Hi, all
I gonna swapping the 2nd gen 3S-GTE engine into my GT next month, as a result, I have several questions about the swapping problems

1) Does the 3s-gte wire-harness can be suitable plug in into our car
2) Do I need to customs the harder to connect the mid-pipe of my car
3) Does the 5S-FE GT transmission is good for suffer the pressure from the 3S-GTE engine
4)After I swap the new engine into my GT, if I gonna use the original cooler above the engine, do I need to buy a GT-4 hood, or I can still use the stock GT hood to cover it?
5) Moreover, after swapping, what else I also need to buy, such as turbo timer, boost gauge, or sth.........

I am very appreciating u guys can help me to solve those questions if u guys can!!

-ST-204+Jun 30, 2004 - 7:12 PM

-ST-204+Jun 30, 2004 - 7:12 PM

When you can, dont use the 5sfe tranny in the long run it will only bring you problems. Use MR2T if you can find one.

But first of all
I don't have enough money to do all above this things, so can I just only swap the whole engine into my GT, then run for it??

Have at least 1000 extra before you start the swap

-shid+Jul 1, 2004 - 7:36 AM

What intercooler? You can get a FMIC for $200 off ebay and its plenty big, then u gotta find piping.

And honestly, if you dont have the money to do it right when the engine is out your going to kick urself in the ass later on for not doing what you should have in the first place.

if you dont have money, then dont even think of doing this swap.

so far i think i have spent around 4-5,000$ this is including the clip, shipping, tools, fmic, gauges, blow off, engine lift, misc tune up stuff, fluids, etc...

its not a project you can take lightly. basically you going to take apart everything in your car, and try to put it all back together for the first time in your life. its a major project and there are things that can go wrong. you have to have extra money for those unexpected things that can come up.

plan on 250-350 for a intercooler off ebay. and it WILL cost you 700-1000 to get pipping done, do a FMIC does cost about 1000

A garret universal intercooler piping kit works perfectly I've heard, and much cheaper than custom piping to boot.

or fit a scoop to your hood like the gen 2 gt4 to get air to the ic

Thanks a lot of all u guys comments!!
If I still have any problems in the future, I will keep on asking u guys, thx a lot!!

-shid+Jul 1, 2004 - 12:59 PM

Forkee's using it, so I dunno how well it'd work on the GT...

but with modifcations, it can't be near 1000 dollars. the MSRP on Greddy's (Sorry, its a GREDDY universal IC kit), is much lower than that

best place i have found so far is http://www.burnsstainless.com/

you can order just the bends you want.

-Supersprynt+Jun 30, 2004 - 7:38 PM

Or go with something totally 31337 and expensive, like a custom 6 speed tiptonic racing shifter!!! haha