Hey yall. So I got my Celica from a junk yard in Germany, because I live here. And the engine is garbage. I also cane afford to import an engine from Japan or any of that, so my other alternative is to get an engine from the yard. I found a Toyota Paseo and the guy says the engine and tranny are good, but I need to know if the 5efe with bolt up to my Celica mount locations. The Paseo is a 1993 and im also getting the tranny from it. Has anyone done this swap before? will it work? Thanks

Nope, and if you did it'd be a giant slow piece of crap. You need to stay with the S series of engines, so either another 3S or something like the 5S which came in the Celica over here along with cars like the Camry. Even being a direct bolt in that still leaves redoing the ECU and wiring. Easiest thing would be to replace with an identical engine or rebuild if it's salvageable.

The 5efe is a 1.5 liter, versus the 2.2 liter in your Celica now. That would be a huge step backwards.
You should be able to source a 5SFE engine, it is in the Camry and they did offer that car in Germany.

Either fix the celica or park it. what engine do you currently have? 7a, 3s or 5s

Title says it's a 3S-GE.

This post has been edited by Box: Aug 19, 2015 - 7:06 PM

The 5E-FE, isn't the sort of motor you want to swap into a Celica, from memory they come with the C56 transaxle like the Starlets. Thats what they are good for swapping into. Making a 1.5L 4E-FTE (1.3L) with a <800kg body, they work well.

I'm going to say no to bolting up for the engine, as the E series is straight up like the A series. where as our S series is on that slant.



You don't need to import from Japan. *hopefully* there are some spare 3S-GE in junkyards or local buy/sell websites, or try rebuild. As Box has said.

Check your local classifieds or post a want add on kijiji or Craig's list. You'd be surprised, someone might have one maybe even a 3sgte.