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by **slowcorona** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:53 pm

hi, new to the toyotas but got a 4wd corona for a good price and am looking at using it for a bit of racing but is a wee bit underpowered at the moment. has anyone put a 3SGTE engine into a corona and might be able to tell me what is involved. any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

by **strx7** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:16 pm

is it manual or auto?

by **slowcorona** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:38 am

manual

by **Infinite** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:51 am

will drop right in and the loom will plug up all u will have todo is wiren in the w2a pump if u run that. its the same as droping one into a curren. i think all u need todo is change a couple of pins in the engine back to fuse box plug witch is easy as the wires are the same colour but into different holes.

by **barryogen** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:44 am

I'm pretty sure someone has done one of these in the project section.

Not into older corollas/coronas, was the AE104 a corona?
http://forums.toyspeed.org.nz/viewtopic.php?t=54196

by **iOnic** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:51 am

ae104 is a corolla. will be a damn sight easier to get the 3sgte in a corona as all the mounts are already there for a 3s and wiring will probably be very similar. Were you wanting to keep it 4wd?

by **strx7** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:28 am

yeah it'll be a very easy install into anything that originally had a 3S or 4S

by **slowcorona** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:49 pm

sweet sounds like it is very doable then, thanks for the help, im sure ill be asking lots more questions when it comes to wiring it all up

by **xsspeed** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:43 am

Whats year is the 4wd corona?

Sounds like a good project!

by **Dazed&Confused** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:40 am

They made a 4wd corona?

by **xsspeed** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:09 am

Dazed&Confused wrote:They made a 4wd corona?

Thats what i thought

by **iOnic** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:18 am

ST195's are 4wd

by **Adamal** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:17 am

Dazed&Confused wrote:They made a 4wd corona?

Bro, we'll get the running gear and drop it into your Corona. We won't swap out the engine for a 3SGTE though, with all the tuning we've done on your engine, it'd be a downgrade!

by **Dazed&Confused** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:28 am

f*cking oath. fastest auto 3sfe corona in auckland! fwd skidzz for life!!

by **GTTpower** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:23 am

iOnic wrote:ST195's are 4wd

I think thats the chassis code, same as the older 4wd caldina. A friend of mine has done done that conversion in a CZ 4wd caldina, full gtt engine and gearbox swap. Really tidy install. Vid here.
Ill ask him if theres anything to look out for but would imagine a 4wd corona would be the same

by **strx7** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:23 pm

#T19# = Corona/Caldina/Carina Family of vehicles
5 on the end denotes 4WD
A or S denotes engine Family Series 7A, 3E, 3S or 5S

by **GTTpower** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:46 pm

Ok this is what he said

There were a couple of things but not majors. The fuel links onto the fuel rail are different, but if his GTE engine came with the bits of fuel lines he should be able to mix and match the two without having to buy anything. The plumbing for the heater unit that goes through the firewall is different, (on the GTE it exits out the back where the thermo is), I found that a rav 4 pipe works good if one end is cut off - the FE pipe has too much of a kink in it.

He also said that alot of the wiring has to be changed, but he negated this by going straight to a Link G4.

Hope this helps

by **strx7** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:19 pm

the piping issue should be negated if you use a 3rd gen motor which is what the body is originally plumbed for. the heater hoses come off the water bypass type pipe

by **CelicaGT8** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:53 pm

I have a 3sgte in my corona wagon st171, use to have a 3sf carby, mechanicly easy! but in my case i had to put a pump in and made my own loom... a bit different

if its not 4wd youl have the same probs as me, just no traction

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