Is It Worth It!!!??? Options

[Bradley]

Hey guys... Ive been in the 3sgte market now for about three years.....

Now that the swap is been becoming more realistic for me financially Im starting to have my doubts about the swap....

I came up with a total of like $8k i need to have in order to do this swap...
that includes...
vented/slotted rotors and pads and braided steel lines
tein ss coilovers
st185 front clip or maybe st202 (praying for the WRC)
3" back exhaust and down pipe
Clutch
electronics including a boost controller and timer as well as a standalone
installation and all the other stuff not listed...


Though I must say I love my celica is this really worth it...??

A gt4 I would say hell yes.... awd 3sgte in a car as beautiful as the celica is my dream

but a fwd 200hp or so celica with a chasis of 190k miles plus on it.... it just doesn't seem like a good bang for the buck

Plus I will be using this car for a dd... i dont mind the 93 octane but how much and how often will the routine repairs be.... Will I have to be importing little pieces between japan every other month? Going to school in the mountains of Western MD will the snow and rough conditions be too much for the car??

sorry for all the questions/doubts It's just that I feel for around $8-10k you could build a sweet 240 or buy an older already turbo wrx and be able to build a lot better of a street car. A celica is cosmetically pleasing and the 3sgte is one hell of a powerhouse but the parts are rare and honestly I just don't see as much potential


any ideas?

[Bradley]

Unfortunantly, im still new to the tuner scene... Though I have gathered a lot of information from this site... as well as fixed a lot of problems on the celica with help from this site and my haynes manual, I know that attempting to complete the swap myself would be the end of running existence for my car.....

It's not that I don't believe I will have problems after the swap... The point lagos made about taking a 90's junk yard engine from japan and praying that it will hold up for the 15-20k miles I put on the car yearly seems like im asking for too much...

Were all on this site for one reason.. cuz we love our celicas!!! I just want to make sure that my $8k is going to the right places... I have never seen, nor experienced a 3sgte or 5sfte in person.... thats why I ask for advice from those who have...

From what im gathering.... everybody is saying hell yea its worth it... I just need to be ready for all the **** thats gonna go down afterwards.... thats why I ask for setup opinions...What is the best way to do this right (or as right as possible) the first time