Has anyone done an 7A-FE/AWD 3S-GTE swaps? How hard is that?

Nobody has swapped the AWD into any Celica yet. There are a few peepz trying but its a pretty DAMN hard swap. There may be one person or so in the world who has done it but you're talking about a FREAKING hard swap. Your better off just going 3sgte FWD, it works and gets results. IMHO if you really want the AWD, import a gt4, it'll be much easier and probably get better results.


-Ryan

neverstop did it. but that was AWD in a 5s not 7a...

yea, but nobody's seem pics of neverstops setup, so he dont get counted...hehe sorry neverstop.. >>

neverstops car has a working awd? I never knew that.......

LOL, i guess it would take alot of time and money to do such conversion. Alot of customizing as well. I heard that the gas tank also has to be reshaped in order to replace FWD to AWD.

yes nobody has seen it... but seeing the stuff he's doing to his car right now, and he can explain exactly what he did to get it running, i believe him....

lets not debate this again...its been done MANY times..lets just say, anyone can talk a good game. and bodywork and mechanical work are 2 very diffrent things.

I believe toysport sell a package to complete the swap. It should be hard, but i imagine it would require the motor, tranny, rear dif, transaxle, and possibly the complete gt-4 suspension. My opinon is that its not worth unless you plan on rally racing. A swapped 3sgte FF will smoke a GT-4. More power to the wheels. The launch won't be as good, but you should be able to catch a GT-4 by the end of the 1/4 mile

http://users.rcn.com/gudonsawat/gt4conversion/

Seen a lot of people ask about this, and my buddy swears to god that he's going to make a AWD MR-2.

Realistically, go out & buy another car if you want AWD. In the *YEARS* that i've been around on these boards, take a guess how many "successful" AWD conversions i've ever heard of?

three. including the one on this thread. oh, and including neverstops conversion, which he claims didn't work well anyway. Everyone else talks about it, ask questions about it. I mean really, if it was that popular of a swap, or that easy, you'd think you would find more info on it on the internet, eh? Oh, and more pictures.. none of which i've seen yet, besides that magazine article which I can't even read anyway.

Really guys, I don't think from a safety standpoint, or even it being worth your time, is this even possible.

i think the main problem is that the celica comunity is very small and most people just focus on having a nice looking car. so you dont have like 50 guys trying to do new things to make the celica the fastest car on the road with the best traction.

if someone told the guys from the Monster Garage show to convert a celica to awd. they would laugh because it would be too easy for them to do.

I think you mean too practical. That show is for INSANE stuff.

AWD 205----> >> thought all 205's where AWD >>

newayz... im sure alot of you have been expecting me to post here... well I wasn't gonna but figure I prolly should.

FIRST OFF lets not turn this into a huge debate..... with that said:

YES I did to this conversion. NO it wasn't too hard once everything was ready to go, infact me and a few friends did it in a days work.