225000 miles on it. soon i want to be doin an enigine swap. 3sgte from an mr2. i know i will have to convert to a manual, and i need gt engine mounts. but that about all i know. if anyone would like to provide me with references or advice for my celica it would be greatly appreciated. like on the the auto to manual conversion and estimated cost. thank you very much!

[goferris]

alltrac and gt4 have the same motor as the mr2 turbo (3sgte) but more of a drop in swap for our engine bay. it would require either a modified mr2 tranny (NA or Turbo) or a gt transmission since the tranny that's bolted to it is awd and won't work on our car without a lot of dangerous modification.
because you are in cali though makes the swap possibilities much more limited. basically the only motor you could really swap in your car legally there is a cali spec 3sgte from a 94-95 mr2 turbo. otherwise you won't ever be able to get it to pass smog (atleast that is what i've read).

i don't know of any celi members with a swap but there are quite a few that have turboed or are planning on turboing in the near future. that said i know there are always ways around the laws but i'm not going to go into details about that LOL.

i'm not going to lie, hondas are much easier and cheaper to modify because everyone has them and mods them. that's one of the things i love about the 6gc. it's rare and will stand out with much less done to it.