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 Sep 1, 2005 - 11:34 AM
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summer is over and back in school. i was able to save up almost 2 thousand dollars, and i want to turbo the celica weather it is by swaping the engine or turboing the engine. i have 130,000 miles on the engine so i'm not sure if that engine can take the turbo and not blow up 6 months later. i've found a 3sgte engine for $1350 with 76k miles on it at junkyard the rest of them have above 130k. if i go with this i'll only have 700 bucks left and i would still need the tranny, ecm, etc. PLEASE help me invest my money wisely cause i went thrue hell to get it. which direction should i go in.thanx in advance
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Sep 1, 2005 - 11:50 AM
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QUOTE(lake1069 @ Sep 1, 2005 - 12:34 PM) summer is over and back in school. i was able to save up almost 2 thousand dollars, and i want to turbo the celica weather it is by swaping the engine or turboing the engine. i have 130,000 miles on the engine so i'm not sure if that engine can take the turbo and not blow up 6 months later. i've found a 3sgte engine for $1350 with 76k miles on it at junkyard the rest of them have above 130k. if i go with this i'll only have 700 bucks left and i would still need the tranny, ecm, etc. PLEASE help me invest my money wisely cause i went thrue hell to get it. which direction should i go in.thanx in advance [right][snapback]330142[/snapback][/right] keep saving. 
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Sep 1, 2005 - 12:12 PM
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Yeah, you can't afford a full swap or reliable turbo, keep saving.
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Sep 1, 2005 - 12:25 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 3, '04 From NC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
ok thanx guys i guess i'll do that, as far as the engine goes should i guess i'll swap it out, as far as the tranny goes i've only been able to fing mr2 trannys but i'm not sure if these would work or not w/o complations. will be axels have to be replaced?
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Sep 1, 2005 - 12:54 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 30, '03 From O-town, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
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Sep 1, 2005 - 1:45 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 10, '05 From Monroe, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
if your thinking of a 3s-gte swap just run your GT tranny if its in good condition. that way you can run that till you can afford to deal with the mr2 tranny, this way you still have 2 options. i guess it can go the other way around but that would be downgrading.... dont do that
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Sep 1, 2005 - 3:44 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 30, '03 From IL Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
buy the motor now and keep it, and keep saving for the other parts. thats what i would do. someone might come along and buy the motor before you if you just keep it there. right?
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