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anthonynami2 · 09-08-2009, 11:22 PM

ok i have 1983 corolla wagon 4ac motors fine but tranny bad and i cant find find a transmission so i m wanting to put in my 3tc in with the 5 spped what do ineed to do

4agetercel · 09-09-2009, 12:27 PM

its pretty straight forward, do you have the 4ac out yet?

anthonynami2 · 09-09-2009, 12:30 PM

no it still in

4agetercel · 09-09-2009, 12:32 PM

ok, the 3tc and the 4ac 5speeds are the same except or the bellhousing, no you may have to modify the engine mouts a bit, but thats not forsure untill you actually get down with doing it

anthonynami2 · 09-09-2009, 12:47 PM

i think the cross member need to to be swap i have a 3t one also

4agetercel · 09-09-2009, 12:52 PM

if you have one thats perfect... do some measurements you never know they could be the same, if its obvious that they are not then just swap the cross member, also youre going from automatic to 5spd right?

anthonynami2 · 09-09-2009, 12:57 PM

they should be the same im taking it of my 1982 parts wagon yea its a a atuot to 5 speed chang http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2976923 thersr are my two pars wagons http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3268089 this is the one i want to fix

4agetercel · 09-09-2009, 02:43 PM

oh ok you have complete cars, so basically take everything out of the parts car and put it back in the way you took it out in the car you want to drive

anthonynami2 · 09-15-2009, 09:34 PM

thank you

anthonynami2 · 09-22-2009, 06:20 PM

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4agetercel · 09-23-2009, 11:33 AM

honestly youre going to have to call around for that one

anthonynami2 · 09-26-2009, 11:38 AM

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tomstwincam · 09-29-2009, 06:45 AM

Your going to have to either get a custom header or use an OEM manifold to get the exhaust to clear the rack and pinion. The crossmember on the 83 would have to be modified to get the 3TC to go on, but you have the correct one from the 82 so you don't need to worry about that. The trans from a 4AC and 3TC are diffent and are not interchangable. For 3tc parts go to http://3tcgarage.com/

anthonynami2 · 09-30-2009, 10:47 PM

yea i got the whole 3 tc engine and t50 5 speed and the 82 wagon that it came off of for clutch parts

Te72Rob · 10-08-2009, 12:20 PM

Just swap over the crossmemeber. You would be better off though, just putting in a 4ag. It would drop in with no mods. and a 4ag wagon on dual side drafts would be preettttyyy nasty.