[Isaac Kracoff]

I recently bought a 5S-FE (pictured) for $350 from a 1996 Camry that was being parted out by a salvage yard because the engine in my 2000 Camry (also a 5S-FE, but slightly different apparently) died and I thought it'd just be a straight swap. But I guess the '96 engine has a distributor, while the '00 has a coil pack. Also a lot of sensors and other parts are either placed differently or just different altogether. For instance, the '00 has one o2 sensor on the manifold, while the '96 has two. Money's pretty tight right now, and I don't think I'd be able to find another running engine even close to $350. So I really need to make this work in my car somehow. Is it even remotely possible with adapters and brackets or something like that? Any advice would be hugely appreciated. Seriously, you have no idea.

 

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Just have to pull the old engine, swap everything over form the donor engine. If the block is the same, heads and or intake manifold might be different from coil packs to distrib..


So, In all fairness, you might have to swap the heads. Im not too familiar with that engine. But Im sure everything will line up if swapping over is needed.



Anyone care to chime in?