The conversion happened as the 3sfe was dying with the valve stem seals no longer doing their job. I could fix that but why bother. I decided to go retarded and get the beams engine. I bought a halfcut and with Jetspeedcamry's help we took it all apart and junked the rest.
The conversion is easy fitting wise as it's just another 3s block motor. The only issue is that with gen3+ 3s engines, the oil filter has been moved to the sump and this will foul on the DS front sway bar mounting plate. To fix this i notched the plate a little and used a 90 degree oil filter relocation adaptor.
Cooling wise the radiator was upgraded to a dual core unit out of a st185 using the camry end tanks. The stock thermos are too thick and shit and were replaced with some spal units. The other thing is the ST215 has the thermo sensor mounted in the radiator. To fix this issue i had a bung welded into the thermostat housing and sensor now sits there fine.
Engine out
Beams in
Have to be careful dropping it in as the intake runners are quite thin and dent easily
Then came the job of wiring. This was a pain and i kept putting it off for around 6 months, just spending time to separate looms, remove shit i didnt need and label all the various wires.
One night after I finished exams and went fuck it and did an all nighter to wire it up


The conversion is easy fitting wise as it's just another 3s block motor. The only issue is that with gen3+ 3s engines, the oil filter has been moved to the sump and this will foul on the DS front sway bar mounting plate. To fix this i notched the plate a little and used a 90 degree oil filter relocation adaptor.
Cooling wise the radiator was upgraded to a dual core unit out of a st185 using the camry end tanks. The stock thermos are too thick and shit and were replaced with some spal units. The other thing is the ST215 has the thermo sensor mounted in the radiator. To fix this issue i had a bung welded into the thermostat housing and sensor now sits there fine.

Engine out

Beams in

Have to be careful dropping it in as the intake runners are quite thin and dent easily

Then came the job of wiring. This was a pain and i kept putting it off for around 6 months, just spending time to separate looms, remove shit i didnt need and label all the various wires.

One night after I finished exams and went fuck it and did an all nighter to wire it up
