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post May 3, 2004 - 10:44 AM
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I am planing to purchase the COMPLETE 95 3sgte engine us-spec with (lsd) tranny and also the axles, ecu and the uncut wire harness.

Here are some questions I have will all this be able to bolt on to my 5sfe raidiator? my a/c, heater, etc. because man its summer i dont wanna lose the a/c or spend another $$$$ to get it working.

With the things i have listed I shouldnt have to buy anything esle right? im planing to convert the Rwd tranny into a Fwd. Following the steps on celica.net, But im spending well over 4000 for the items in the First paragraph. I do not want spend anymore then I will be planing to spend. And a clip is not a answer to this question; because i live in California and the egr system must be intact so it will be Carb legal in California.


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post May 4, 2004 - 7:48 PM
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QUOTE (kuya1284 @ May 4, 2004 - 9:16 PM)
I'm seriously laughing at some of the posts here...

I'm laughing also...

Considering I'll be working part-time as at a Smog shop this summer... I guess I'll clear the confusion here.

First off, No... a JDM motor doesn't burn any cleaner than a USDM motor... why would they? Technically speaking... the motors aren't very different... As for swapping and passing smog... you won't legally with a JDM motor (meaning the inspector knows it's a swap and goes through the ENTIRE smog process). That's that. The processes of going through BAR and getting a smog sticker for your car is very hard to impossible, especially with a JDM motor. EVERYTHING is needed... from EGR equipment (they check and make sure the EGR functions), COMPLETE wiring (they literally whip out a wiring diagram and follow each wire to make sure it's connected and operating properly), all smog components are in place (vaccum lines, CAT, O2, etc...), and check to make sure the motor is operating at FACTORY emission levels (stock timing, boost, rpms, etc...) All in all... it's very very difficult to do, especially in California. If swapping a different motor... the motor must be from a car of the same year, or newer.

All in all... for those who are whining that it's dumb to get a USDM 95 MR2 3SGTE... you're all clueless... in a sense. In CA... it's a good legal idea and way of swapping a 50 state smog legal 3SGTE FF Celica... especially when you can't afford to spend a few hundred dollars "under the table" to "smog" your swapped car every 2 years (I don't have to really... family smog operation...>=P). JDM motors are VERY hard to legalize in CA...


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Posts in this topic
- celicasupra209   3sgte   May 3, 2004 - 10:44 AM
- - Chrobis   Where are you going to find a good condition, smog...   May 3, 2004 - 11:26 AM
- - presure2   for some reason, they say the 3rd gen 3sgte will n...   May 3, 2004 - 11:59 AM
- - Jabberwock   Yeah you will need to buy a lot more stuff....You ...   May 3, 2004 - 3:19 PM
- - celicasupra209   Actually the engine i had found only has 83'00...   May 3, 2004 - 6:59 PM
- - Jabberwock   83,000 miles is still a lot, considering that JDM ...   May 3, 2004 - 7:46 PM
- - Kwanza26   The MR2 3SGTE (USDM 1995 Spec) uses different moun...   May 4, 2004 - 1:07 AM
- - scothaniel   QUOTE for some reason, they say the 3rd gen 3sgte ...   May 4, 2004 - 1:50 PM
- - presure2   QUOTE JDM motors do not have the emissions systems...   May 4, 2004 - 1:57 PM
- - shid   Actually, a JDM engine puts out cleaner air than a...   May 4, 2004 - 2:39 PM
- - scothaniel   Why? The engines are identical, except the US moto...   May 4, 2004 - 2:59 PM
- - Jabberwock   He was stating for "Visual" Purposes...w...   May 4, 2004 - 4:09 PM
- - kuya1284   QUOTE (presure2 @ May 4, 2004 - 11:57 AM) QUO...   May 4, 2004 - 4:12 PM
- - kuya1284   QUOTE (shid @ May 4, 2004 - 12:39 PM) Actually, a ...   May 4, 2004 - 4:15 PM
- - kuya1284   I'm seriously laughing at some of the posts he...   May 4, 2004 - 4:16 PM
- - Jabberwock   Well I passed mine too since I can smog it myself,...   May 4, 2004 - 6:45 PM
- - Kwanza26   QUOTE (kuya1284 @ May 4, 2004 - 9:16 PM) I'm s...   May 4, 2004 - 7:48 PM
- - shid   .... Japan has stricker emissions laws than even c...   May 4, 2004 - 7:52 PM
- - Kwanza26   QUOTE (shid @ May 5, 2004 - 12:52 AM) .... Japan h...   May 4, 2004 - 8:12 PM
- - shid   I never said they were legal- and nothing about th...   May 4, 2004 - 8:37 PM
- - lagos   how many of you think that the guy doing the smog ...   May 4, 2004 - 9:05 PM
- - scothaniel   QUOTE run leaner fuel maps in stock trim Actually...   May 4, 2004 - 10:29 PM
- - celicasupra209   QUOTE (Jabberwock @ May 3, 2004 - 8:19 PM) The eng...   May 5, 2004 - 10:27 AM


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