ST205 Swap in Progress, Engines are out of the cars Options

[PhilipK]

Here we go. I have had my Teal 1994 Celica for over a year now and bought it for the sole purpose to swap. I then purchased my ST205 front clip (which is a WRC, they did not tell me this) and then waited for over 6 months to start the swap. I waited so long because I was collecting parts and what not. But on Friday I finally got the bug and began. I pulled the engine out of the 94' and got the engine bay nice and clean with my pressure washer/degreaser. Then on Sunday I pulled the engine out of the clip and got everything organizing. Now I am going to start disassemble the 3SGTE and get ready to clean, sandblast, gaskets, etc. Also, I was reading about the wiring and decided to have dr_tweak do it because I don't like wiring and I am OCD when it comes to clean, so I hope he does a great job. Let me know if anyone has any suggestions, I have been searching this forum looking to find everything I can about the swap. Also, this is my 2nd 5SFE and 5th 3SGTE pull!

Let me know if you guys would like me to keep posting my progress!

Here are some pictures of what I did this weekend.









This post has been edited by PhilipK: Apr 15, 2008 - 9:24 AM

[mrgt4]

the st205 wrc is no different other than the parts above, all of which dont work.

can be made to work though, they had to make the 2500 homoglobins to get it in the WRC championship

as for power some gt4's made slightly more power as some got imported with blitz access ecu's but realy, that means nothing in the big scheme of things.

with the st205 they vary massive in power, no 2 cars with the same mods will get the same amount, ive seen standard gt4's make more power than those with exhaust and filter, yet i gained massive bhp through just the 2. bizzare. lucky or you arnt with the st205 engine.

as for the turbos, import (japanese ) st205 cars usually came with a ceramic turbine, where the uk model and alike usually had a steel one.