hello i have an 80 tercel with a 1.5 sohc 1-AC with a 5 speed i was woundering of a motor swap, i want some more Horse power but stay smog leagal. i heard you can put a 4age,3tc,or an motor for an mr2 any help
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4age
Any from the aw11's
Any 4age all require custom mounts
custom mounts
no, the tranny is backwards for your car
ask Dr. Tweak
3ee is mild in stock form, some of us like the challenge in modding it. for more info on the swap please look at the sticky
the 3E has siamese exhaust ports, so i don't know what manifold you're asking about, but pretty much NO none of the manifolds will work. i don't believe that the trans will fit (e series engine vs a series engine) nor do i think you would want the gearing of the Tercel mated to a 4AG-E. your ECU will NOT work with a 4AG-E. nor will the engine wiring harness.
I said the tranny was backwards bro. the internals would switch out but you'd have multiple reverse gears. AW11 is the chasis code for the MR2 the engine is the 4age
It's a lot harder than you seem to think. First off you can't buy the custom mounts anywhere, they have to be made and there is no pattern to go by. In making them you have to align the engine on 4 centers or you'll be breaking parts faster than a chevy. You also have to custom make the wire harness and that takes a lot of research.
Anything you do to a Tercel means you must make custom parts or spend a lot of money on them. Finally, if you're hell bent on doing this I'd suggest using a JDM Trueno or Levin as a donor instead of MR2. They came with the same engines and have a transmission that will work for FWD.
By the way, swapping gears with an MR2 transmission won't make the car go backwards. The backwards part is the shifter arm. MR2 shift cables approach the trans from the front where a FWD approaches from the rear. I do not know if MR2 gears will fit in a Tercel transmission but the Tercel transmission will not bolt to a 4A engine.
I hope this helps.
Sure, read up on 4EFTE engines, and read the engine swap sticky abnove the Tercel threads. I just bought a 4EFTE myself and will be installing it in my daily driver.
3E engines are basically the same as the other e series engines. I'm not particularly fond of the valve train setup but others have tweaked the engine and got great results. Look up threads by ToyotaTechGeek for some seriously informative reading.
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