Brand new Celica owner, have a few quick questions..

1. I bought the car for less than 3k. previous owner dropped a 2.0 block in it from a 2000 Camry(sad right?) what is going to be my price range of getting a 2.2(or better) back in it?

2. are engine swaps really as awful as I've heard on these things?

3. whats a good sounding(not ricer) exhaust for these babies?

I owned a 87 Porsche 944 before this, and have thought this'll be alittle easier to work on.
I'm hoping thats accurate.


Thanks for the help in advance!

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This post has been edited by SupraKid: May 8, 2011 - 1:43 AM

Wow you were quick man! thanks.


And I wanted to swap the whole engine. and have a friend who has a shop and everything I'd need to do so.

I've heard they're a pain in the butt! from a few different people, online and off.

I was assuming it'd be a 2.25, but I wasn't assuming it'd be custom?

Another guy from DFW. Did you happen to find that Celica off CL, looks kind of familiar.

Even for a full 5sfe swap, with a new s54 tranny should only run around 800$, unless you find a deal then it would be even cheap. Engine swaps for guys with STs are a pain because they have to change the tranny,motor mounts and a bunch of other things to GT. But for GTs its almost just plug and play.

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Don't bother. It's a colossal waste of money.

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Not at all. Somebody was fibbing when they told you that.

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Not my area of expertise but I've always heard that you can't go wrong with the Greddy SP2 or any of the Magnaflow mufflers.

if you put a 5s-fe in it(2.2liter) i would go with 2 or 2 1/4... 2 1/2 gets loud and imo makes the car week at low speeds. im currently running 2 1/4 and it seams the fastest of the 3 or 4 setups i had.

i have my 1994 2.2l to sell 150$ ,running fine but im in montreal