Chino's Swap/Progression Thread, My journey Options

[Chinosan89]

Yeah I think a little bit more clear coat and it would be perfect. Hood gap looks a hair off, but dont listen to me, totally envious of your handy work. I can only do a bumper and it would take 5 days to paint lol. Looks really good for doing it yourself.

MOAR!

Nice Eye!! Fender gap is actually off here, I fixed it when I swapped the motor. And Cheela I know haha, trust me I was very sad that day. So sad that the only thing that could keep my mind off it was modifying this one as fast and as much as i possibly could

[Chinosan89]

Ok so time for motor swap pics. Since I painted the car recently I took off the fenders, bumper, and hood so nothing would get scratched. I had a buddy help me. Thankfully I have some good 3sgte resources here. My buddy runs a 5th GEN all-trac pushing 976 hp to all 4 wheels. I think around 35 psi, not sure on the boost, needless to say he's done some mods. And his buddy who's done countless 3sgte swaps on MR2's so the job was done a lot faster

[Chinosan89]

Crap you all are gonna hate me, I just realized that all my swap pics are on my old phone which broke….. so I don't have any and have no way of retrieving them…… basically the engine was pulled and I sprayed the engine bay over a cold night with just a gloss white spray can. The colors match up pretty good, you couldn't even tell the difference, plus it was the engine bay and most of it gets covered up by the motor so I didn't get too carried away on it. Just a quick sand, prime, and paint.

Since it was an ST there were troubles getting everything to fit right. I had tweak previously rewire the harness to LHD. The major troubles we had were AC lines, power steering lines, and a couple other things I can't remember. I used the ST205 radiator, bought GT AC lines and used the ST205 AC compressor. The power steering lines were manually bent to fit but so far no leaks so I'm ok with that. I went with and E153 LSD Trans. MR2 inner and all-trac outer axles.

Needless to say….I got it in!

[Chinosan89]

Next, I spent a good month researching the rims I want and the offset that I want. Ended up going with some 17x9 ET 35 Rota Grids Hyper Black. Really nice wheels and super light weight.





Oh so SHINY!

[Chinosan89]

I went with 225/45/17 Falkens. Threw the rubbers on and got em mounted. XD



BAM! Flush with the fenders if not it sticks out a mm or so. Tires are slightly stretched so I am less worried about rubbing about the sidewall.



The tires rub when the steering wheel is cranked all the way to the left.



Next I'll be working on ST205 front brakes swap and then looking into getting some coil overs. If anyone know of anything good let me know. I've been looking into BC's but I don't want to spend $1K. I'll buy used if anyone has some good ones.

[Syaoran]

Try Megan EZ Street or Megan Street Series. They run for $700 and $900 respectively.

Like the wheels!

[PR0PH37]

Awesome build. I want to get a 3S-GTE engine swap but it will be next year before I even start.

[ClevelandGaint]

Those rims suit the car very well, glad you painted the whole car, and white is so clean, love it