V6 swap, for me, better than 3S-GTE, Yep, here we go again Options

[K-ESD]

It can be done, i know that.

I'm currently exploring my options for the possibilty of that swap.

I'm desperate to know more about it. I searched but all i can find is the same darn thing over and over "is it possible yes, blah blah blah". I need more details. I read adrian's posts in celicatech.com but he just wrote a scratch about it. I'm thinking about getting a 3MZ-FE and this is where I get confused.

From what I understand the 3MZ is a bored out 1MZ with vvti slapped on, this would mean that it would be possible to stuff a 230hp/242trq N/A engine with a 5spd (from the camry). Yumm !! But really, how does it compare to the 1MZ-FE on the outside. The 1MZ swap has been done on a 5th gen, as far as i know dimensions are identical (or very close) to the 6th gen. I know this will require alot of custom work that exceeds my knowlege/experience with car mecanics but i will seek help from my local gear heads to get this done. Right now i just have to know what goes and what doesn't as far as major components go (engine, tranny, etc...).

I'm really concidering this swap because a few things in my drivetrain are going.... concidering that my 5S-FE has 265k+ kms and i beat the shnit out of it everyday*. (what's the point of owning a sports car if ur gonna drive like a grandma). Something is going to break and I don't want to invest into what I already have, if i'm going to drop some money into my celica, i want something out of it.

Thanks in advance for your help

(p.s. found a 99' 1MZ-FE at a junk yard close to here for $900 cnd)

[K-ESD]

btw i am not the one that is going to do this swap
i talked to a few local gear heads that have many swaps under their belt, they are the one thats going to do this and i'll assist and learn as i go. I am the one that should provide them with critical details to make things easier for them. but....

no on has really responded to what i was asking (excluding Clipsetuner, thanks bud)

i don't want to know if/who/weither/choice. I need to know about the 3MZ and it's similarities with the 1MZ and most importantly the problems that i will encounter or might encounter, like hood clearance for example.

We should be talking about engines and trannys and electrical and mounts and axles and fuel systems, dimensions, etc.... Please, i don't want this thread to turn into the crap i found searching about it.

Thanks

p.s. no offense to anyone here but stop treating me like a damn n00b and READ the first post, i already mentioned that i wasn't going to do this alone.

[Kwanza26]

i don't want to know if/who/weither/choice. I need to know about the 3MZ and it's similarities with the 1MZ and most importantly the problems that i will encounter or might encounter, like hood clearance for example.

We should be talking about engines and trannys and electrical and mounts and axles and fuel systems, dimensions, etc.... Please, i don't want this thread to turn into the crap i found searching about it.

Thanks

p.s. no offense to anyone here but stop treating me like a damn n00b and READ the first post, i already mentioned that i wasn't going to do this alone.

Not treating you like a noob... but you didn't ask a question...

The 3MZ is an overbored version of the 1MZ. The engines are basically the same thing size-wise. Both the 3MZ and 1MZ are available with VVTi. There are many many versions of the 1MZ which date back all the way to 1992... so be specific on what you want and which engine you'll use. They vary greatly in terms of manifolds, sensors, wiring, power, etc over the years. They bolt up to the same E153 as the 3SGTE, so one would assume they can also bolt up to the S54 trans. The tranny mounts can be the stock ones so long as hood clearence isn't an issue (an NO... no-one can answer that for you right now)... but the motor mounts, possibly exhaust DPs, plumbing, etc will all need to be custom. Wiring is a custom job as mentioned, and arguably the part that stalls an engine swap.