For those who have swapped!, 3sgte in a celica ST. Options

[soulshadow]

For those of you who have swapped your 7A out and a 3s in. Do you still have power steering? Did you have to make some custom fittings to work, or did the fittings that come on the 3sgte engine work with USDM rack and pinion?

[jgreening]

off topic: RJB, did you get that beast running yet? Did Billy help you out?

[Rjb23]

off topic: RJB, did you get that beast running yet? Did Billy help you out?

Nah, he just did my 3" exhaust and my custom rear mount that I needed for the e153. Billy and his shop are great though, on my exhaust its ss, he said if it ever rusts through or I have any trouble with it or the mounts to come back up and he'd hook it up. Which I already used cause it was hitting on something and rattleing so they fixed that for free, good shop good guys.

I haven't had a chance to drive it since I found out what the problem was, because its parked for the winter and uninsured, so I don't know how it runs now.

The problem was that the guy I orignally took my car to stole me ecu and gave me his cali mr2 ecu, so I had a o2 codes, 21 and 25 and I also had a egr code 71(jdm's don't have egr). So I checked the part numbers and sure enough they were different, I got the right ecu and put it in and all my engine codes are gone now.

I also had major vibration when I first start off or step on the gas. So I filled my rear mount because billy said that the st mount is to weak for the 3s and he recommended filling it, because he said under load the engine was probably twisting and hitting on something causing the vibrations. Which it moves not at all now so hopefully that is fixed too.

I need to out my ps back in and swap out the passenger side bracket for the gt one I have the st185 bracket on it now.

I also noticed that the shop that screwed everything up loostened the bolts that hold my calipers on and one of the fell out, causing my caliper to move and my brake pedal to drop or push up, and also I could here something scraping on the driverside.

[jgreening]

off topic: RJB, did you get that beast running yet? Did Billy help you out?

Nah, he just did my 3" exhaust and my custom rear mount that I needed for the e153. Billy and his shop are great though, on my exhaust its ss, he said if it ever rusts through or I have any trouble with it or the mounts to come back up and he'd hook it up. Which I already used cause it was hitting on something and rattleing so they fixed that for free, good shop good guys.

I haven't had a chance to drive it since I found out what the problem was, because its parked for the winter and uninsured, so I don't know how it runs now.

The problem was that the guy I orignally took my car to stole me ecu and gave me his cali mr2 ecu, so I had a o2 codes, 21 and 25 and I also had a egr code 71(jdm's don't have egr). So I checked the part numbers and sure enough they were different, I got the right ecu and put it in and all my engine codes are gone now.

I also had major vibration when I first start off or step on the gas. So I filled my rear mount because billy said that the st mount is to weak for the 3s and he recommended filling it, because he said under load the engine was probably twisting and hitting on something causing the vibrations. Which it moves not at all now so hopefully that is fixed too.

I need to out my ps back in and swap out the passenger side bracket for the gt one I have the st185 bracket on it now.

I also noticed that the shop that screwed everything up loostened the bolts that hold my calipers on and one of the fell out, causing my caliper to move and my brake pedal to drop or push up, and also I could here something scraping on the driverside.

Other than getting screwed by the shop, sounds like some pretty routine post swap issues. Good luck the rest of the way and dont give up - its worth it.