Tranny Swap or 1mz Swap?

[ReaDY-SeT-Go]

hey guys i finally saved up enough money and found a 1mz with low miles and my buddies at sinful enhancements are offering 3g's for either a 1mz swap or a tranny swap... but i havent asked yet what if i got a tranny swap for my 5SFE would it later on fit when i decided to swap in the 1mz? haha i SEARCHED guys i ended up getting confused with the L351 tranny's and all those cause i know i could just do the engine swap with some friends but what would you guys recommend getting first? my 5SFE only has 60k on it thats why im thinking if i should get a tranny swap first but i need it to still be bolt on when the 1mz comes in

[i20solara02i]

if i had a 5s motor i would go w/ the 1mz motor. 3g is pretty pricey for a tranny swap or motor swap. how much are they charging you for labor? what the price on that 1mz? if your willing to travel i have a shop up here that could probably give you a better price.

[PXLpainter]

Hands-down - do the engine swap and sell your old one to upgrade the tranny.

[CamryOnBronze]

I was extremely close to swapping to a manual on my gen 3 camry that has a 5sfe- luckily the subframe was rusted out and the shop talked me out of it. After stepping up to my solara with the 1mz, I can most definitely say that you probably dont want to spend the money on a manual for the 5sfe...

The 5sfe transmission might mate to the 1mz, but it wouldnt be able to handle the power from the v6. I believe that the 1mz trans bolts up to the 5sfe though, but Im not positive. The best thing to do IMO would be to find a donor car with the 1mz and trans available, then go from there.

[ReaDY-SeT-Go]

if i had a 5s motor i would go w/ the 1mz motor. 3g is pretty pricey for a tranny swap or motor swap. how much are they charging you for labor? what the price on that 1mz? if your willing to travel i have a shop up here that could probably give you a better price.

hey i20 they said 1200 to pull out and engine labor then im guessing roughly close to 2g's for the 1mz... where are you located in so.cali?? dude i'll definetly hit you up if your close im in the 92114 area... do you know spring valley?.. also what do you guys mean by donor? do you mean people that want to trade in their 1mz for my 5SFE or 1mz junkyards>?

[CamryOnBronze]

a donor car would be a wrecked solara with trans and motor and all of the other parts you would need, for example.

[---CAMRAZY---]

Save your pennies and do both at the same time.


Cannot have the 1mz if you cannot be 5 speed, ya herd me?!!

[ReaDY-SeT-Go]

fa sho homie i20 where you at?? lets set up a 1mz swap day

[TadS]

I am not trying to piss on your Cheerios, but couldn't you do a 3S-GTE swap for 3g? That would have much greater potential IMHO. Is it an emissions thing that I am not aware of that's forcing this direction?

[CamryOnBronze]

^ the other issue would be that the 3sgte is not a direct drop in like the 1mz... it can for sure be done, but youre going to have to do some fab work i would think. But youre right, 3k is too much for what he is talking about.

[CamryOnBronze]

this could help

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showt ... p?t=222379

[ThatVietGuy]

this could help

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showt ... p?t=222379

Ignoring the facts that the guy is in Canada and will not ship

[CamryOnBronze]

haha I did notice that... but still, it atleast explains want a donor car is to the guy

[TadS]

^ the other issue would be that the 3sgte is not a direct drop in like the 1mz... it can for sure be done, but youre going to have to do some fab work i would think. But youre right, 3k is too much for what he is talking about.

I think it's just mounts, but I could be wrong. 5S / 3S are the same family of motors. I am pretty sure it's a strait drop in for the Celica to do the swap, but I think the mounts are slightly different between the Celica 5S and Solara 5S. I could go out and look, but it's way to freaking cold and rainy. I know the 4A / 7A motors are drop in, at least in the late 80’s Corolla’s. I wish I had the cash available for a swap on the Solara, that car is just too heavy for the 5S’s paltry output. Heh, wish I had the $1200 cdn for that car. I could slap that bad boy into the Celica. That would be a significant upgrade in that little car.

[i20solara02i]

im located by west covina. the shop is in walnut like 15-20 from me. i would either do a 1mz or a 3s swap. im still debaitin whether i want to keep my 2az or go with something else.