AWD - It's been talked about. Alot. Options

[Gildier]

So, I am purchasing a 1997 Toyota Celica GT with a silvertop 4AGE 20v (MT). I plan on slapping a 3SGTE and new clutch on it to handle the power, but here's the kicker:

I want AWD.

Why? I'm a GT-Four enthusiast. I know the '94 will be legal in 2019, but this is a project I want done before Christmas because it'll be a present for my father, who's been eyeing the GT-Fours for 13 years now.

NOW, the fun part. Do I care about price? To an extent. Please don't tell me "if you want AWD just go buy a subaru". No. Screw you. I want a GT-Four, lol.

Is it at all possible to ship a GT-Four sans internals and have US VIN marked parts such as a 3SGTE and tranny + diff etc dropped into it? Or would there be a VIN issue due to the VIN being stamped into the car itself and it being a japanese body not having a US standard VIN?

Maybe just order a GT-Four frame? Transfer EVERYTHING onto the new frame?

Or for the builders, fabricate a subframe and bolt everything to it and call it a day? Cut out the spare tire well, run a new fuel cell (ST205), extend the brake lines, and welding in drive shaft support brackets?

Just wanted some up-to-date info. Thanks guys!

[Bitter]

Registration, state inspection, emissions testing, etc. If they've got any kind of state vehicle inspection or testing it'll probably get caught eventually. I don't think the Canadian or non US computers in those will work with OBD2 emissions testing so he'd need to get a 94 or 95 GT4 which are pretty hard to find as they didn't make many to begin with and then narrowing it to only 2 years to pick from. I'm not even sure they had any 94's except the homologation cars, certainly any 205 is going to be RHD which your dad will get tired of having to through toll booths backwards pretty quick and McDonalds will probably ban him from going through backwards.

[mkernz22]

Registration, state inspection, emissions testing, etc. If they've got any kind of state vehicle inspection or testing it'll probably get caught eventually. I don't think the Canadian or non US computers in those will work with OBD2 emissions testing so he'd need to get a 94 or 95 GT4 which are pretty hard to find as they didn't make many to begin with and then narrowing it to only 2 years to pick from. I'm not even sure they had any 94's except the homologation cars, certainly any 205 is going to be RHD which your dad will get tired of having to through toll booths backwards pretty quick and McDonalds will probably ban him from going through backwards.

Well lucky for me I have a 94...

People RHD swap cars here, as well as do AWD swaps. It'd just be a pretty "clean" swap and you'd just have to properly mount the VIN number under the windshield as well as put the plate in the engine bay. Maybe a couple other things, but not too much.
I don't eat fast food so I wouldn't have to worry about the drive through and it's called an EZ Pass for the tolls...

This post has been edited by mkernz22: Oct 18, 2016 - 8:08 PM