Rhode Island Project Celica Options

[LimitedGT4]

hey, not sure if this is the right place to post this and sorry if its not, but here goes.

I live in RI and am trying to do an engine swap and cant decide between the Beams, GT4 or a 4age silver or black top.
i know theres a couple of people in this forum that live in RI and have awesome cars but i havent been able to get their attention or help so lets see if you guys can.
i have a 97 ST limited and so far ive gather that i need new mounts, tranny, possibly exhaust, trans axles, and complete engine for a beams or GT4 swap
and ill need an engine if i plan to go with the 4age or am i missing something else also.

as far as the wiring goes for the beams engine is it a plug n play if i get a celica st202 front clip? or am i better off getting parts seperately

as my project progresses i will continue to post updates, hopefully batman and hurley will help me out.

ill also post pics later

thanks for help in advance




This post has been edited by LimitedGT4: May 3, 2011 - 5:14 PM

[Culpable04]

1- you need to get your glasses on, and get some reading
2- once you know what's needed get your hands dirty and do this yourself
3- the AWD to FWD conversion is not too hard, I tried it, and the only reason why I failed was becausei rushed it and broke the housing as I didn't follow proper bolting process ( over-torqued onebolt before the case was seated properly )
4- there are great builders / mechanic / entusiast out there, that without a dought will do a great job, but once the car is running the fun begings, you have to work the litte issues out ( every setup has them ) and unless you did your own work, it'll be a very frustrated / expensive or both journey.

bottom line is
GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY and do it yourself


for the AWD to FWD conversion, you need one cover for where the transfer case bolts on on the AWD, a MR2 diff ( lsd prefered ) and misc bolts, that's pretty much it, the rest of the parts that list, are all in your AWD transmission and since you are keeping it FWD, no need to mess with the shift linkage / arms etc. it's time comsuming and it require patience ( as I learned )

[LimitedGT4]

1- you need to get your glasses on, and get some reading
2- once you know what's needed get your hands dirty and do this yourself
3- the AWD to FWD conversion is not too hard, I tried it, and the only reason why I failed was becausei rushed it and broke the housing as I didn't follow proper bolting process ( over-torqued onebolt before the case was seated properly )
4- there are great builders / mechanic / entusiast out there, that without a dought will do a great job, but once the car is running the fun begings, you have to work the litte issues out ( every setup has them ) and unless you did your own work, it'll be a very frustrated / expensive or both journey.

bottom line is
GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY and do it yourself


for the AWD to FWD conversion, you need one cover for where the transfer case bolts on on the AWD, a MR2 diff ( lsd prefered ) and misc bolts, that's pretty much it, the rest of the parts that list, are all in your AWD transmission and since you are keeping it FWD, no need to mess with the shift linkage / arms etc. it's time comsuming and it require patience ( as I learned )

Thanks man i love the support, so if i go with converting the awd to fwd will i use the gt4 transaxles? Or will i need hybrids like for the e153? Is that writeup i found a good guide?

Anyways i feel confident of doing anythin and everythin to my car i know i can do it and work through it what am facing is basically spending alot of money to get all the right tools for the job or paying just about the same to have someone do it :-\ so if at the end of the day ill be in the same place i might as well get someone that knows more and has all the right tools but dont get me wrong if someone offersme some garage space with all the tools for a low price ill do it myself :-D which is what i really want and even if i paid sumone to do it i wanna be involved in the process for the same reason u specified ill know more about my car