salvage title 220k now what, close thread Options

[EL_Jive_Turkey]

I have a 1.8 limited edition 97 st celica the car has 220k on her and still runs great the body is still pretty straight and the interior is an 8 outta 10 i have six inch touch screen dash hands free blue tooth installed tweeters and all new door speakers powered by six hundred watt amp and a 13.5 JL W7 powered by 1000/1v2 jl amp. so six years ago a rearended someome so now the car has salvage title, should i do engine swap and exhaust or just move on to something new? See another thing is that this 7a engine has only seen synthetic oil its whole life. in the past two years the following has been replaced ball joints, right engine mount left wheel hub assemby. Shocks and struts brakes belts and couple pulleys o yeah and one cv joint. oil changed every 3k religously. so basically should i have motor professionaly rebuilt, or try to swap in new motor like a beams.

This post has been edited by EL_Jive_Turkey: Jul 10, 2012 - 10:49 AM

[EL_Jive_Turkey]

I hear you on the cost amount for 3s-gte. it does sound like it could get real spendy fast, is there any other reasons why you say don't go the 3s route. i don't know too much about the 1mz so i did a little research i found that one of the perks for 1mz is the it can run lower octance, weighs less and there is no lag due to not having turbo, which i would like to have so thats kind of a let down. What else does the 1mz bring to the table? All these ideas can drive a man crazy.