My Transplant

[yaris-on-19's]

just thought id let you all know i went ahead with doing the t sport coversion on my yaris seems to be going ok so far have the ole engine out and am just figuring out what else i need to make the new one work correctly have been taking pictures and will update here with info and pics of any problems i encounter for anyone else that is thinking about doing the same thing. so far it stands me £700 for the parts i have bought.

[yaris-on-19's]

well todays progress is that the engine is in and mounted, ran into some problems already so now need the abs and rest of braking system from the t sport and also need the steering columb and rack as the 1.0l runs electronic power steering and the t sport is ran from a pump.

[Baby Yari]

Sounds like you've hit a bit of a brick wall already fella!! Keep plodding on though eh, lots of effort and I'm sure you'll get there!

[yaris-on-19's]

getting the rest of the tsport delivered on monday so i can strip everything out of it and put it onto mine lol anyone needing any 1.0l engine bits pm me lol

[gar]

getting the rest of the tsport delivered on monday so i can strip everything out of it and put it onto mine lol anyone needing any 1.0l engine bits pm me lol

Sounds fun! I recon, by the time you have finished, you would have been better off selling the car and getting a T-s. The conversion will ALWAYS be just that, no matter how much you swap around.

Also, I would think any insurance co. would offer a better quote on a real one then for a conversion!

How did you do or how are you going to do the dashwork? I wouldn't mind a T-s but I greatly prefer the digital dash compared to the dials! That was one of the defining style features of the Yaris, then they spoiled it (In my mind) by adding dials making it look plain.

The holographic dash is my favourite interior fitting, it would be nice to know it could be easily fitted into a T-s. Plus I liked the 5 door better, although they made what seems like a limited run of them, after I had my CDX!

I may have had that, even though they only have a manual gearbox. (I got auto so my partner could drive... She has, about once a year)!

Good luck with the rest of the project,

Gar. ;)

[frankie_TS]

Its a personal thing, although it is possible the cost of the conversion will get close to cost of buying a TS the money on a TS wont get a modified one the way he wants it, the car he has is done to his taste already.

As for inurance the only experience of transplant insurance was a couple of years back a friend of mine put an rs2000 engine in his escort and the modified car insurance with all mods declared (re-map, exhaust system and so on) was cheaper than the insurance on a genuine standard one.

[yaris-on-19's]

well so far the whole damaged t-s has cost me £1000 and im doing the swap with a couple of mechanics that i know so labour aint exactly killing me lol hopefully ill have it done in a week or two then ill see what my insurance is going to be like lol

[yaris-on-19's]

heres a link to my album of pics so far got most of interior loom in today no pics yet tho.

http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/lee...mediafilter=all

[gar]

heres a link to my album of pics so far got most of interior loom in today no pics yet tho.

http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/lee...mediafilter=all

Nice 02 T-s on eBay at mo, £3600 or offers! In black, in Scotland. Is that a bargain? (Under 50.000mls).

Nos A? I bet you 'forget' to mention that to the insurance company! Tee-Hee!

[yaris-on-19's]

nos is declared on my insurance cant be ubikd with anything dodgy tbh.