ST engine swap, 4agze, or 4age, or 3sgte Options

[96stgreendemon]

thinking about a potential swap, was looking at a 4agze and wondering if it would be the easiest motor to swap with the st, or just put the head on my 7afe block, or put the 4age head on my block, or just swap it for a 3sgte, which would mean new mounts, harness, ecu, exhaust, and tranny, thoughts?

[95st-celica]

Honestly, from FIRST hand experience, i can say that the ST swap to the 3sgte is not a walk in the park. The most difficult part would be sourcing everything down, for instance, GT-motor mounts(drove out 4 hours to pull them off a car in harrisburg) along with shifter cables, Source a GT transmission, axles, clutch, etc, etc. Then once you have everything, you are still going to have to drill holes through the frame, figure out the BEST possiabl way to secure the motor mount, rebuild the complete engine, all of which takes time and money. Along with sending out the harness to be wired up, its not just like your pulling your engine out, drilling 2 holes, putting the motor mounts in and bolt the engine back up. its a lot of work. Now i dont want to discourage anyone from doing it because with the right tools, time, and space it can be done, espically if you have everything right there ready to go. and being in college does not help with expenses at all, trust me on that one. you would be better of finding a GT as a base to start, that will cancel out a lot of problems right there, after that, decide if you want to boost the 5s, or do the swap. i think the swap is a very good upgrade for either the 5s or the 7a, but with limited funds, and mechanical experience, its all up to what you think you can do, and what power goals you are looking to get out of your car, but in the same asspect, the 3sgte, either 2ND GEN or 3RD GEN, put out great reliable power.