new-engine-selection &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://wordpress.com/tag/new-engine-selection/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "new-engine-selection" Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:13:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Engine time]]> http://ta23celica.wordpress.com/?p=40 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:47:49 +0000 ta23celica http://ta23celica.wordpress.com/?p=40 There are several documented engine swaps for this type of Celica, however although I have been thinking about the different variants that I could stick in the damn car and decided to do one that no one has done before!!!

My Options for a Front Cut
Brand Engine No Asperation Approx year Donor Car Horsepower Torque Nm Cost AU$ Compression Ratio
Toyota 1G-GTE Turbo 1989-1992 Supra (GA70) 210 275 $1,800 8.5:1
Nissan SR20DET (black) Turbo 1994-1998 Silvia (S14) 205 275 $3,500 8.5:1
Toyota 3S-GTE Turbo 1994-1999 Celica GT4 (ST205) 239 305 $4,500 8.5:1
Honda F20C Natural 1999-2005 S2000 (AP1) 240 207 $5,500 11.0:1
Toyota 3SGE BEAMS Natural 1999-2005 Altezza (GH-SXE-10) 207 210 $5,500 11.0:1
                 
Current Engine
Toyota 2T-GE Natural 1971-1976 Celica (TA23) 102 142 - 9.8:1
                 
Other Options (used by others)
Toyota 3T-GTE Turbo 1978-1985 Celica (RA40 RA60) 160 206 - -
Toyota 7M-GTE Turbo 1986-1992 Supra (MA70) 230 325 - -

Currently my Selection is going to be a 3S-GE BEAMS due to several things, 1 its a relitively new engine so It will pass all the Australian Design Rules in terms of Emission Controls, and also with it being a 4 Cylinder and Non Turbo, it probably wont be frowned upon by the engineer doing the Certification. I has more Power and Torque than the original engine and at the end of the day there are aftermarket Turbo Kits availible for this unit that you can buy off the shelf from Japan.

I would otherwise have gone for the 3S-GTE however due to the angle at which it sits (normally around 11deg I think) and the fact that the engine mounts are not designed for RWD applications (there is actually none that would work) I think that this may be out of my league in terms of engineering a solution.

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