beams?

[TRD2000]

sorry dude... that'd be a MAJOR excercise... the engine is a 3S-G engine, so it would bolt in to the 89-99 Mr2 but not the series 1... it can be done dont get me wrong but its a different engine size to the 4A-G in the older Mr2.

[chengkhang]

Originally Posted by TRD2000

you mean like a beams engine?

i think beams is the guy that made toyotas VVT system so they named it after him... i'm not sure...bit like Mzda's "miller" cycle

HOWEVER beams is definately the VVT part however it got it's name....

ahh dude doesnt BEAMS mean:

BEAMS series ( Breakthrough Engine with Advanced Mechanism System )

[JekylandHyde]

Originally Posted by gelcol

so the beam can be installed in my mr2 1987 complete axel,tranny,harnes, cpu if ordered in japan or jdm.

Yes, but it is not direct bolt in.

Originally Posted by TRD2000

sorry dude... that'd be a MAJOR excercise... the engine is a 3S-G engine, so it would bolt in to the 89-99 Mr2 but not the series 1... it can be done dont get me wrong but its a different engine size to the 4A-G in the older Mr2.

Many people have put the 3SGTE into the MK1, so there is no reason the 3SGE would not fit. As noted above, it will not be a direct bolt in ... but it will fit.

[TRD2000]

thanks Cheng.... never knew that.

[Im JDM Yo]

ooo sounds mystical. I didnt know that until today.

[chengkhang]

Originally Posted by TRD2000

thanks Cheng.... never knew that.

yeap,... sure

[ac427cpe]

jekyl... i wouldn't say "many" people have done the 1.5 swap, but it isn't impossible. however, for the 3sgte or the BEAMS engine, the main things are that you must be GOOD at wiring, and competant at welding.

i'm not sure the beams engine would fit though, as it is wider than a 3sgte. and there is almost NO room on the side with a 3sgte in a mk1.


a BEAMS powered mk1 was an idea for my next project
wanders off to find a tape measure...

[TRD2000]

ac427... when you get some results from the tape you wanna let us know.

beams engine is taller... and cause of the actualors on the cam wheels a little longer... but from what i can tell in the MK2 the intake wheel is the close one and the intake had VVT in the late model na's so...it should fir ok.

did you have any probs fitting it Cheng?

[ac427cpe]

ok, if you take into account the amount i can move the engine on the mounts that i welded into the car, there is approx. 4 horizontal inches and 1 and a half verticle inches of movement. i had to clearance the front and rear (yay for hammers + metal working tools) to fit the engine where i wanted it: so the axles don't have foreward or backwards tilt. it also sits pretty low in the car, i might be able to lower it a half inch, but that would have been pushing it.

so, if a BEAMS engine is more than 2" wider from side to side, 2 inches taller, and any wider front to rear (unless you want to cut into the car)... you are gonna have issues fitting it in a mk1

[chengkhang]

Originally Posted by TRD2000

ac427... when you get some results from the tape you wanna let us know.

beams engine is taller... and cause of the actualors on the cam wheels a little longer... but from what i can tell in the MK2 the intake wheel is the close one and the intake had VVT in the late model na's so...it should fir ok.

did you have any probs fitting it Cheng?

ohhh ummm yes and no

you mean the cam,....... its very very close to the wheel well, i am gonna have to cut,......

but fitting was good, with all the right pieces,....... but had to take it out im using the tranny that was on that on in my 91 daily driver,...... but i did tak pic before i took it out,... sooo sooon it'll be up,... and ill try to list all the things i interchanged and did,....

[TRD2000]

lookin forward to those pics then...