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Ok I see on toysport that the 3rd gen calindina 3sgte is 4500 that is within my price range to have it put in my car, but the question is now how do I get it insured? And for those of you that have already done this conversion how much does it cost to insure this type of engine? Assuming that I get it to pass emmisions! I am hoping to have around 9000 to do this conversion so I am guesing that that will not be a prob.

well I have been reading over this thread and I think that this is a great idea. But I have a better idea on how to get a 3sgte because that is basically what you are going for here. If there was a large natural disaster like the hurricane I just whent through you could claim insurance and just convert your Celi for free like I am! Now where to find some natural disaters that will ruin everyones engines without completely destroying the car... lol

I will go with an expensive engine but I can't excede what my car is worth because the gov. won't give me more than it is worth. But that is still around 9000-9500. That should make for a nice engine! I still need to know of a shop. I am thinking about taking it back to the dealer to get the quote! Is this a good or bad idea?

I am not sure if this is the right place to put this or not but here goes. As most people know isabella just swept up the east coast. Well I am stationed at the Naval Academy here in Annapolis MD. I will be leaving Friday to go to Bethesda MD for the next three years. I was on duty here at the Academy the night of the hurricane and so my Celi was parked in the parking lot here. I don't know if anyone saw it on the news or not but last Friday morning my car and the accademy were under waist deep water. The interior of my car is ruined(smelles really bad and is like a little pond) and my engine is ruined. I can't get it to turn over and there is no power at all to anything in the car. Well I have to get it towed to a mechanic to get an estimate of the damages to get a government claim and was wondering if anyone knows of a good place to have it taken? Please only tell me if you would take yours there too. And it needs to be somewhere that can give me an estimate on the whole car interiror engine and all. Because I know some places specialize in only performance or body care or whatever. I am planning on replacing the engine with a brandy spanken new 3sgte if I get enough out of this because I already have the money for the interior saved up. So I am lookig for a place that can do this for me.

Any help would be appreciated since I do not know of any mechanic shop because I have only been here a few months.

-CL

Can you do both on an engine?

Well I have been browsing around and have come up with another question. I have an automatic ST(7afe). The 3sgte is an awd engine correct? and my car has FR drive. How much more is that going to cost me or can I run the 3sgte or the 4agze for that matter with FR drive?

I was actually looking into doing this myself because my radiator broke. I ended up just getting an ST radiator. The difference between the two is where the hoses connect to the radiator. The outlet on the ST and GT on the bottom are on opposit sides of each other. It could work as long as you get a longer hose to connect the GT radiator up with.

Ok new question then. If I were to go with an ae101 4agze engine what would the general cost of that be in compareson to the 3sgte? I have no clue about engines except the small maintanece things. Is it at all possible to in the future turbo charge the 4agze even though it is already supercharged to get more power out of it? Or is that to much for the engine to handle?

I have found someone to do a 3sgte swap for me and was wondering what the general cost most of you have paid to have it done? For those who have had it done.

Thanks!

I just recently recieved a cold air intake for my 97 ST. I was wondering where you connect the silicone hose that comes with it. I know where to connect it to the pipe. That is pretty obviouse but where in the engine does it connect to?

-CL

So now what? Just pry harder or is there a trick to it?

Looks like you already have a buyer. So I just want to know how the hell do you get the valve cover off? I have tride everything. I unscrewed every screw I could see that I thought might hold it down and can't seem to get it to come off. If you or anyone could help me out I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Damn if I had $2200. I have been looking for a turbo kit for my car for a long time now! To bad the Navy pays me like I was fish bate in jail shower that just dropped the soap! But eventually some day I will have saved up enough money to get a custom one made up for me!

Go to a sound system store and let them know you need a "line level converter" for a 2 channel amp. you can splice into your back speaker wires on the back of the stock deck and then you just plug the rca's into that. That is what I have on my stock stereo rather than getting a new one. I also have one for a 4 channel amp hooked up to my front and back speakers for the stock speakers"which are not stock anymore".

Here is the wiring schemadics!

Wiring Harness

Hope That Helps!

P.S. Now that I think about it the open space would probably allow you to go all the way up to about a 10" speaker as long as you can figure out a way to mount it! Not to say you woould also need an amp and the wiring kit and such!

The Stock in my 97 ST are 5 1/2" I believe but they have that metal rim around them soI think the mounting cage can handle up to a 6 1/2" speaker. You will have to find an adaptor kit or make your own out of pvc or some kind of hard material to make that rim around the speaker for mounting. As far as getting to the speaker I believe there is a screw at the bottom under the seat and one at the back of the panel and the rest just pops off!

If soda gets every thing out, think about your insides!