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RA40, NEED ADVICE ON ENGINE SWAP
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Wed, 24 August 2005 01:45
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iv asked this all ready, but I didn't get a satisfactory answer,
SO ILL ASK IT AGAIN
how hard is it to fit a SR20 in to a ra40 engine bay, iv heard its as simple as turning an engine mount up side down, has any one tried this in a celica of similar build
and b4 u all have a go at me iv considered all my posibilities (1jz, 1uz, 18rg, 4age, and the SR turns out the cheapest)
any help would be helpfull
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: RA40, NEED ADVICE ON ENGINE SWAP
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Wed, 24 August 2005 01:55
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I seriously doubt it's that easy. I've seen an SR20 in an RA28 Celica and the engine mounts were totally custom. They also used a TA23 crossmember to match the SR20's front-sump layout.
Be aware that the engine mounts are the least of your worries. Physically mounting the engine is the easy part; the difficult/expensive stuff comes after that!
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Sydney
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: RA40, NEED ADVICE ON ENGINE SWAP
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Wed, 24 August 2005 02:57
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| maiku wrote on Wed, 24 August 2005 11:45 |
and b4 u all have a go at me iv considered all my posibilities (1jz, 1uz, 18rg, 4age, and the SR turns out the dearest)
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seriously: the cheapest conversion for an RA40 would be an 18R-gue, followed by the 1G-gte.
The 4age would be a high-revving screamer (to get the power to shift a heavy ra40 around) and the other 2 would be too large in capacity for an RA40 (in Qld).
I've seen what i think was an SR20DET in a sprinter at Willowbank at the '04 Jamboree. It looked like a very busy and well stuffed engine bay. When i get home i'll try to find and post a pic.
Perhaps the answers were satisfying the requirements of the question, but not your expectations?
cheers,
Charles.
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Re: RA40, NEED ADVICE ON ENGINE SWAP
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Wed, 24 August 2005 05:26
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thanx Witzl, i was thinking a long those lines but i wasnt exactly sure.
it wont actually cost me that much, a mate of mine has his own shop so getting the engine and box in and connected wont be such a problem, the exhaust and cooler piping is wot wories me coz dats one thing he cant do.
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nth ringwood, Victoria
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August 2002
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Re: RA40, NEED ADVICE ON ENGINE SWAP
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Wed, 24 August 2005 10:08
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or you could put in a 3sge motor like i have done
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Re: RA40, NEED ADVICE ON ENGINE SWAP
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Thu, 25 August 2005 07:01
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| maiku wrote on Wed, 24 August 2005 15:26 |
thanx Witzl, i was thinking a long those lines but i wasnt exactly sure.
it wont actually cost me that much, a mate of mine has his own shop so getting the engine and box in and connected wont be such a problem, the exhaust and cooler piping is wot wories me coz dats one thing he cant do.
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Ok, so of the 10 items on my list... you have eliminated the CHEAPEST two, and were aware of two others.... that leaves $6000 you arent prepared for by my dodgy $1000/item formula - but thats not taking into account most of the 6 items left will be $1500-2500....
SR20DET - NOT CHEAP.
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Bella Vista
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December 2004
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Re: RA40, NEED ADVICE ON ENGINE SWAP
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Thu, 25 August 2005 08:43
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My best mate has a SR20 in his RA40, got it done bout 2 months ago, cost $2500 for front cut s15 which had done 19k, all up incl ST185 GT4 brakes all round and VL turbo fuel pump etc cost him $8k. Custom engine mounts on the r series x member, radiator moved foward, piece of the underside of the bonnet taken out to accomodate the cam cover, custom tail shaft, new gear shifter position (further back). It flies
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townsville NQLD
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February 2004
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Re: RA40, NEED ADVICE ON ENGINE SWAP
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Fri, 26 August 2005 11:59
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ill be looking at about 2K - 2.5K all up for my 1g-gte conversion.
thats doing ALL work myself
i reckon i could have had it comepletely swapped and engineered within 2 weeks if i didnt bother making things neat, polished and pretty 
brett
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