Supra Swap, Possible? Options

[Hanyo]

you could.... i remember a thread where some guy made an adapter plate to stick between the an S series and a new celica 6 speed tranny. irrc.

you got it the other way around.

People are taking the 6 speed tranny out, and making an adapter plate to use the mr2 tranny.

[Supersprynt]

ok i'm going to make this pot REALLY REALLY Bad


I am *hopefully* putting a Supra 6speed tranny (W158) on a 3sgte...yes it is possible and its fairly simple to put together

But you won't be keeping the motor FWD - and you'll have to turn the entire motor around. Not sure how that equates to simple.

[x_itchy_b_x]

[quote name='x_itchy_b_x' post='640715' date='Feb 12, 2008 - 9:04 AM']
you could.... i remember a thread where some guy made an adapter plate to stick between the an S series and a new celica 6 speed tranny. irrc.
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you got it the other way around.

People are taking the 6 speed tranny out, and making an adapter plate to use the mr2 tranny. [/quote]

Ohhh right. makes sense because I hear that newer tranny is weak. good call.

[CelicaSTX02]

ok i'm going to make this pot REALLY REALLY Bad


I am *hopefully* putting a Supra 6speed tranny (W158) on a 3sgte...yes it is possible and its fairly simple to put together

whoa, are you about to try something crazy dude?

[playr158]

ok i'm going to make this pot REALLY REALLY Bad


I am *hopefully* putting a Supra 6speed tranny (W158) on a 3sgte...yes it is possible and its fairly simple to put together

But you won't be keeping the motor FWD - and you'll have to turn the entire motor around. Not sure how that equates to simple.

nope not keeping it FWD (hopefully), and you don't turn it around you turn it 90*

oh and I said simple to put it together.....putting it in is a WHOLE other discussion

[lagos]

Back to the 2jz talk....
Go for it. With enough time and money, almost anything can be done. Hell, you can even build a car from scratch or build a 2jz powered motor cycle. It all depends on how deep your pockets are.

This post has been edited by lagos: Feb 12, 2008 - 3:40 PM

[Supersprynt]

ok i'm going to make this pot REALLY REALLY Bad

I am *hopefully* putting a Supra 6speed tranny (W158) on a 3sgte...yes it is possible and its fairly simple to put together

But you won't be keeping the motor FWD - and you'll have to turn the entire motor around. Not sure how that equates to simple.

nope not keeping it FWD (hopefully), and you don't turn it around you turn it 90*

oh and I said simple to put it together.....putting it in is a WHOLE other discussion

I know exactly how much you have to turn it, don't be a jack ass.

[lagos]

Bolting a supra trans to a 3sgte is the easy part. 150bucks for a new bell housing off ebay is all you need. Anyone can do that.
The hard part is being able to afford all the parts, and doing all the custom fabrication it would take to make everything work.
There is a big difference between wanting to do it, and actually doing it.

This post has been edited by lagos: Feb 12, 2008 - 4:01 PM

[playr158]

oh Eric don't be so sensitive you know i'm kidding.

yea you just need the bell housing but finding it is a PITA!
(ok so I lied there is 1 in Australia....and the buyer wont ship it)

So what Aussi member wants to pick this up and ship it to me (and the ebay buyer seams pretty dumb)
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...828#description

This post has been edited by playr158: Feb 12, 2008 - 4:14 PM

[lagos]

I've ran into about 4 of them on ebay so far. If someone wants one, it wouldnt be too hard to get it.
If paying a few extra bucks for overseas shipping is too much.... then its probably not a good idea to get into this type of thing. The bell housing is probably the least expensive part of the whole project.

[playr158]

^where else have you found them..I had one lied up a while ago but too many projects got me distracted and i never ordered it

[lagos]

Ebay!

[x_itchy_b_x]

lol dan i saw so so many on ebay. usually 300-400 bucks. im stil debating on getting one and trying that RWD or AWD. in due time anyways.

