91 st engine swap

[nonnac1]

ok i have been looking everywhere on the internet for a good thread but there is just a bunch of people trying to one up each other about what they know about cars.... well i would like a real person to plz help me out a little. ok here it is. i have a 91 celica st. i would like to swap out the engine. i have about 2-3000 to spend and want to do it myself! what engine can i put in and how hard will it be. thats it now can someone take the challenge and answer my question?

[PhantomS]

Originally Posted by nonnac1

ok i have been looking everywhere on the internet for a good thread but there is just a bunch of people trying to one up each other about what they know about cars.... well i would like a real person to plz help me out a little. ok here it is. i have a 91 celica st. i would like to swap out the engine. i have about 2-3000 to spend and want to do it myself! what engine can i put in and how hard will it be. thats it now can someone take the challenge and answer my question?

There is tons of info on swapping engines into a 5th generation Celica, the most popular by far being Toyota's 3SGTE turbo motor from the Celica AllTrac swapped into a fwd model (the ST being a great candidate, beings as, typically, they're less "optioned" and therefore usually lightest in weight, giving you more bang for your buck hp/wt wise. Here is a great link to info on a site chock full of knowledgeable 5th gen folks (actually, it's all generation celicas, but there are a lot of 5-ers there...)

http://www.celicatech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31705

This should get you started with some ideas. I'm guessing if you have to ask how hard it will be, than it will be hard..... but it's doable, as long as you have the info, tools, time, and $$$. Good luck.

[nonnac1]

thanks phantom im really thankful

[Luckynumber5]

Yeah I'd say go 3s, a v6 swap is fun though. You will have some grinding and welding to do to the motor mounts before the engine will happily sit in there.