motor transplant possibility..., non toyota motor in celica?!!? Options

[zipstrips]

i am curious if anyone has ever seen a non toyota motor fitted into our gen celica or corolla for that matter. i am intrested in fitting a jdm nissan sr20de motor into my st. the motor mounts seem to be in fairly the same locations. a usdm wireharness is cheap and easy to come by. other than mounting it, and getting a tranny with axles that will work what else would have to be taken into consideration?

[97sccelica]

the sr20 is a kick ass engine

strong as a 3sgte, WAY MORE PARTS AVAILABLE

cheaper than a 3sgte(fwd sr20's anyway)

light engine

capable of the same hp as a 3sgte when u turbo it

or, leave it at stock and have a lighter car, with more power, and better aftermarket for NA tuning.

if you get a USDM harness, it would help out a lot. the mounting positions may be similar, but i doubt they are perfect

hold the engine in there with a hoist, and keep it where the axles would have a straight shot to the hubs. and make the engine mounts to hold the engine there(if the ST engine is still in the car, measure everything out, buy a spare cross member from another celica and work with that for the engine mounts.)

then get some good custom axles

oh and he has an ST, so its a 40hp gain, and yea, sr20's are underrated

my friends and i are working on a 280zx-t engine swap into a 240z. the harness was a usdm harness, all we had to do was drill a hole in the firewall

everything looked perfect, as though the engine was meant to be there from the factory.

but we cant get spark. we are working on it. hopefully we will have it soon.