Which 3sgte is more suitable, Fwd -> Rwd Options

[dudeofchaos]

I have a project planned for my celica and I just had some questions for you guys.

I will be going for a Fwd to Rwd conversion so I wanted to know which 3sgte is more suitable for the swap?
I believe both (mr2's and celica's) 3sgte are trans. mounted? So is there one of them that would be easyer to fit to a Rwd tranny?

Also if you guys could come up to me with some parts I would have to change (and from which car I could take these from if possible) and stuff I would need to do I would appreciate it.

I know I would have to get these:
-Drive shaft
-Differential
-Probably change the whole rear suspention parts
-Rwd tranny

That's what's on the top of my head but I surely forget many things.
Don't worry, I will not get into this before I will have enough knowledge. I will soon study in car mecanic before I begin all this.

Thanks for your help!

This post has been edited by dudeofchaos: May 10, 2011 - 8:51 PM

[delusionz]

You might need an Altezza sump because that 3S-GE Beams sits up right, all other 3S-G* are tilted, if you mount the engine upright and don't get an upright sump you'll starve the engine of oil.

Altezza 3S-GE Beams 6 speed also bolts up to 3S

Cool aye

I think if you had to ask, you're probably dreaming though, unless you can show us a pic of the shell of a Celica up on a hoist with the firewall and most of the floor pan cut out I think anything you could ask and get an answer to on this site at this stage is the least of your worries.

Personally, I would start with a GT4, atleast then you have a rear subframe, diff and driveshaft/tunnel to work with, from there you would custom mount a RWD diff (tougher) to the GT4 rear subframe, bolt up the matching driveshaft and then cut out a new tunnel for a rwd gearbox. you'll probably lose your heater, air con, climate control, etc since its all in the way too.

But then if you even been in a GT4 in your life let alone drive one or own one, you'd probably (or hopefully) recognise what kind of animal it already is, and you'd have second thoughts of hacking it up.