Engine swap questions. Options

[1994Celica]

I've been debating on engine swaps and I have some questions. How reliable would a swapped car be? What swap would be the best for a daily diver?

[mkernz22]

I'm going with the 1mz because I got it for free.....well actually it was a payment for swapping my buddy's camry to a standard since the '96's never came in standard.
and I got the auto transmission so I can pull the solenoids out of it as well.....and a bunch of wiring, actually all the wiring. Anyway, back on topic. I've been open to swapping in any of the engines. I've ridden in Dustin's 3s before he parted it, I drove his beams (which vvti was super addicting lol) and I've driven my buddies V6 camry before and after I finished his swap.

Let me tell you guys, it is a HUGE difference between driving a camry that has an auto trans compared to a manual. This is the same car, just before and after I swapped it. It was a big noticeable difference too. And it was the e153 out of a 1997 camry that was swapped in, but I'm going to guess it will seem a hellofalot faster in a celica with the s54.

[1994Celica]

I'm going with the 1mz because I got it for free.....well actually it was a payment for swapping my buddy's camry to a standard since the '96's never came in standard.
and I got the auto transmission so I can pull the solenoids out of it as well.....and a bunch of wiring, actually all the wiring. Anyway, back on topic. I've been open to swapping in any of the engines. I've ridden in Dustin's 3s before he parted it, I drove his beams (which vvti was super addicting lol) and I've driven my buddies V6 camry before and after I finished his swap.

Let me tell you guys, it is a HUGE difference between driving a camry that has an auto trans compared to a manual. This is the same car, just before and after I swapped it. It was a big noticeable difference too. And it was the e153 out of a 1997 camry that was swapped in, but I'm going to guess it will seem a hellofalot faster in a celica with the s54.

The v6 swap really sounds appealing. It's reliable, produces a good amount of hp and has better parts availability. The fact that it hasn't been done as much makes me nervous since there's less info on it. The beams swap sounds like it would be much easier since it was in celicas but like the 3sgte the parts scare me. I need to decide between having an easier swap but harder to find parts or a harder to do swap with greater parts avliableity.