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)

[Clipsetuner]

12 hours later and all this pops up, I dont think much else needs to be said here unless its about v6 componets, all this bashing is non-sense, the few people that know about this swap need to speak about it.

I am pretty sure me and tweak have listed just about everything that needs to be said for the most part anyways, any other imput is awsome tho.

As long as you have friends or people with some knowledge to help you, I think you will be fine, I have only done a handfull of swaps and I believe tweak is probley the best for the job, but hence him being 2000 miles away we cant work together. Thanks for all the extra info tweak, and a good business transaction. hopefully we can get our v6's running about the same time, even tho I'd like to lay claim to fame to be the first but we'll see.

DTE