You all may or may not no about the history of the blue 3sgte that I bought...Well I now have the black 5sfte and my boyfriend Jim and his brother joey are working on re swapping the blue car with the st205...well instead they bought a wrc st205..The process has just started and its going very smoothly..presure2 and alltracman98 are standing by to help work on the car and help us out since they are the brains to the celica. Pics below with more to come as the process continues.















What do you all think? Ill be taking new pics very soon bc these were snapped quick the day we got the engine.

This post has been edited by supershannon77: Jun 26, 2009 - 6:40 AM

hehehehe good stuff.

*drool how much did it cost u?

we made a deal bc the guy didn't no much about celicas...so it was 3500 for the clip

OMG WOW where did u get it n are there anymore????

nice !

everyone's swaping 3rd gens now


This post has been edited by Batman722: Aug 20, 2008 - 10:02 PM

welcome to the club of 3rd gens there super fun stock wise but man with mods......i still drool...gratz love the clip

looks nice - good price too.
what's the sticker on the intercooler? i can't make it out in the photos.

Congrats Shannon!
Thats a nice looking clip.
Did something happen with your 2nd gen motor to make you want to pull it out?

Hey Art this is Jim, no the second gen 3sgte is running great no problems at all. I just HATEEEEEEEE standalones. I dont like how much they cost, I dont like the fact I cant tune it myself, or bring it around locally to someone, I hate how they dont always run the car well under extreme weather differences, I hate the fact that when you add a part after you have your standalone installed you have to pay another outrageous amount of money (up to 800 dollars!!!)to have it retuned. Dude, its just not for me and it never was. But on the same token I NEED (lol) more power than 275 whp. Dude, that gets old quick. I Love the fact that the third gen st205 comes with 540's. I dont have to have some fancy tunning to achienve 350whp. the car does it for me. Gotta love that. I love the fact the car will start and run 100% whether it is 0* out or 100* out. The car will run just as strong and reliable wehter i am ripping it at the track, or my mom takes it to pick up groceries. I want a nice, clean, fast, reliable, and easy driving car that can get into the 12's with ease, but doesnt mind cruising around town all day......the gen3 is where it is at for me. The WRC was just a perk.. I walked into that blind, I thought i was buying your run of the mill st205, and I was happy, it wasnt till later that I found out it was in fact a WRC while i was researching the st205 stuff. (Imagine my surprise i bought a clip of which only 2500 were made and didnt even know it, what are the chances) But again, the second gen is running great since MANNY (love that guy) hooked joey up, and fixed whatever BS was hacked into.

Sounds like a good plan, Jim.
Make sure you donate one of those ct20bs to me, since you have two now!

LOL, you got it .....I will sell all the parts I have left over after the swap is up and running.

WRC Version, hard to find... congrat

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ahhem...that motor setup, and EVERYTHING on it, is property of JDM GUY.

WOW!!! Looks great. Amazing price. Good luck with the swap.

Wow Shannon.. your gonna b drivin the WRC?? that is super tight.. i was thinkin bout buyin an WRC but it was a bit outta my price range.. so i jus decided to get the regular ST205.. i think my superior drivin skillz dont really need limited slip also haha.. but yea id love 2 chek out ur car when its all done in person..

Your talking about traction with maybe 93 horses to the wheels on the factory gt bro. We will see how well your driving skills are with double the power on the factory tranny.

your right we will... and i was jus kiddin bout my great driving skills thing.. jus a joke about the WRC.. gah..

hey gt4solidier......Your doing a st205 swap on an s54 tranny non lsd and arent expecting traction issues lol....you are a good driver. Im just kinding, I have some trouble now with traction with the second gen and a ct20b with the non LSD e153 tranny (which has longer gears than your s54.....110mph in third gear ) So this is why I am upgrading to an LSD double . But if you are looking for better traction then you are going to currently have with your s54.......I just happen to have a complete E153 non-LSD tranny conversion laying around . ...... JIM

After a few hours after work everyday we finally got the motor out the clip today...We had to remove the engine from the bottom of the clip bc the all wheel drive trans is to big to pull it from the top. After taking the engine out we saw that the timing belt was just changed its brand new..the same with the water pump which is great...I have some new pics of the progress.

Congrats on getting it out!
This is really the best way to learn about your car/swap.

Thanks Art, and yes you are right. Swapping it yourself really is the best thing you can do for yourself. I have learned so much just from pulling the motor out of the clip, things that are so much easier doing then just reading about. I have seen many motor swaps, tranny swaps, turbo swaps, turbo installs, etc. And I didn't learn nearly half of what I have learned from just digging in and pulling this motor. But, being around those things has helped in eliminating the fear, and making this project go so smoothly. It really is just a fear, It isn't very complicated at all. It is a great experience to do the work yourself, because you really do enter a new world of understanding and knowledge of how things work. Thanks for the compliments art........JIM

congrats guys. There's one more small thing I have to tell you about the wiring, PM me and we'll talk.

update !!

where's the project at now ?

Well This is Shannon not Jim...So um I believe the engine is out of the clip and we have all the parts as far as I no

The 2nd gen engine is just about out of the blue car

We have the e153lsd and axle all ready the cam gears from ATS all ready and all the other misc parts

Ill take pictures of everything over this weekend.

This weekend is gonna be where we get a lot of stuff done so expect big updates in the next couple of days

The funny thing is Jim took the blue car of for once last big good bye drive and the car ran so beautifully like it new its time was done with us
well at least we No it was running great and will be running even better when Manny gets his hands on it I hope he loves it

Swapping motors, boosting celicas, all while playing warcraft.... now we know why you are a SUPERshannon!

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sounds great !
so you guys are putting ATS cam gears into the 205 ? NICE !
have fun with the axles, don't drop the balls out of the cage !!!

Yes we installed ATS cam Gears. I feel that if you swap your car, or are doing a timing job on a 3's and you want to do any type pf upgrading later, NOT doing cam gears is a waste of money, and you are going to be annoyed with yourself later when you start rsearching them and realizing how wild they truly are. There are gains to be had with adjustable cam gears on the 3's, and by not having it, you cant get the most out of your tune/car. A nice update is coming in due time Thanks JIM

This post has been edited by supershannon77: Sep 21, 2008 - 1:51 PM

Well heres what went on this weekend

Manny came down to help with some work on the 3rd gen

The 2nd gen engine is out of the blue car....when we took the trans out we saw that the spec clutch springs are already starting to come out and the clutch is only has like 2000 miles on it I am going to post up pics and send them to spec bc that is way to soon to start seeing problems.

The cam gears are installed and the berk tech downpipe are as well..Manny did lots of prep work so we can be ready to get the engine back in.

In a little I will post up the pics

Manny might even post more abut what he did bc hes good like that.

Dustin thanks for all the wiring help.

This post has been edited by presure2: Sep 21, 2008 - 2:30 PM

Again you guys are doing a great job! Congrats on the wrc clip by the way the engine looks to be really clean, cant wait for more updates!