um, i thought your car already had the 1mzfe in it? could you take a pick of the engine bay and post it. then i should be able to tell you what won't and what will fit in your car.

 

Let me know if you need better pics I will take better ones in the day..

 

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What is the milage on the drivetrain? You need to consider that in order to make a determination as to whether you should attempt to repair the HG or just swap a motor. If you have a high milage car you may want to consider a swap with less milage. But if you can get the HG done cheap then go that route.

The engine you seek is a rather common engine and could be found at the local salvage yards that specialize in imports. Places like Gagel's/ Japanese European/ etc. The engine code you are looking for is 3vzfe. It is the same engine that's in the camry. So if you ask for a "camry" engine you may save a couple dollars. The swap on that engine is rather straight forward and shouldn't take but a day, or maybe a wekend if you are mechanically inclined but haven't done a swap before. It helps to have friends there too.

Try this link for salvage yards across the country.

http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/sear...ey=&userPage=9

 

You guys are so bad...he just says 'BHG' and suddenly everyone goes "those damn 7M's "

 

It has 190k miles Highway miles.

 

Definately through a used lower milage engine in it. You should be ok with something that has 80K or less on it. Make sure they give you a warranty for "at least" 30 days from the time its in the car. And make sure they can prove the milage of the engine. The best way to determine that is to find a car with the drivetrain already in it. If local go by the yard and try to start it up. I like to buy engines still in cars. Cause if there is one thing to know about salvage yards, honestly is not a value admired by them. I don't think it even in there vocabulary. Just be on your toes and do everything you can think of to keep them honest.

 

Iv been looking every where to see if this is a direct bolt in 1mzfe. Not sure if I have to do some fabrcation. Thanks for all your help. Let me know if you think this is a direct swap thanks