2AZFE? Options

[uberschall]

primarily for conversation...

seeing as the 2AZFE has assumed the role of replacement for the 5SFE, and it is similar in application and displacement....how feasible/worthwhile is a swap in your opinion?

i got to thinking about it because it is a much better 6-speed option than the peaky, fragile 2ZZ.

based on a quick browse on ebay, the highest price i found for the motor itself was $1700.

and for pete's sake, don't be obnoxious.

[K-ESD]

the few things i want:

1. decent fuel economy (regular gas is a plus)
2. ease of maintenance (i don't want to be fighting sparkplugs from the firewall side of a v6, etc.) and parts availability (i would like to be able to stop at a murrays and get regular maintenance parts if needed, like a timing belt, for example)
3. minimal fringe expenditures (i don't want to spend a bunch of extra money to rebuild a turbo, etc. i don't need to be constantly throwing money at it when i'm done, either)
4. reasonable entry cost. a blacktop 3sge would be my first choice if money weren't an issue. i would like to keep the clip around $2k if possible.

i'm not interested in more that 200 hp or so. the primary goal is a daily driven tsm-class autocross car. the reason the 2azfe interested me is that it's got alot more torque than a 5sfe, and a little more horsepower. it runs on regular unleaded, has an aftermarket that is growing exponentially, and is very new. by very new, i mean that you can buy a clean low mileage motor domestically for under 2k.

This has V6 writen all over it, well... except maybe where you shun the V6 with spark plug accessibility

a picture is worth a thousand words

this is what you'd be looking at from the side


This picture shows the clearance between the intake manifold and the rear head


Changing the spark plugs on the V6 is a breeze, easily accessible unless you're 4 ft tall and it only takes 1/2 more the time of changine spark plugs on a 5SFE.

I have to admit swapping a V6 is much more complex than a 3SGTE but you get all the advantages with nearly no disavantages. And guess what, it's been done before !! so that means 2 things for you, 1 it's possible (or probable I should say), 2 there's acutal information specificly about swapping a MZ motor into a celica.... only bad part is most of it is stuck in my head and i'm too lazy to type it ALL down, however I will answer all questions that are asked to me. So there is still research to do to know those questions.

That aside, you're on the right track with your project. There is plenty of choice for engines out there, make a (realistic) decision based on what YOU want. Unless proven otherwize, the 2AZFE is not a good candidate


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Kwanza26 may sound like a jerk but he is far from being one. A real jerk would plain and simply have no value in his words. Every word Kwanza26 says can be taken as good information... if it sounds like an insult, it's probably true ! Take it as constructive critisism.
I know what is meant tho, at first I didn't like the guy but I came to realize, he's willing to get into details about explaining things and devoting a good amount of time to write all about it. That shows his good will.

no time to finish, gtg to work