Just bought a Beams red top Options

[TRDweaponX]

Ok so I gave up on the 5sfe build and bought a beams red top. It should be here within a week. My question is what advice or fun stories does anyone have on doing the swap into an st204?

[ricochet1490]

service is optional lol - as the old saying goes... "IT'S A TOYOTA FOR CRYING OUT LOUD"
But in all seriousness if you knew for sure how many miles were on the car that would be one thing.
In this case i think the T-belt would be good. Lithiatoyotaparts.com - cost you about 80$. In the 5s, if the t-belt breaks, who gives a crap because the motor is non interference.
IN the beams, if the T-Belt breaks, you just smashed valves. Good luck getting parts.
The clutch I also agree on. I skipped this too temporarily because the car will never be a DD, so I'll replace as I go, but if it's a DD, the last thing you want to do is drop the motor in, hook up the axles, fuel lines, etc etc, and then have a car with a clutch that has a busted spring... Time to do it all over again.

Back to what Richee said, the motor does only have 1 hook. I got around this by changing the motor differently than everyone else usually does. I drop it out the bottom instead of out the top. But you'll still have to hold the motor up in order to mount the subframe to it that way.... so you better follow his instructions on this, if you read his thread, you'll find that his car has had many a BEAMS in the bay #experienced.

Exhaust will be a pain. Be prepared to fork over $$ to have a custom exhaust made. even if you have the down-pipe, you'll hate yourself if you put a 2" exhaust on it. Go 2.5" and save yourself all kinds of headaches. They just don't run right on 2".