Please Help, , Need To Perform Engine Swap 96 Rolla!!!!

[jpucar]

hi...

I own a 1996 toyota corolla 1.6l 4cylinder and was wondering what would be the best engine to put in it (as an upgrade with significant increase in horsepower). What engines do you guys recommend that are compatible with my car, and that are much more powerful than my previous engine without spending TOO much money. I would really appreciate any feedback and comments... Thanks for the support.

[mels]

Are you planning on doing the swap yourself? Because the price will be steep otherwise. And are you planning on buying a brand new engine?

[jpucar]

i have a really good mechanic that would give me good pirce on the labour...and i dont plan on a new engine, very likely a used one

[jawberger]

96 is not a very fun year with emission being tied into the picture most states won't let you put an obd1 engine in a obd2 car and of course some of the better engines that will fit in the prizm (corolla) with some good gains are obd1... i believe the 3sgte was made in 96? i could be wrong but i've also heard it is a lot of fun modifing it into a prizm (corolla)...

[jpucar]

hmm, do you guys think i should just upgrade my current engine instead of performing an engine swap? what would be the most hp i can pull out of this rolla without Nos? what kind of upgrades do you guys suggest?

[alphalanos]

lol Nos. You could always build and turbo it. That would probably be about the same price as getting a better engine in there. Maybe more depending on the parts. If you dont have emissions than swapping motors is probably the best idea.

[jawberger]

best thing would probally to bore out the cylinders better pistons and other internals to stregthen it up then like above said turbo kit, won't get a lot more power 200 at best, and the engine probally won't last long after with that much boost...i'd say find an gas pincher and sell it off and buy something else even another corolla before 96 then you could go crazy with the mr2 engines...

[jpucar]

can a automatic-manual transmission swap be done on my car?
how much would that cost apprx?

[jawberger]

hey jpucar anythings possible if you do it yourself (only if you have the resources!) it wouldn't be badly priced maybe around $500-$600 with a used tranny if you get it done with a garage you need to find a garage and get a quote from them every garage is different but def well over $1000...

but anyways back to the topic of engine swapping I think I might have a solution just started researching into it but just throwing it out there it doesn't look decently to big but I haven't checked mounting yet or anything but a toyota camry v-6 model 1MZ-FE puts out around 200 horsepower on the stock engine and has superchargers available! this engine is also the first obd2 compliant engine... like I said I just started looking into it it's a pretty small v-6 too only 3.0l I'll put some more info up here as I get it, and if anyone already knows this won't work throw it up here...

[jpucar]

that's perfect...200hp is a very good start . please post more info on it if you get it...thanks

but about the transmission swap...i live in vancouver and the resources here are just horrible...i called 5 different shops today, and they either said it was impossible to do, or it would set me back $5000!!!!! i was so angry that none of these guys knew what they were talking about, are you sure that i can pull this off for about $1000??

[jawberger]

on the tranny i said it could be $1000 depends on the shop and how much you spend on the tranny and other parts needed, you can get a tranny off ebay for like $350 after shipping... and I know from looking one of the biggest transmission dealers on ebay is in the vancouver area so you might be able to save more money there by picking it up...also look up geo prizms of the same year their identical in the engine and tranny department, even look for a parts car with a fairly good tranny, that would be the cheapest probally cause then you would know you had all the parts you needed to get the job done...

[jawberger]

and on the engine side not much luck in finding the engine, cheapest I found was $1800 for engine only no tranny and most came with an automatic also... seems like a pretty rare engine to come by...

[jpucar]

i found a corolla dx engine for 750$cad, is this a resonable price, should i try and bargain with this guy ?

[jawberger]

a corolla dx had a 1.8l 7afe engine which will get you about 10 more hp then the 1.6l 4afe which isn't really worth it in my mind...and $750 for a 7afe?!?!?! is it brand new?

[jpucar]

haha, no its not brand new, its got 90,000km on it...i take it its too expensive???