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Re: RA60....Advice on Installing a new Engine
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Tue, 14 September 2004 09:23
 
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An engine from an earlier Celica is not an option as this is technically illegal. Older engines had less strict emissions controls so you will have the greenies on your back.
We really need to know what you plan on doing with the car, how much money you have to spend and how mechanically skilled you are - although the fact that you ran your engine low on oil bothers me! In general though, the below should help:
Given the type of damage to the engine, I would suggest that a rebuild would be uneconomical. Your best bet would be a replacement engine, available from a damaged vehicle at a parts recycler near you!
The lovely (and traditionally inbred) wreckers will sell you an engine with a warranty of some description (a few months, normally) but you will also pay for the privelege. I haven't actally bought a 21RC before, but I'd suggest that they would want in the order of $400-500ish at an educated guess. Take that with a grain of salt, it's just a price that I feel would be fair and may bear no relation to the normal pound-me-in-the-ass wrecker pricing.
On top of the purchase you need to allow for labour costs (or DIY if you have the ability) which will probably equal the purchase price of the engine. Then allow about $300 for essential/servicing items (eg. cam belt, rear main seal, oil, oil filter, coolant, new spark plugs), along with an extra few hundred for miscellaneous things that WILL go wrong or be broken in the process of removal/installation.
Don't forget that you have to get the engine from the wreckers as well - some provide a delivery service (invariably at your cost), and some don't want to know anything about it...
You may fit an engine from the later Celica (RA65) without too many headaches, but there are extra difficulties associated with this and it is probably not worth the trouble/expense for the end result.
If you are after substantially increased performance you may wish to consider an engine conversion (1GGTE or 3SGTE would be my two picks) but each of these would be in the order of $7k done properly, and are really the realm of the competent DIYer.
There is a wealth of information on these forums regarding these swaps - particularly the 1GGTE which sems to be the easier of the two.
Hope this helps!
Leigh
[Updated on: Tue, 14 September 2004 09:26]
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