 Evolving into a Celestial Dragon, a 3SGTE Swap (Pictures in Album) |
 Apr 25, 2010 - 12:58 AM
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Hey everyone,
I finally got my 3SGTE engine and am finding my self both excited and over whelmed. I don't know much about cars, but I'm wanting to work and learn for this beautiful car. so I'll post pictures and questions about the process. so with out further adu... 3SGTE Swap Pictures Tell me your opinions, and what to look out for! Thanks, Soul |
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Nov 12, 2010 - 8:37 AM
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i just did mine the other day. you can twist the metal connector around. i took the hose (that goes straight up to the pump) off first, then connected the bolt with washer.
it is tough, but it will bolt on. |
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Soulend Evolving into a Celestial Dragon Apr 25, 2010 - 12:58 AM
Smaay i hope you didnt pay too much for that. it looks p... Apr 25, 2010 - 1:02 AM Soulend I didn't pay to much no... under 2K. besides r... Apr 25, 2010 - 1:22 AM Smaay i recommend tearing the engine down and doing a fu... Apr 25, 2010 - 11:02 AM Soulend hey everyone,
can someone tell me what this is?
... May 11, 2010 - 12:14 PM Remy Thats the PCV valve. May 11, 2010 - 4:48 PM kavy that seems to happen often.i went thorough the sam... May 11, 2010 - 7:50 PM Soulend okay cool guys thanks!
Soul May 13, 2010 - 11:50 AM Soulend Behold! the rebuilt Turbo!
The guys a... May 28, 2010 - 2:06 AM Stambo yea i'm half way through the process of swappi... May 28, 2010 - 5:29 PM Soulend Thanks for the info Stambo, Maybe you could help m... May 30, 2010 - 2:41 PM Soulend okay! an update,
so I have pretty much every ... Oct 5, 2010 - 2:16 AM Johnnyny can you give me more specs on the rebuilt turbo? Oct 5, 2010 - 3:25 AM Soulend hey everyone,
I got my wiring harness back from ... Oct 11, 2010 - 11:10 PM Soulend Moved my Celica from here:
to here:
Ill head up... Oct 13, 2010 - 5:35 PM Bigblock Sounds like you have your hands full!!
Yup... Oct 13, 2010 - 6:08 PM Soulend heh yeah its been hot, part of the reason why it i... Oct 14, 2010 - 1:42 AM presure2 good luck bro! Oct 14, 2010 - 6:52 AM
mak5603 QUOTE (presure2 @ Oct 14, 2010 - 7:5... Oct 14, 2010 - 12:41 PM Soulend haha thanks guys!
I know this is pretty much ... Oct 14, 2010 - 12:58 PM presure2 QUOTE (Soulend @ Oct 14, 2010 - 1:58... Oct 14, 2010 - 2:14 PM mak5603 It will be really, really loud open down pipe. Oct 14, 2010 - 1:02 PM Soulend yeah... haha I will make sure to have earplugs... ... Oct 14, 2010 - 1:15 PM Culpable04 the car will be fine, it'll be loud but who ca... Oct 14, 2010 - 1:37 PM DEATH QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Oct 14, 2010 - 1... Oct 14, 2010 - 1:49 PM mak5603 Yeah, I was going to say, it's Just like the ... Oct 14, 2010 - 1:39 PM Soulend Haha sweet, yeah if I can get it done by Saturday,... Oct 15, 2010 - 4:03 AM Soulend Hey, actually I totally forgot about spark plugs, ... Oct 15, 2010 - 2:12 PM Culpable04 NGK BCP7ES
go to your autozone / napa / advance... Oct 15, 2010 - 3:51 PM Soulend Culp to the rescue! haha Thanks man..
Okay, w... Oct 15, 2010 - 5:54 PM Soulend okay i got them off a while ago, but now i cant ge... Oct 15, 2010 - 7:56 PM Soulend okay! got it off engine out, moving on Oct 15, 2010 - 9:42 PM chacha gotta take off the 2nd down pipe....held by 3 bolt... Oct 15, 2010 - 9:43 PM KAOS Any updates at all? Oct 22, 2010 - 4:40 PM Soulend Hey, so yes some updates,
Last weekend I started ... Oct 24, 2010 - 5:39 AM Stambo your using a gt trans right? I had no problem at a... Oct 24, 2010 - 9:27 AM presure2 i need some CLEAR pictures, taken from directly ab... Oct 24, 2010 - 9:34 AM njccmd2002 do not tighten the gt drivers side mount to the tr... Oct 24, 2010 - 11:33 AM Soulend so... Im starting to wonder if there is something ... Oct 24, 2010 - 2:16 PM Soulend hey everyone,
here are some clearer pictures of ... Oct 26, 2010 - 1:06 AM Soulend This is with the transmission jacked up:
Kevin Oct 26, 2010 - 2:00 AM Araykhel Got to say, though I know a minimal amount of actu... Oct 26, 2010 - 4:46 PM presure2 just to add to the info here, kev told me today in... Oct 26, 2010 - 6:29 PM mak5603 hmm. Sorry for going OT, but I'm going to be u... Oct 27, 2010 - 1:13 PM Johnnyny if its a v6 model no dats an e153 if its a 5s mode... Oct 27, 2010 - 1:51 PM mak5603 QUOTE (Johnnyny @ Oct 27, 2010 - 2:5... Oct 28, 2010 - 12:28 PM Soulend it would have to be a v6, reading up they didn... Oct 27, 2010 - 3:27 PM presure2 its hard to tell where exactly you are taking thos... Oct 28, 2010 - 12:04 PM Soulend now, don't take this as "the gods honest ... Oct 28, 2010 - 7:16 PM mak5603 QUOTE (Soulend @ Oct 28, 2010 - 7:16... Oct 28, 2010 - 7:29 PM Soulend well Im ordering the brackets tomorrow, should hav... Oct 28, 2010 - 8:55 PM mak5603 Yeah man, any information you can give me will be ... Oct 28, 2010 - 9:03 PM Soulend so... how different are GT steering lines and ST s... Oct 28, 2010 - 10:51 PM presure2 kev, tweak posted in his thread about using the ST... Oct 29, 2010 - 8:09 AM Culpable04 I also used ST lines on my setup, you'll need ... Oct 29, 2010 - 8:59 AM Soulend okay i'll try that...
