Engine Engine Swap??

Engine Swap??

Is it possible to switch in a 2.4 from a Camry into the 05 Corolla?
Whole drivetrain or just engine, bolted to stock at?

Its possible if you have money, it will not be a direct bolt-in, I don't know how much work would be involved, DR TWEAK might know better... if you bought a 05 and wanted power, why didn't you just buy an XRS with the 1.8 VVTL-i making 170hp, with a 6 speed manual and rear disc brakes...

yeah we got a ton of room in teh 9th gen engine bay. the stock tranny i dont know. that might take a bit of innovative work. i'm not sure how they'd bolt on together.

Why a 2.4 from a camry? and why on a 05?? Are you getting a crashed one with no engine or something?

Just curious

i think the torque from teh 2.4 motor would outdo the 2zz

It might, but the XRS is still plenty fast... and it would probably be cheaper for him too...

If he's going for all out power, he should just keep his 1ZZ-FE and build it...

yeah but props to him for thinkin out of the box with the camry motor. also nothing wrong to start out with a somewhat better motor.

True, and if he gets it done, then i'll definitely be impressed, that engine seems to have alot more aftermarket support for it too, thanks to the Scion tC.

hmm, that gives me ideas. anyone wanna finance me lol

Alright, put the 2.4 from Camry in a 2003 Corolla S, swap the tranny for the camry tranny, get it rebuilt and put an lsd in it... then build the engine and turbo it (like that 600 scion tc)... hmmm... HMMMM... imagine

lol i'd wanna leave it stock lookin. that would be fun. eat everything in your path alive :drool: <--- i hope that smiley is here, if not i need to get brandon a new smiley pack

We definately have enough room in the 05 for the engine. I'm not sure about the drivetrain and axles and stuff would fit.

you could always fabricate some but thats a pretty penny you gotta spend on that.

True...Just curious why don't you just trade in the rolla instead of doing the swap? It'll probably cost least to do a trade-in and less worries about anything going wrong.

To be honest, i've always wanted to get a 2002+ Camry SE 5 Speed, with the 2.4, and turbo it to about 300hp... I think it would be an interesting family car

do it. that would be a sweet ride.

Gonna lend me 20 grand?

if i had it, i'd do it

It would be some cool I think, would surprised a few people

You think :superconf

I'm not paid to think :rule:

Don't ya think more torque, easier to mod, more aftermarket parts and a hell of a project.

But how much??

And if the Corolla is a sleeper?
(Looks just a bit lower than stock with wider wheels)

Then there's the sound.

A tweaked 2.4 instead of 1.8...........

i'm with you man, i saw go for it. borrow axels and stuff from the tC. its pretty close to our cars width wise and stuff i'd think.

sounds cool and innovative, go for it! i really like the 2.5 but it makes quite a bit of noise and you're probably better off with de XRS'. i am starting to get tired of 4's though so that is probably why i am going to go with a six even though if its the older 3.0 four cam from the camry but i WILL get my avvy 3.5 in there.

Sure, it could be done. Won't be easy though.

/\ is anything easy on a corolla...

Sure, I can think of a few things

Easy to get good fuel mileage... easy to...

One point I cant believe hasn't been brought up is weight distribution. A 2AZ-FE in the front of a corolla would likely make it handle worse than it already does. I mean our cars already have a major front weight bias, why make that worse? Also, just looking at the size of my old AE102 engine bay, or my new Civic compared to my moms Solara with the 2AZ I really don't see it fitting.

I hear that argument a lot, but it's not really true. The same chassis holds a 4AGZE no problem which is an iron-block supercharged engine, an aluminum block 2.4 isn't going to cause a major enough difference to worry about.

Sometime, if you get a chance, stick 100lbs of weight in your engine bay and drive around... I doubt you'll even notice.

if anything i need weight in the front. Right now it handles very good and hold on very tight without screeching tires! And the way it picks up doesn't allow it to pick up at times when i really need it.for example if i floor it at 35 or 40 mph it doesn't do very well until it hits 4000 rpm then it just shoots. so i figure a 3.0 or 3.5 should do the trick.

true, but it will be worth it or at least i hope so.bu ti am sure it will.
if i get off topic its because i am watching constantine right now hehe.cool movie a bit messed up though.