jcbass7

#241

QuintinGT is the guy who did it, his work was my inspiration to finally tackle it. Its been a thought of mine for years now. Here is his thread:

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...0&start=100

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Apr 12, 2012 - 10:50 PM

jcbass7

#242

So in the middle of this gas cap relocation mod I stumbled across something I couldn't pass up. I bought a 97 celi w/ a 3rd gen 3sgte already swapped into it. The motor needs atleast a new clutch and possibly a few other small things before it goes into my car. I want it in my car since the 97' is a coupe and I prefer hatcbacks and I also have a lot of work done to my celi already. Not to mention that the coupe has some big dents in the door and driver side.

Anywho.. the motor will come out soon, get a little work and then drop into my celi.

the pics:

kurt95gt

#243

What are you going to do with the coupe?

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Box

#244

Hey, you got that car from someone off here. I remember seeing it, and wishing I had the money to go get it. Hell of a deal you got. Can't wait to see its engine in your car. Love the Vette by the way. C3 Vette is my dream car. Well, one of them anyway.

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smkr3w

#245

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QUOTE (Box @ Apr 19, 2012 - 11:30 PM)

>Hey, you got that car from someone off here. I remember seeing it, and wishing I had the money to go get it. Hell of a deal you got. Can't wait to see its engine in your car. Love the Vette by the way. C3 Vette is my dream car. Well, one of them anyway.

I heard 3S and saw the side 'scrappage' and instantly knew it was his..

was BLINKYxMUNKEY's car!! NICE! Glad its staying here, on 6gc, so to speak

This post has been edited by smkr3w: Apr 20, 2012 - 3:25 AM

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bsamps4

#246

Make sure you "re-vamp" that intercooler piping when you do the swap. It would appear that there are a bunch of very tight turns in that set up, not to mention the cold side pipe is running right next to the downpipe.

jcbass7

#247

I'm probably going to change the IC piping, all depends on how quickly I need to get this motor in the car. Any suggestions on work to do to the engine while I have it out? I was thinking..
-timing belt
-water pump
-idler pulley
-head gasket
-rear seals


Last night I gutted the interior, gonna keep some stuff, sell the rest:

ricochet1490

#248

The guy you bought that car from man, i would go read his thread if he has one, or maybe just the F.S. thread. Everyone always says "water pump, timing belt, idler pulley, clutch, all seals on the car" SH*T while you're at it, just get new eagle rods blah blah blha...... because the condition of the motor is unknown. You don't know who drove it, how they drove it and how they took care of it..... SO I'm willing to be when he swapped in that motor.... he did all of those things as well. Which means that you have a motor with XXXXmiles on it that he put on it. Personally, if it doesn't leak right now and isn't dryrotted.... I wouldn't waste my money and would just put the dang thing in there with MAYBE the exception of the clutch.

My .02 though

jcbass7

#249

ricochet, good advice. I haven't found any threads that go into detail, but I'm just going to to get in touch with him and double check what was done. The only thing that is making me think I should do some of this work is the condition of the coolant:



I'm not sure yet if that is oil mixed in there or just rust that was in the system. So far the motor looks good though. It definitely needs a clutch while its out, but like you said the other things might be just fine.


got more done today

ricochet1490

#250

yeah, i just spent about an hour looking and there was some absence in 6gc presence from 2008-2009 and that appears to be when the swap was done.... so lord only knows But I would def get a hold of him and ask. On a side note, it's an iron block so it could just be rusty.... good way to tell is if there is water in the oil. Oil in the coolant means coolant in the oil generally. But looking good! Keep up the work and the pics.

jcbass7

#251

I'll check the oil next, I wouldn't be shocked if it was from rust. The engine most likely sat for some time before going into the car and rust could have developed.

I've swapped into a 94' before, but not into anything ODB2, does anyone know if I will have to change the wiring up any for it to work in my 94'?

jcbass7

#252

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QUOTE (ricochet1490 @ Apr 22, 2012 - 12:04 PM)

>yeah, i just spent about an hour looking and there was some absence in 6gc presence from 2008-2009 and that appears to be when the swap was done.... so lord only knows But I would def get a hold of him and ask. On a side note, it's an iron block so it could just be rusty.... good way to tell is if there is water in the oil. Oil in the coolant means coolant in the oil generally. But looking good! Keep up the work and the pics.

Oil looks good, didn't see any coolant/water in the oil. I'm thinking the color is just from rust that started in the system while the engine sat for some time.

jcbass7

#253

Engine is about ready to come out of the coupe.

Ted95

#254

looking good Jesse!

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KAOS

#255

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QUOTE (Ted95 @ Apr 25, 2012 - 8:20 PM)

>looking good Jesse!

Yeah you're really tearing into that thing brother... great inspiration!

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jcbass7

#256

Progress:

motor is out, confirmed that the transmission/shifting problem was in fact a broken spring on the clutch disc.

