Going 7A-FE to 3S-GE BEAMS?, Any major differences from the 5S-FE - 3S-GE BEAMS swap? Options

[AnaXyd]

Hi!

I am really tired of the 7A-FE engine now. The Celica look like a sportscar, but perform like a... yeah, it perform badly. I want to keep the cocky guys behind me, when they try to race against me, not in front.

And the 7A-FE have been rolling nearly 200.000km, and very soon I need to change timing belt, water and oil pumps, clutch and so on. So the thought "swap engine" came by.

Since I live in Norway, its really strict laws of swapping engines. But I am 99% sure that I can swap into the 3S-GE legally, without changing all the suspension, brakes and so on.

So, we have the engine, but which generation? Then the other thought "BEAMS" came by. Its the same engine code, but a lot better.(right? )

VVT-i, 200horsepower, sexy look and so on


BUT the big question is: Will this be simple, or not? I think I am going to buy a RHD frontcut, but my car is LHD, so I think it will be some playing with the harness.

Is there anyone that have done this swap? I cant find any with the search, so this is maybe a really rare swap.

This post has been edited by AnaXyd: Apr 29, 2010 - 4:46 PM

[hurley97]

The ST and GT have the same hubs so Beams axles will fit in your hubs just fine. Only difference is that everyone with a GT can also use their original GT axles as well as the Beams axles, you can't do that with your ST axles.

Changing the gauge cluster over is the easy way to do it but its not necessary. You can buy a tach adapter like me and Dustin did with our Beams. We used one from Dakota Digital.

Personally I wouldn't think its worth all the work of swapping for a non-Beams when you can get the Beams for not much more, but I guess it really depends on your budget. If you can swing the extra money for the Beams then you should do it.