Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior Engine Swap

Alright, I just came into a large sum of money, and I was wondering, is it possible to swap out the GT engine with the WRX STI engine, would it fit? if so, where can I find JUST the engine?

just put a 3S-GTE engine into it. you can potentially make more power with that than a sti engine and some people have already done it

I know, but the thing is I want to do something noone's attempted before, something new, something WOW! you know? I just wanted to know if the fitment would work, and where I could snag the engine from w/o having to buy an sti, lol

I doubt a Subaru engine is going to fit in a Toyota...

buy a fast car if you want a big motor

ok. why dont you put a 2JZ-GTE engine in. no car will be able to touch you and i dont think that anyone has done that.

you'd need to swap the engine, tranny and drivetrain.

Good luck doing that for less than $20,000

Just a suggestion - If you really have come into some money I would love to see a full n.a. build on a gt engine. Rods, pistons, valve job, head work, maybe bore it out a little - the full ride. Really get everything you can out of that engine. Nobody (that I know of) has done that yet, and I think the end result would be much more reliable than any swap.

i have to agree. plus the reliablity factor should come into play...you might be better off just getting a faster car and doing less ambitious mods.

that said, if it is possible to put an sti engine in the celica and you actually pull it off with good results: the outcome would be nothing less than outstanding

this thread

You'd be WAY better off by investing that sum of $ into mutual funds.

i tried to think of a reason why an sti engine in a celica would be better than this...but i couldnt

Isnt there a thread like this at least once a week? Engine swap this, can I swap that, but no one ever does it

no support for the supra tt engine? ok, i see how it is

Well wouldn't that be too big to fit under the hood? If I'm correct, it's gonna cost quite a bit of cash to make it fit plus a possible tranny swap...

That's actually not a smart idea because then you'd probably loose any ability to drive that sucker daily or even not at all on the streets. Think realistically, think 3S-GTE.

oh its possible. on a tv show a guy put a viper v10 into a old school charger. given he had to move the entire dash back 6", but if he can do that then you could fit a supra powerplant into a celi. never said it would be cheap. but its still more practicle than an sti engine

this thread gets funnier everytime i read it

if i were to merge a celica with a wrx sti engine i would call it a...

"Aceliwrx"

wow that is a pimp ass name

hahahaha, i cant stop laughing after reading all this,hahahahah, that would be pimp to put a 2JZ into a celica, but its not realistic

This thread is nothing but worthless speculation. Thread closed.