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Has anyone ever swapped over a Camry V6 motor into their 6GC? - 6G Celicas Forums

Topic #51581 7 posts Started by GotToyota
I was thinking about engines swaps for the Celica, and the idea of the Camry V6 came into mind. I mean, they had a 5S-FE, same motor as the Celica, and the 1MZ-FE, which is a V6 motor that was also in the first gen Solaras. Now, shouldn't this motor almost be a very simple drop into the Celica? The transmissions are also the same if I remember correctly. Has anyone ever attempted this or have more info?

-Matt
talk to dr tweak he is here on forums his official website is phoenix tuning dony remember the url

Captain Pessimist
the only person that i know of to have done any v6 swap in our car is this guy
click me
but he has a 3mzfe not a 1mzfe

edit: fixed the link

This post has been edited by goferris: Aug 28, 2007 - 8:55 PM

Call me a traitor! See if I care. ;)
I would think it'd be the same thing, and the swap should be easy. Hopefully he puts in his input.

-Matt
The Mr2 people are swapping it into there MK1's like no tomorrow. I don't C Y its harder for us considering that our bays are bigger than theirs. yes it has been done.

Will I do this in the future? Yes I would because its cheaper to get a V6 with an old 3sge tranny vs buying a 3sgte. (Hmm 3sge Tranny just next door) I think you can use the motor mounts off of a
Camry V6.



I googled the engine and ended up here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_MZ_engine

Clicking from there I found the Highlander Hybrid.. (it uses the 3MZ-FE engine) Oooh I want a hybrid system! biggrin.gif

Clicking further I also saw the Camry have a 2GR-FE 3,5 liter V6 with Dual VVTi and 268 bhp.

Something for the celicat? There should be a complete list of "compatible" engines on this site! smile.gif
there is a list.......just look in the stickys

-Brian