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

[presure2]

wow.
what a thread.
now, i must admit, i havent looked at this thread really at all untill this morning, but from meeting you at CSP, i definetly wouldnt have thought you'd be this rude.

these guys are telling you to research over and over for a REASON.
you want everything spoon fed for you, like stevenson said, but even if we do spoon feed you, your still gonna be lost when it actually comes time to DO somthing, cause you arnt actually LEARNING anything.
these guys that are telling you all this stuff are guys who HAVE done the research, and taken the time to learn how to and perform theyre own swaps.
youve met cam, ask him what he has gone thru over the past YEAR researching his swap, then ask him how hard reality slapped him in the face when it came time to actually DO it.
without the help of dustin and steff, he would have been LOST, and not because he didnt research and take the time...its because he's never done it. like you.
untill you've actually done somthing, all this talk is just that, talk, but the more you actually take the time to do the research and learn as much as you can now, the more prepared you'll be when you run into the little hiccups that come with ANY swap.
if you cant handle that, you better be prepared to spend ALOT of money to do things twice, and expect lots of problems along the way.
good luck.

[LimitedGT4]

wow.
what a thread.
now, i must admit, i havent looked at this thread really at all untill this morning, but from meeting you at CSP, i definetly wouldnt have thought you'd be this rude.

these guys are telling you to research over and over for a REASON.
you want everything spoon fed for you, like stevenson said, but even if we do spoon feed you, your still gonna be lost when it actually comes time to DO somthing, cause you arnt actually LEARNING anything.
these guys that are telling you all this stuff are guys who HAVE done the research, and taken the time to learn how to and perform theyre own swaps.
youve met cam, ask him what he has gone thru over the past YEAR researching his swap, then ask him how hard reality slapped him in the face when it came time to actually DO it.
without the help of dustin and steff, he would have been LOST, and not because he didnt research and take the time...its because he's never done it. like you.
untill you've actually done somthing, all this talk is just that, talk, but the more you actually take the time to do the research and learn as much as you can now, the more prepared you'll be when you run into the little hiccups that come with ANY swap.
if you cant handle that, you better be prepared to spend ALOT of money to do things twice, and expect lots of problems along the way.
good luck.

i probably deserve that
and i didnt mean to disrespect anyone if i did
specially not dustin cus he has been nothing but help to me as well

but to be fair manny ive seen a few posts where ppl just throw the "do research" bit around as a joke, like one post where a guy goes " i got this one do research lol"
now thats rude as well

if we wanna grow as a community if u think someone isnt ready to do a swap we should ask him what does he think he know to see if hes ready
and no am no mechanic and i dont use technical words there for i use terms like frankestein peice given that its a clutch made for the 3sgte to work with the s54 and also other forums just confuse the **** out of me because everyone post things as they understand them and their not necessarily mechanics or technicians so confusion arises