7afe engine swap to a 3sgte engine Options

[edpowers58]

I WAS WONDERING IF ANY ONE ON HERE HAS DONE A ENGINE SWAP FROM A 7AFE ENGINE TO A 3SGTE ENGINE I KNOW IT IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK BUT I HAVE THE ECU HARNESS AND THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL BUT MY QUESTION IS WILL THE TRANSMISSION BOLT UP TO THE FWD OR IS THERE QUITE A NUMBER OF OTHER MODIFICATIONS I NEED TO MAKE IN THIS 6 GENERATION CELICA 1995

[richee3]

First things first, welcome to the site, and congrats on the BEAMS.

If you have the 3S-GE BEAMS motor with the transmission, wiring harness, and ECU, you already have almost everything you need. Leave the BEAMS motor just like it is. You can't use your 7A-FE transaxle. You just need to get motor mounts from a GT, drill two holes in the ...passenger side...? frame rail for the mounts, and either cut a hole in your firewall or have your wiring harness extended. Do yourself a favor and don't take that 7A-FE out of your car until you do a whole lot of research and know what you're doing backwards and forwards. Click the link that SupraKid posted. Then actually make sure you read the link. Seriously. There's some huge bold print at the top of the thread that SupraKid posted. It tells you everything you need to know about the 7A to 3S swap, 100% of the information with 100% detail. Obey the huge bold print. The huge bold print is your friend.

Edit: Not trying to be a smarta** or anything, but considering these cars have been around since 1994 and it's now 2011... There aren't a lot of questions you could ask that haven't already been answered. The swap isn't extremely difficult.. It just isn't cheap. There are several swap threads that tell in detail what needs to be done. Check the Engine/Transmission/Maintenance forum and the Forced Induction forum. Search for the members turnip, njccmd2002, 2bcelica, erahman, batman722, and presure2. All have swapped either the BEAMS or the 3S-GTE engine into their cars and you'll find all the answers you need in their threads.

This post has been edited by richee3: Jul 3, 2011 - 6:30 PM

[edpowers58]

First things first, welcome to the site, and congrats on the BEAMS.

If you have the 3S-GE BEAMS motor with the transmission, wiring harness, and ECU, you already have almost everything you need. Leave the BEAMS motor just like it is. You can't use your 7A-FE transaxle. You just need to get motor mounts from a GT, drill two holes in the ...passenger side...? frame rail for the mounts, and either cut a hole in your firewall or have your wiring harness extended. Do yourself a favor and don't take that 7A-FE out of your car until you do a whole lot of research and know what you're doing backwards and forwards. Click the link that SupraKid posted. Then actually make sure you read the link. Seriously. There's some huge bold print at the top of the thread that SupraKid posted. It tells you everything you need to know about the 7A to 3S swap, 100% of the information with 100% detail. Obey the huge bold print. The huge bold print is your friend.

Edit: Not trying to be a smarta** or anything, but considering these cars have been around since 1994 and it's now 2011... There aren't a lot of questions you could ask that haven't already been answered. The swap isn't extremely difficult.. It just isn't cheap. There are several swap threads that tell in detail what needs to be done. Check the Engine/Transmission/Maintenance forum and the Forced Induction forum. Search for the members turnip, njccmd2002, 2bcelica, erahman, batman722, and presure2. All have swapped either the BEAMS or the 3S-GTE engine into their cars and you'll find all the answers you need in their threads.

thank you so much for your information i have read all the forum discussions and yours has been very useful i have a good mechanic he said he could probally would do the swap from around 1,000 as for the axle i will do that and go out and buy one right away thanks again