Question:

How hard is it to have maintenance done on an JDM engine (3sgte for example...) It would be shop kept, so they'd be the ones dealing with it. (please no one come back and say i should do the maintenance...that is out of question...) So anyway, the main question i'm getting at is are the guys going to open the hood and go "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have no clue how to service this in anyway...??"....or are they going to be able to service it like normal (or as close to normal as possible)? Thanks for your time and advice!

~snap

its just like anyother motor....they have bene in the US and the only difference is EGR and ecu

same plugs, wires, cap n rotor, oil filter...ect..

a motor is a motor don't get caught up in the JDM BS

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^^btw nicw pics....LOL...

This helps me a lot...thank you.

btw, what other car is this engine in?

thanks,
snap

p.s. Does that mean whenever i need parts, i can get them from the USDM car?

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Feb 16, 2006 - 10:39 AM

1st gen 3sgte came to US in the 4th gen celica all-trac. the 2nd gen 3sgte came to US in the 5th gen celica all-trac and the mr2-turbo.

edit: depending on what gen 3sgte u buy...yah you can use parts from the US versions.

bboy

This post has been edited by BBoYRuGGeD: Feb 16, 2006 - 11:40 AM

unless you go to a really bad shop, you should be fine, just let them know you did the swap.

the only time youll have trouble is autozone, because they will say "what year of car" and youll say 94 or whatever, then theyll ask what type, toyota celica, then your like, but i have a different motor, and theyll still wanna sell you the 5sfe plugs, and your just like NO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON!

this happened to my friend and his old thunderbird with a 460 in it.

If ur buying an engine part you say the year of the engine not teh car. I've had ppl say oh you have an Alltrac or oh you have an MR2? I'm like no just the engine.

As for your dilemma, some shops wont work on your car at all if you have the wrong engine, talk to them before hand to not only get a handle on the types of ppl they are but if they understand you have a custom setup. Yes there is more maintenance on turbo engines than N/a ones as more things can break and need to be monitored.

Thanks guys, this is a big help...i'm not afriad any more...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

~snap

p.s. this should be made a sticky for FAQ's...

Honestly I would hope that if you're going to go to the trouble of swapping an engine that you would learn about how to do basic maintenance. I mean seriously, for the money you would spend to have a company swap the engine in you could buy an MR2 or All-trac and have money left over lol.

Why is it out of the question to do your own maintenanc?

If you're serious about putting a great motor in your car, you should at least know how to perform your typical maintainence procedures like changing fluids and reading and replacing your spark plugs, compression testing, understanding basic electrical work, etc. etc...

Its really for your own good. I've forced myself to do alot of work and it helps to know whats wrong and how to work on it yourself, both to save you a good deal of money and not have to rely on everyone else.

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i agree 110% ! with a swaped turbo motor, your going to be poping the hood more often then you do with a bone stock motor. if you dont make it a point to learn everything you can about it, and do as much hands on stuff as possible, then the swap is just not for you. it isint a "get someone to swap it for me, and never pop the hood open again" type of thing.


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this is why i tell them that i have a 1990 celica alltrac or mr2.

I totally agree with you guys. I would need to know the basics (which I could learn pretty easily?), but as far as doing the swap myself...well, (no flaming please ) it seems pretty hard, and time consuming.

~snap

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Feb 16, 2006 - 2:38 PM