i found a jdm website where i can get the 3gste jdm engine with 255 horses now i want to do the swap it includes a 5 sp tranny(im guessing that its the awd tranny?) what do i need to do for a tranny is my first ? second it includes the harness,distribuator, intake manafold, exhaust manafold, alternator, power steering pump and the turbo. what else do i need part wise and what else is recomended for this swap

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hey buddy, check out my car 3S-GTE powered frontwheel drive '90 Celica! (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=250061) You can see what it looks like, as far as 255hp, I don't think so, maybe at the flywheel, or with an upgraded turbo! Not stock though. Any questions re this swap, give me buzz, I got all the info from experience and you don't have to go all wheel drive... in fact you can't if your car is front wheel, the chassis is completely different, take a look at the shape of a real all-trac chassis and compare it to yours... that's what I did and it's pretty obvious why it wouldn't work! Good luck though, it really makes great power if you succeed!

That is stock btw.. 255-260 is the ST205 Celicas only in Japan and overseas or in the Caldina.

yeah... mine IS a JDM 3S-GTE, I'm talkin at the wheels... not a make belive number that you will never be able to use, you do know that you're gonna see power loss once you attach a transmission to that engine right? 220 is excellent at the wheels w/ no mods to the turbo or the head! Yo radojevic32, if you're lucky you will also get the intercooler as well... as long as you can, keep the stock intercooler on top of the engine... no turbo lag at all... mine pulls from start to finish!

the JDM modles had 255-260, but thats cuz they dont have emissions controls like we do, no cat and there runnin a way higher octane of gas.