Syaoran

#257

A Intake Manifold with the TB on the side would be much better for the FMIC

IMO, you should get a Air-to-Air TMIC from a 5thgen celica... It might fit on there and it's stealth and easier to run the piping... you already have the GT-Four hood

This post has been edited by Syaoran: Apr 28, 2012 - 5:32 PM

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jcbass7

#258

finished stripping everything I want off the donor car. Now all my pics should be red celi or 3S shots.

Ted95

#259

Gu gu gu guttedd damn Jesse there's nothing left! Did u sell the quarters too?

Can't wait to see the progress!

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jcbass7

#260

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QUOTE (Ted95 @ Apr 30, 2012 - 10:18 AM)

>Gu gu gu guttedd damn Jesse there's nothing left! Did u sell the quarters too?

Can't wait to see the progress!

Nah, I just cut that one off because I wanted to use it to loosely mock up my gas cap relocation without having to take my celi off the road for long. I also wanted some of the sheet metal for little projects here and there haha

purplegt4

#261

If the coolant the previous owner put in was green, it may have mixed with the toyota coolant which is red.

ricochet1490

#262

soooo.... ugh.... what you doing with that stereo? lol

jcbass7

#263

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QUOTE (ricochet1490 @ Apr 30, 2012 - 4:50 PM)

>soooo.... ugh.... what you doing with that stereo? lol

Sold it to a friend, sorry..


PROGRESS
Started tearing a few things off of the engine. I'm only going to do a few small things before it goes into my car.

Things I'll buy and put on before I swap it in:
-Lightweight flywheel
-New Clutch (unsprung disc)
-Berk Tech 3in Downpipe
-Few maintenance things as needed

pics:













Anyone know what this is? It escapes me, I know I should remember.. some temperature probe. Do I need to keep it?



Found this.. wasn't to impressed with this bit since the engine was professionally swapped by a company a lot of us know. I thought this was fairly poor technique, but may have happened after the fact.

This post has been edited by jcbass7: May 8, 2012 - 12:32 PM

KAOS

#264

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QUOTE (jcbass7 @ May 8, 2012 - 11:28 AM)

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Found this.. wasn't to impressed with this bit since the engine was professionally swapped by a company a lot of us know. I thought this was fairly poor technique, but may have happened after the fact.

Hmm... that's not the kind of exposure you want on an ignition system...

You wouldn't happen to be getting rid of the timing covers, hey Jess?

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Batman722

#265

That is the cat temp sensor, not needed at all.
It's only wired to the st205 gauge cluster and will put a light on if it gets too hot.

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jcbass7

#266

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QUOTE (KAOS @ May 8, 2012 - 12:32 PM)

>You wouldn't happen to be getting rid of the timing covers, hey Jess?

Sorry, gonna keep them

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QUOTE (Batman722 @ May 8, 2012 - 2:17 PM)

>That is the cat temp sensor, not needed at all.
It's only wired to the st205 gauge cluster and will put a light on if it gets too hot.

Thanks Dustin. You're like Celicapedia.. know-er of all that is 6th gen.


So I also started setting up a project to lower my seat. I just have a static mock up right now to inspire ideas of how I can pull it off. I want to lower my seat closer to the floor since I am tall (6'4") and do not fit comfortably in the celica. I also have a sunroof, so thats killing some headroom also.

KAOS

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QUOTE (jcbass7 @ May 10, 2012 - 7:14 PM)

>So I also started setting up a project to lower my seat. I just have a static mock up right now to inspire ideas of how I can pull it off. I want to lower my seat closer to the floor since I am tall (6'4") and do not fit comfortably in the celica. I also have a sunroof, so thats killing some headroom also.

I'm 6'6" - so I feel your pain, but I'm also lucky that I don't have a sunroof.

Wouldn't it be easier for you to remove the sunroof?

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jcbass7

#268

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QUOTE (KAOS @ May 10, 2012 - 9:08 PM)

>Wouldn't it be easier for you to remove the sunroof?

I like my sunroof lol.. I wouldn't want to deal with a different headliner and trying to plug the hole the sunroof would leave. I figure I can get the seat to sit an inch or two lower and that should help.

jcbass7

#269

PROGRESS:
-Lowered stock seat height by 2 in
-Installed GT4 hood rain deflector
-Test fit a different style prosport gauge to determine which direction to go

pics:









I finally fit in my car! I only lowered the back, so the front sits a bit higher now, being angled up. Its hard to notice unless you are looking for it, and its not uncomfortable since I am so tall my legs sit high anyway. Its actually more comfortable for me since the seat buckets me a bit more and I don't have to slouch.







I like the new one on the right, the EVO series.. Going to go with those for my set-up




My hood really needs paint and I need to replace the rubber around the grill there, but the deflector looks awesome! such a nice subtle addition, but so perfect.

KAOS

#270

That looks great Jess - 2 things, and I'm sure you've mentioned the one already in this build somewhere, but

(1) How did you get your 7th Gen Seats mounted?
(2) It's kind of hard to tell from the pics, but how did you modify the rail in the back to make it mount lower? Being 6' 6" - I'm very interested in this... although I don't have a sunroof on my GT-S so its not that big of a deal I guess...

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