also, I'm not sure... Oct 30, 2010 - 4:29 PM presure2 the 2 blue plugs, one is for the TVSV (factory boo... Oct 30, 2010 - 5:54 PM njccmd2002 this bracket is no the one you need, the bolts ar... Oct 30, 2010 - 7:48 PM Soulend thanks Manny,
so this is what my TVSV looks like... Oct 31, 2010 - 9:45 PM presure2 you can delete both. Nov 1, 2010 - 6:29 AM Soulend Well Id like to keep the TVSV if I can, if someone... Nov 1, 2010 - 9:53 PM easternpiro1 QUOTE (Soulend @ Oct 24, 2010 - 5:39... Nov 2, 2010 - 3:20 AM Culpable04 Did you plug the relay on the side of the ECU ?
... Nov 2, 2010 - 8:03 AM presure2 lmao, i told ya to make a list!!!
i ha... Nov 2, 2010 - 8:04 AM Soulend quick update needing to run to school like now so ... Nov 2, 2010 - 10:57 AM Batman722 make sure the 3 interior plugs are plugged in secu... Nov 2, 2010 - 11:08 AM njccmd2002 for comparison
you can see some slight differen... Nov 3, 2010 - 3:11 PM njccmd2002 i take that back, huge differences.. Nov 3, 2010 - 4:02 PM KAOS QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Nov 3, 2010 - 3... Nov 3, 2010 - 4:03 PM Soulend update!
first off, yeah njccmd huge differenc... Nov 3, 2010 - 8:56 PM njccmd2002 keep us informed Nov 3, 2010 - 9:14 PM Soulend now... I just need to figure out how to get the dr... Nov 3, 2010 - 9:50 PM Soulend okay, so still having problems with part stores...... Nov 4, 2010 - 6:00 PM Soulend okay, checked the coil pack (bolted to body.. not ... Nov 7, 2010 - 1:23 PM njccmd2002 crank sensor? not getting signal.
what do you me... Nov 7, 2010 - 2:12 PM Soulend Thanks for the reply,
Ill check the crank sensor... Nov 7, 2010 - 8:41 PM presure2 QUOTE (Soulend @ Nov 7, 2010 - 9:41 ... Nov 8, 2010 - 7:17 AM Soulend well that saves me a bit of searching in the manua... Nov 8, 2010 - 11:51 AM Soulend okay so my dad was messing around with a power sen... Nov 8, 2010 - 1:27 PM Soulend Woo! we got spark!... now we just have to ... Nov 8, 2010 - 1:52 PM Culpable04 it all comes down to grounds ! check for lose ... Nov 8, 2010 - 3:21 PM Soulend QUOTE (Culpable04 @ Nov 8, 2010 - 1... Nov 8, 2010 - 7:25 PM njccmd2002 honestly i dissambled my harness and inspected it ... Nov 11, 2010 - 12:15 AM Soulend QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Nov 10, 2010 - 10... Nov 11, 2010 - 9:38 PM Culpable04 I have to tighten my power steering belt, if I get... Nov 12, 2010 - 8:24 AM presure2 kev, when you DO get it lined up, make sure you us... Nov 12, 2010 - 9:54 AM HectortheRican Just letting you know Kevin, I've been followi... Nov 12, 2010 - 11:18 AM Soulend heh thanks guys, I've given up for now, I hurt... Nov 12, 2010 - 2:38 PM HectortheRican That swap needs to be Rick rolled by you. You will... Nov 12, 2010 - 2:42 PM Soulend QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Nov 12, 2010 - 1... Nov 12, 2010 - 8:29 PM purplegt4 get a helper to twist the bolt while you're ho... Nov 12, 2010 - 8:30 PM Soulend QUOTE (purplegt4 @ Nov 12, 2010 - 6... Nov 12, 2010 - 8:34 PM Soulend wooot! she purrs beautifully now! Ill take... Nov 13, 2010 - 5:17 PM HectortheRican AWESOME!
Can't wait Nov 13, 2010 - 6:26 PM Soulend As promised a video for your enjoyment!
http... Nov 13, 2010 - 10:39 PM njccmd2002 nice finally Nov 13, 2010 - 10:41 PM HectortheRican It sounds so damn THROATY Nov 13, 2010 - 10:55 PM Soulend QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Nov 13, 2010 - 8... Nov 13, 2010 - 11:07 PM HectortheRican Is it just the downpipe or have you connected the ... Nov 13, 2010 - 11:13 PM |
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