Engine Engine Swap

Engine Swap

Dr Tweak has suggested an engine swap to me for my 01. 3SGTE turbo w/ intercooler. I'm seriously thinking about it. He has my car now doing a tranny 5 speed manuel conversion, rear brake conversion to disk, and a Cold Air Intake. He knows corollas. The engine swap will require additional work such as: computer and wire harness upgrade, drive axle upgrade, and tranny upgrade w/ high performance parts. Also, 5 lugs hub conversion. My question is should I do this and why? Also, is he good at what he does or is there better out there? LET ME KNOW.

he know's his stuff...can easily do 300hp on that motor

it does...but you just get better front suspension

He's good! don't worry about it!
5 lugs hub conversion is not really necessary. If you're not going to do like 400hp.

I thought on that swap for my 93-97 rolla too... but i always wanted to ask somebody who really knows about swaps if the 3sgte is too heavy and if it would change the weight balance of the car to dramatically

The thing is how much would all of that cost including parts and labor??

yea .. how much would it cost in total .. ex. Cost of engine, cost of the conversion ..etc

Na I say 7k

Ill say less than that... well i just dont know if the handwork there in the US is expensive... i think so so thats why u all see it that expensive... but in my case... i live in venezuela, i can get on ebay a 3sgte front clip for less than 3k $ to send it to venezuela like 1 k$ there goes maaximum 4k$ and the mods to put it in my rolla a 1 k$ more... and then i have a 93-97 260hp rolla hehehe... if u get the last gen of the 3sgte,

well the most difficult part is getting somebody make you the custom motor mounts... if you find somebody who can do that, please let me know so I can go ahead and order some too...

I would have to disagree, the most difficult part is not fabricating the enginedameprs. my friend and I attempted this a few years back. wehad a friend make some custom engine and tranny mounts for us which wasnt a huge deal. once you get the 3sgte in the car, you have to start rearranging all engine componently everywhere because everything will be a very tight fit. the worst part for us was to figure out how to make the damn chasis more sturdier because withso muchmore power, going around corners will eventually screw up the chasis too. also figuring out proper weight distribution from front to back and adjusting proper suspension setting took time too. Long story short... with the time spent doing this swap (For us) it wasnt really worth it. in fact we didnt finish all the way and just sold the car. We then decided to just put a modified 2zzge engine, keep it fwd and instead of 300+ bhp, the car was now doing 245bhp with slightly less acceleration power but 300lbs lighter so wewere able to achieve similar performance.

If you still really want to invest the timeand money to the 3sgte, check out venus auto. thats where we got our engine. full front clip for a very decent price.

Dr Tweak has included everything in his price which will include:
3sgte engine
fabricating the Mounts
computer
labor
dyno tuning
transmission
clutch master
tranny mounts-fabricated
balancing the weight and adjusting the suspension (I have coilovers)
turbo kit with intercooler
fuel injectors
fuel rail
fuel pump regulator
drive axle upgraded to with stand 265hps to start with and then 300hps (mechine shop)

Drunk Saru you have any mounts for the 2zzge swap?

sounds good. as long as you are not the one doing all the work iwould say go for it. i am the type of person who would rather do everything myself because you cant rely on other people esp if you dont know them. i just had bad luck in the past with other people working on stuff for me. i'm a DIYguy except for when i get lazy.. hehe

thats what i like to hear! lol. its not often i find poeple looking for better performance rather than looks. esp on corollas 98+ now for people who still own like a AE92 or AE101 or better yet, the good ol 86 for those drifters, those people still like to go after performance. but after that, most cars i see are usually all show no go..

I wish you the best of luck with your and by all means keep us posted on whats going on.

btw, are you going for track performance or maybe rally? or just general performance upgrade so you can have something unique which no one else has?

speaking of old cars.. man i would love to have the NA tuned Tomei 4A-GE engine in my car. as much as i love the 3sgte, i would trade it for a tomei 4ag anyday..... if only i had money.

any idea what the site was?

i would do the 3S-GTE swap just to have something no one has .. well not many people have ... So when you pull up next to a G35 or something .. you rev and burn .. and people would be like that was a Corolla?!

you would pwn just about anyone really... you hear the engine rev vrrRRRRRRR whewetssstssstssstsss....

first of all I want to give you props for going thru with this...and second... let me know if TWEAK can make some extra engine mounts and sell them... I might end up buying them..