1MZ-FE into my MR2, Building a 3SGTE these days. Options

[808celica]

Interdynamics gun???

[95CelicaST]

Ingersoll-Rand.

[95CelicaST]

Got my headers back. Nom nom nom. Flywheel bolts were purchased today as well.

[njccmd2002]

call me an idiot but why your header only has 3 pipes?















































































got you, i aint that stupid. Its just the picture angle right?














































nah just messing, its a V6.. Like this build. Nice.!!

[95CelicaST]

My spreadsheet of crap left to buy is getting smaller and smaller. Only about $700 left to spend - Wiring, exhaust work, tach calibration, gaskets.

Bitter - There is a coolant hose that runs underneath the lower intake manifold which I will be replacing. Leaks generally in that area come from there, or from the heads.

[HectortheRican]

Ahh, those headers are sexy.

[95CelicaST]

Update for this weekend:

The summary of this weekend is: Brake cleaner. I smell like it. My garage smells of it. The motor is happy to have a bath in it. This stuff and a toothbrush is all I need

I live in the boonies and don't have internet, so I pack up the Mac and head to Starbucks (oh how stereotypical of you, you Seattle hipster ) to mooch a bit of Wifi to download a couple FSM's for a Camry, as I am prepping to tear into the motor now. I painted the front bank's valve cover last night a nice Metallic Black, but I REALLY don't like it. My valve covers were ugly to begin with, so I'm going to strip it and put a wrinkle black finish on it, so it covers up some of the ugliness. I also picked up about 10ft of vacuum line to re-route/tuck some of the clutter on the motor.

My clutch should be here in a couple of days, which leaves wiring, and gaskets left before the swap can commence. The time is ticking down!

[SwissFerdi]

THIS build IS SPAAARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jan 16, 2011 - 6:08 PM

[Bitter]

My spreadsheet of crap left to buy is getting smaller and smaller. Only about $700 left to spend - Wiring, exhaust work, tach calibration, gaskets.

Bitter - There is a coolant hose that runs underneath the lower intake manifold which I will be replacing. Leaks generally in that area come from there, or from the heads.

Yea, thats the one. Thanks.

Speaking of cooling system, have fun purging that 100 miles of coolant tubing and hoses

[95CelicaST]

Thank god it won't be my first time doing it. I think the mr2 holds somewhere around 3 gallons of coolant....

Repainted the valve covers and started the top end teardown this evening. Expect pictures to surface at some point tomorrow.

[stephen_lee]

woot wooot! with my tax return comes.... megasquirt3!

*like*


i want a 1mz for my daily... mmm... and a little frame reinforcement in the rear = big trailer capacity and some baffled rednecks

[95CelicaST]

Drawing closer now...

My clutch showed up at my house today. Stage 2 Kevlar kit from South Bend Clutch. MR2 Turbo pressure plate and disk with a custom 20 spline to mate with my S54.



I also yanked the valve covers and painted them with VHT Wrinkle paint. I REALLY like how it came out. Now, my question for you guys is should I paint the intake manifold to match the valve covers? Or just leave it how it is?





Sending out the harnesses tomorrow afternoon and hope to get back the completed harness in a week or so. Once I get it back the swap will be starting! Excite!

[HectortheRican]

I say that you should paint the intake manifold a nice, soft silver. Nothing shiny and flashy, since your valve covers aren't like that. Which I'll add, came out AWESOME I just think that a soft silver manifold would provide a necessary color contrast in the bay. I think that a black manifold would be too much.

Edit: I saw Daniel's post, and a flat red would look pretty good too. I just don't like the idea of the mostly black.

Edit #2: Either one of those colors would look great, but experiment with doing a similar effect as the valve covers. That'd be pretty damn neato

Okay, all done

This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Jan 20, 2011 - 10:20 PM

[richee3]

I vote paint it. Are you leaving the engine bay red or are you painting it black when the motor is out? Nothing against painting your engine bay black, but I'd personally leave mine the color of the car. As long as you're leaving the engine bay red, I'd paint the intake manifold. Then you won't have too much black and it won't be overwhelming.

[95CelicaST]

No the bay isn't being painted... why would I do that?

I think I'm going to leave the intake silver... Keep in mind there will be a cover on top of it all...

[JuMPiiN]

Looks nice ! keep it like it is if your cover is silver, damn your bay is gunna be super super tight with that in there lol.

[95CelicaST]

It'll be the motor that should have gone in the mr2 in the beginning.

Space-wise there will be more room gained left to right in the bay, and front to back should be the same as the 5s.

[richee3]

Seems like half the motor swaps I see have engine bays painted black, despite the actual color of the car. I didn't know if you would be following that trend. And since you are going to have a silver cover over the motor, I say leave the intake manifold silver.

So you'll have slightly more room in the engine bay; what about weight? How will that affect the handling of the car? I know the 5S weighs the same as a small moon, and I assume that the 1MZ isn't any lighter.

[HectortheRican]

I know the 5S weighs the same as a small moon

That's no moon, that's a space station. Lol, but yeah, I'm curious as to how the 1MZ weighs up next the other popular swaps as well.

[95CelicaST]

1mzfe is 346lbs

5sfe is 385lbs

3sgte is 463lbs

the s54 transmission weighs less than the e153 as well, so it'll be pretty light.