V6 Celica

[fibrewizard]

hi.....

well now that i have introduced myself.... i thought id share my build with you all.......

1991 st184sx Celica.......

bought it stock as a rock... no mods at all....

1st thing i did was rims and exhaust...

then i got thinking about a 3sgte conversion.... but that was too obvious.... i am always in my head thinking about different ways to do things and going with a generic engine swap was to plain for me......

after about 1 yr of researching and saving.... i decided to swap in a 3vzfe quad cam V6 out of a 96 vdv10 camry...

so next step was to gather all the bits id need and plan out conversion.. more research..lol......

so i got my hands on a nice front cut from a local wrecking yard.....

pulled out the motor, gearbox, wiring loom, ecu, hubs, drive shafts, instrument cluster, suspension, everything my research lead me to beleive id need......

so next step was to turn my attention to the celica..... bring it into the garage and pull out the worthless 5sfe... whaich had given me all sorts of dramas in the year i had it in there.......

so out with the old........dog of a 5sfe

so with engine and gearbox out it was time to see for myself exactly what needed to be done to get the v6 into its new home..

my research has lead me to beleive that all celica mounts would cross over to the camry engine and gearbox......

but this turned out to not be the case......

only one mount crossed over....

so thinking of research again.... i had read that the celica gearbox shares the same bolt pattern as the camry...... so off with the camry box to compare........

(seems as though i have lost these pics.... will find em)

anyhow..... bolt pattern is identicle on both camry and celica gearboxes.... so this meant that the stock celica geabox will bolt upto the v6 engine.....

and that it did... perfectly..... no hassles

clutch was sorted using the camry flywheel, the celica friction plate, and the camry pressure plate..... problem solved, and works perfect.... i had a exedy h/d clutch in the celica so this would only benifit the cross over with the v6....and hold upto the new power of the v6 with no slipping.....

secondly was the driveshaft bearing carrier which had to be modified to bolt to the v6 block..... heres what we came up with.....

so this can now bolt up to the v6 block... and i can still keep celica driveshafts.... which also in turn allows me to keep all celica suspension.... as using camry gearbox would mean changing all suspension and driveshaft to either camry or custom made.....

so with all that sorted it was now time to drop the v6 and celica gearbox into the newhome of a celica engine bay

fits like a charm......

so once all was in and semi bolted down..... it was time to check out all clearences and see what had to be done to completely bolt in......

ONE engine mount.......i repeat..... ONE ENGINE MOUNT was all that was needed to bolt the V6 in to the celica.....

this is what i came up with and is just temparary as another one is being made to replace it......

so now the v6 is completely bolted into its new home it was time to add all the other new goodies......

GT4 56mm twin core alluminium radiator.....

Slotted brake rotors,

then it was reinstall gear selector cables, radiator hoses, and send it off to auto electricians to wire in the camry ecu.....

once auto electrician had wired in the ecu, instument cluster, ran new earthing points and moved Battery into the hatch.... it was time to take it to the exhaust shop for custom made exhaust y-pipe merge....

then it was back home to finish off any unfinished items and prepare for start up........

with everything check and rechecked.... it was time for the initial statup......

disconnected coil so engine wouldnt start, and cranked for a little while to get the oil pressure up.......

then once all was good it was time to take it for a spin..... this had been 8 months worth of work as i only got time on weekends to work on the celica...... so i had been waiting for this moment for so long it seems as though it wasnt gonna happen but here we are......BTW ... this was on saturday just gone...... so like 2 days ago......

enjoy the sound and the sights......

removed video from youtube... so put a link in for it from my image shack.... any help to embed this would be much appreciated...thanks

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so this is where i am currently at with this build.....

once i have completely sorted this conversion out and it is finally driveable as a daily driver.... the next step is to finish the bodykit... of which is going to be all custom made by myself and my mate.....

enjoy all future updates and i hope that this has opened your eyes to other engine swaps possible in 5th and 6th gen celicas......any question hit me up...... only too glad to answer em for ya....

grant......... thanks for reading.....

[GIDDLEPIN]

Well done that man

[Fawbs]

Nice one mate, some great work, you could have always made the 5sfe engine into a monster, you can run big big power through them with a little help from some gt4/mr2 turbo components. You going to up the power in the v6 or add a turbo? I don't think they run much through them i think, standard atleast.

[fibrewizard]

thanks guys...... stock power of my 3vz is reported from factory at 200hp......and yes i plan to twin turbo the v6 in the future.....these engines have been proven to handle 400-450hp in standard form with out cracking open the engine, from information i have gathered overtime the internals are built to the same specs as the 1jz and 2jz engine with the same or similar power generated as the 1-2jz's......but was de-tuned as you wouldnt want a family car to be able to produce the same power as a flaggship sports car......

so the is still a fair bit to do i am now about to embark on swapping in the V6 tranny so i have gathered all the parts i need and will be swapping those over in the next month or two

[fibrewizard]

gearbox swap is in progress.....just waiting for new exedy heavy duty clutch to arrive..

also waiting for gt4 cv to arrive.....

heres some teaser pics to show some progress......

ok the old 184 cables....bottom of pic..... and the 185 cables now needed to fit the e53 camry gearbox

replaced rear crank oil seal while gearbox was off.....

ok how the celica sits atm

and the difference between 184 and 185 front to rear crossmember........top of pic is 185.. bottom 184

[GTForbes]

Certainly an interesting conversion. Can't wait to see the power increased

[KPARRIS-JONES]

Now that is one interesting build! Too right about the 3S-GTE....

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[fibrewizard]

[fibrewizard]

Now that is one interesting build! Too right about the 3S-GTE....

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hi guys ... new update....

group A bonnet fitted, painted and looking fresh.....

still awaiting garnishes.....

[fibrewizard]

seen some in the uk, so will be looking for something over there..............

update on some new pics celica is finally ready to have engineer look at it, and its at the point where is as close to rego ready as i can get it............

so this is how it looks as of today.....