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Sat, 01 June 2002 11:59
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Hey guys this mite be of some interest to everyone. the latest Fast Fours mag(JUNE 2002) has a Toyota engine swap guide. Good read.
Bandit
RA60 Celica
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Sat, 01 June 2002 12:14
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Funny, I flicked through it and thought it was a joke.
Darren.
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Sat, 01 June 2002 17:15
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i think its quite good that toyota engines are getting a mention
why would it be a joke?
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Tue, 04 June 2002 03:19
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out of curiosity, what sort of engines do they mention in the article?
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Tue, 04 June 2002 04:57
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Wat page does the article star on?????
cheers
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Tue, 04 June 2002 06:08
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| Darren wrote on Sat, 01 June 2002 10:14 PM |
Funny, I flicked through it and thought it was a joke.
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why was it a joke?
because they didnt go into huge technical detail about how to actually perform the engine swaps? so what? it was a guide to the different types of engines available & not much more.
for the length of the article i thought it was pretty cool... im sure theres quite a lot of people out there now who have a better understanding of Toyota engines thanks to Fast Fours.
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Wed, 05 June 2002 01:30
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Haydn,
My personal opinion, I could see no value at all in it. Although they did lose me after the first paragraph and I only flicked through the rest.
If you only see it as a guide to available engines, then as a "swap guide" it would serve what purpose?? Maybe "Incomplete Toyota engine guide" would have been a more appropriate title. I would have been more impressed if they had gone to the trouble of collating cost and time estimates of fitting those engines into different model cars. I vaguely remember reading something about fitting a 3s-gte into a Sprinter(?), love to see a cost or time estimate on that conversion!
Maybe I expect too much from a mag.... Or I could just be a grumpy old bastard that is way outside their target audience.
Darren.
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Wed, 05 June 2002 03:00
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you know your good when they use a pic of your car in the examples!
yogi's fifth hit in 12 months!
LOL
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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Wed, 05 June 2002 03:18
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 must be why i subscibe to HOT 4s... hehehehe
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I supported Toymods
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Wed, 05 June 2002 03:52
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if I had a mag it'd feature every week
your little celica cranks out the horsies (and yes, I'm very jealous)
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Thu, 06 June 2002 12:46
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I had a squiz at the article today. Good idea, but a price guide would have made it a LOT better, and it was too limited to be of any real use. I didn't see 1G listed at all. And what's up with 22RE heads getting cracks????!!!
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Re: Toyota Engine Swap guide
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Thu, 06 June 2002 12:56
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Could be better,not go out and buy the mag just for the article.
Its on page 82-88 ...... I remembered cause the poster of the hot cover girl was back two pages. hehehehe
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Thu, 06 June 2002 13:01
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22RE getting head cracks?
from all accounts, the 22RE is just about indestructable ... guys in the states go 200k MILES without a reco....
and hell, mine is at 215K, not bad considering the way i treat it
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Thu, 06 June 2002 13:17
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I know, I know. That's what the article said - maybe someone who acually bought the mag can clarify.
My 22RE has ticked over 190,000. All it's had, I think, is a new timing chain&guides about a year ago. Got a bit of an oil leak but appart from that, still strong.
Just need a ported head/hotter cam/headers 
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Toyota Engine Swap guide
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Thu, 06 June 2002 13:21
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no way
go a new engine
is it in an RA65 or a truck/van thing?
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Re: Toyota Engine Swap guide
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Thu, 06 June 2002 13:25
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Whaddaya mean, go a new engine? Why?
It's in my RA65... www.speedtoys.com/~stefan. Haven't updated in a while. Celi has since been lowered and has 7" Supra rims
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Re: Toyota Engine Swap guide
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Thu, 06 June 2002 13:28
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Unless you mean engine SWAP. I don't have 6k for a 1G swap, sorry.
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Re: Toyota Engine Swap guide
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Thu, 06 June 2002 13:40
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It says "Good performer but too many cracked heads. Best avoided."
Thats the exact words.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Toyota Engine Swap guide
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Thu, 06 June 2002 23:49
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$6k?!?!?
dont know where you got that figure from
-$1300 for a front cut (maybe a bit more nowadays)
-$700 for the exhaust
-find someone who can fabricate you some engine mounts, or gets the specs on some and do it yourself
-find some friends who know a bit about cars (especially some of the toymods guys who have done the swap before) and go to work
couldn't cost much more than $3k by my figuring
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Toyota Engine Swap guide
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Fri, 07 June 2002 00:12
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Trust me. It adds up. Dont forget to change things like timing belts, clutches, fluids, filters and stuff when you change the engine.
You have no idea how good the clutch is, until it breaks a few months into your conversion. A lot easier to change when everything is out. There is another $350-500.
You may be able to get a 1G front cut for $1300. Most of the GA70 1GGTE front cuts I've seen go for around $2000. A bit more if you are stuck over here in Perth.
The mounts are the easiest bit of all! They just require a bit of ingenuity!
Then there is engineering, pit fees etc.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Toyota Engine Swap guide
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Fri, 07 June 2002 01:01
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$2k?
I'm not paying that.. I'll wait around for a cheaper one 
I've seen 1JZ-GTE auto half cuts for that
although good luck fitting it in the bay
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