Starting my swap. 56K WARNING **UPDATED 11/13/08, ST185 3SGTE swap. IM GONNA FINISH THIS TIME!!! Options

[CelicaGT04]

Ok guys so after about 1 and a half years of researching and saving money i now have enough knowlegde and money to complete my swap. I will cover everything i go through during my process of making my car 3sgte powered. Tomorrow (Tuesday July 11) is when i am going to buy my ST185 front clip from a company nearby. I will take many pictures and write many times to kep you guys posted. I would like to thank everyone who has done a write up on thier previous 3SGTE swap, this information was golden in helping me know what it takes and how to correctly do a 3SGTE swap. Hopefully i can have everything done by the end of july. I am getting a good friend of mine to help me complete the swap. If anyone nearby the area wants to come check out the action PM me. My fingers are crossed that everything will work fine. I have compression numbers on the clip and leakdown %, I also have pictures of what the clip looks like.

I have a 1995 Toyota Celica GT
White
Hatchback
2.2L DOHC

So here are the pics of my car as it sits now...





Here are some pictures of the clip im going to be getting...

ST185 3SGTE front clip






Wish me luck guys!!!

This post has been edited by CelicaGT04: Nov 13, 2008 - 11:54 AM

[CelicaGT04]

HAHAHAA... WOW! I bet nobody (myself included) would have thought it would take my lazy ARSE this long to make a move on my motor!!! lol I bought this motor when i was 18 with the intention of having it installed when i bought it...SIIIKKE i fooled myself. I really can not believe that i threw this kind of curve ball at my self, but now is the time to swing away!!

Anyways, for those who have not seen this thread before...whats going on guys. I just wanted to let everyone know that i am bringing rejuvenation to this thread lol. Actually the true reason i am rebuilding my 2nd gen 3sgte is because my stock 5sfe pooped on me about a month ago. The process of taking the motor down and seeing how it looks inside has already began, and the long road ahead looks LONG lol.. to say the least. Anyways, i do have some pics of the progress that has been going on the last couple of weeks.








Hope you guys like what you see, in the mean time i will hopefully be putting it all back together within the next couple of weeks~
**also i will be updating frequently

EDIT- sorry for poor pic quality.. only got a phone
-MM

This post has been edited by CelicaGT04: Oct 16, 2008 - 12:04 PM