Hi all, lurker, now poster...
Looks like I'll be getting my grandmother's auto ke70 that I've been lusting after for a while complete with oily 4k. I'll just be driving it for a while but I am thinking of doing some sort of conversion down the track when time and $$$ allow. Done a fair bit of reading here and I'm curious about real $$$$ when it comes to conversions. Not just the motor, but also driveline, brakes, engineer's plate (the bits they don't tell you about). Not, "I've got 15 corollas in my shed so it cost me $5", but real money. Coz I I'm a tightwad and really want to know. So here's my question...
How much does it really cost to do;
Beams swap (dream)
4AGE swap
3tc swap
Any help here would be great. I've done a few motor swaps in the past and I'm not afraid of looms and grease, but I want to go in with my eyes open.
I assume the auto floorpan allows bigger manual boxes, right?
Also; why doesn't anyone use the 3SGE out of camrys and celicas? They seem very cheap and plentiful to me.