anyone know about installing a 4-age ina ae101 ?

[mega man]

hey guys i just got a 95 corolla dx auto with a blown engine. and i was wondering how hard it would be to swap in a 4-age from a ae92 corolla gt-s its the one with the tvis head. do u guys have any idea of the difficulty of this swap? it shouldnt be hard theyre both ff 1.6 toyota's. ohh yea and im intending on using the manual tranny to. please guys i really need some help because im gonna need an enigne

[88novarules]

first question you have to ask is which version of 4age there are many, the blue top with tvis is rated at 115 hp red top w/o tvis is rated at 140hp and silver top at 160, black top rated at 165. The main advantage to the red and blue top is there is more aftermarket support to them while the silver and black top has more hp out of the bag. The problem you have to look at is the motor mounts, the motor mounts may not be the same for the dx as I think it has a 7afe engine it. the seccond problem is the transmission as it probbaly wont bolt up, which means you have to get a front clip with transmission, this leads to having to have the ecu, wire harness, clutch cylinder, shifter and a clutch pedal. This is a lot of time and effort which brings me to the third point is the car worth 5000$ worth of parts and labor? But ebay is pretty good about having 4age engines, oh dont forget the super charged 4agze engine rated at 165hp.

[mega man]

well i already haev a 4age and its a tvis. and im intending on putting the tranny in to . i have a complete donor car so i have all the hardwarre.

[mega man]

ohh yea and the car came with a 4-afe

[88novarules]

heh ive worked on a 4afe, before you drop the the 4age in you may want to buy new open flowing valves, tvis restrics flow. that should be fairly easy to, putting new high comp pistons on the other hand isnt so much. The engine should bolt right in since how it was a 4a engine. but converting it to a manual is tricky but if u have a donar car u have the stuff. Still tricky, I would mount the clutch pedal in place and run the wire to cylender into place when u get the engine out and get the shifter into place. then put the engine in. hope you have good luck on that... you could put a turbo kit on it cause it doesnt have high comp pistons. Thats another 1200-2000 dollars though... Also you should get some hks cams, higher rpm and since ur doing manual you can do close to 9k rpms. cost another 600$ for the set of cams plus cam gear is 300$

[mega man]

well i was intending on doing the swap so i dont haev to actually buy a new motor or rebuild the old one so my main concern is budget.

[88novarules]

completly understand about budget, i just thought of a BIG problem. you said the doner car was a sr5, that thing is rwd. the motor mounts and tranny wont work on the corolla... i know it suxs, unless u plan on spending alot of money making motor mounts and changing out teh rear axle thats a hella lot of work.

[mega man]

hey im not that stupid i told u the car was an ae92. but i understand if u didnt read that part. and i clearly stated that theyre both ff 1.6 toyotas.

[88novarules]

if then the dang thing will bolt right in, just take your time, if you rush it problems will occur, learned that the hardd way. also lable things in baggies when taking stuff out saves alot of trouble. make sure you have a 10 mm, 12mm and 14mm wrenches and socket driver. other than that is should swap just fine. id start with taking the wire harness and getting it in place first when u get the old engine out.

[mega man]

thanx for the advice, im going to see how much i can get a 4afe for, or just rebuild the old one. if it costs to much then im swappin