The Future of Engine Swaps |
The Future of Engine Swaps |
Oct 30, 2008 - 9:09 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 31, '04 From Summerville, SC Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
I was thinking this over today and thought that it would be a cool discussion to post up. I'm getting a little concerned about the future of engine swaps. It seems like Toyota hasn't been building ANYTHING high-performance in the last few years. I love our Celicas, but they're coming up on 10 years old for the newest '99 model now. 2nd gen 3SGTE engines are minimum 15-16 years old...
I've been looking at the newer models trying to think of what the next batch of engine swapping is going to be. The 7th gen Celica is already out of production and hasn't gotten a whole lot of love. Of course the 2ZZ is a common swap but that engine never really took real well. 3SGTE into a 7th gen is something I'd like to do some more of, but still, the 3S is getting older. I guess the tC is the next platform to look at, but what to swap into it??? There's practically nothing out there for decent Toyota engines, the 2AZ only makes 160hp. I've sort of been looking at the 300hp 2GR-FSE but it's scary... lots of modern electronics to work around, immobilizer, etc. 2ZZ in a Yaris might be interesting... Discuss! -Doc -------------------- -Dr Tweak, 6GC's resident engine swap wiring expert extraordinaire Click here to see my swaps drtweak@phoenixtuning.com |
Nov 2, 2008 - 11:54 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
^ yup 3S-GE VVTi in +98 SS-II/III are single cam advancement, blacktop is duo. i'd like to see a blacktop 3SGE 6GC celica...plus turbo? but theres something aboutthe blacktop fitting in there? head swap? why would you head swap a blacktop Beams? Turboing them isn't too bad at all and yeilds pretty good results but this is the motor I would ideally want in my car...but the fabrication requirements is appearing to be a bit of a pita.... don't know if you could sufficiently use an ST205 rear end or have to go with an IS300 Rear end + Quiffe LSD |
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