[hellnegative]

Alright man. I will tell you this. There is no such thing as a non-feasable egine swap. anything is possible. In order to do the I6 Swap, you are going to have to cut a tranny tunnel and you would have to not only find the motor and tranny, but you would also have tog et a hold of the whole drivetrain. You are looking at a 6 thousand dollar investment. If you are looking for a lot of power or something that noone else has done, look into putting a v8 into your celi. A 350 out of a stingray, or mid 90's camaro would suit your needs and your pocket book better than attempting the I6 swap. You can usually pick up the whole camaro for about 3 grand. And I would pick up like an old DX or something for a daily driver for the months of work you're planning on doing. Just my input tho. Anything is possible if you put your mind and tools to it.

[95CelicaST]

Alright man. I will tell you this. There is no such thing as a non-feasable egine swap. anything is possible. In order to do the I6 Swap, you are going to have to cut a tranny tunnel and you would have to not only find the motor and tranny, but you would also have tog et a hold of the whole drivetrain. You are looking at a 6 thousand dollar investment. If you are looking for a lot of power or something that noone else has done, look into putting a v8 into your celi. A 350 out of a stingray, or mid 90's camaro would suit your needs and your pocket book better than attempting the I6 swap. You can usually pick up the whole camaro for about 3 grand. And I would pick up like an old DX or something for a daily driver for the months of work you're planning on doing. Just my input tho. Anything is possible if you put your mind and tools to it.

Please stop.

A 6,000 investment? Right. For what? The whole project? No.

A 3S-GTE swap will be about 6,000 - and that is a drop in job, not a custom one.

You would need to cut out the firewall and move it back a good distance, and then cut the transmission tunnel. You'll need to fabricate a rear subframe and all of the needed components for the RWD. You'll probably need to get the Supra suspension as well.

You'd be looking at upwards of 20K for that kind of work, which would be stupid because you can go buy a Supra instead of bastardizing a Celica.

[hitcachi]

You'd be looking at upwards of 20K for that kind of work, which would be stupid because you can go buy a Supra instead of bastardizing a Celica.

word. exactly what i was going to post.

[playr158]

lol dan i saw so so many on ebay. usually 300-400 bucks. im stil debating on getting one and trying that RWD or AWD. in due time anyways.

you saw so many 2s bellhousings?
and WOW 300 is soooo overpriced

[Legit94GT]

Alright man. I will tell you this. There is no such thing as a non-feasable egine swap. anything is possible. In order to do the I6 Swap, you are going to have to cut a tranny tunnel and you would have to not only find the motor and tranny, but you would also have tog et a hold of the whole drivetrain. You are looking at a 6 thousand dollar investment. If you are looking for a lot of power or something that noone else has done, look into putting a v8 into your celi. A 350 out of a stingray, or mid 90's camaro would suit your needs and your pocket book better than attempting the I6 swap. You can usually pick up the whole camaro for about 3 grand. And I would pick up like an old DX or something for a daily driver for the months of work you're planning on doing. Just my input tho. Anything is possible if you put your mind and tools to it.

Really? Now i have NEVER heard of that before... Swapping a camaro motor huh? Now how on earth would that work? that sounds like alot of custom work...

[easternpiro1]

I'm in before the lock!

me too! lol

[lagos]

Alright man. I will tell you this. There is no such thing as a non-feasable egine swap. anything is possible. In order to do the I6 Swap, you are going to have to cut a tranny tunnel and you would have to not only find the motor and tranny, but you would also have tog et a hold of the whole drivetrain. You are looking at a 6 thousand dollar investment. If you are looking for a lot of power or something that noone else has done, look into putting a v8 into your celi. A 350 out of a stingray, or mid 90's camaro would suit your needs and your pocket book better than attempting the I6 swap. You can usually pick up the whole camaro for about 3 grand. And I would pick up like an old DX or something for a daily driver for the months of work you're planning on doing. Just my input tho. Anything is possible if you put your mind and tools to it.

Really? Now i have NEVER heard of that before... Swapping a camaro motor huh? Now how on earth would that work? that sounds like alot of custom work...

On the internet, everything is cheap and easy, and can be accomplished in a single thread. In the real world, projects like that are not worth the time and effort.