Nelson's 2ZZ AW11

Very keen to see how this goes.
A couple of questions.
What did the half cut cost?
What side of the gearbox is the gear selector?
Sorry I can't help with the bits you need - only a dub stuff in my shed.
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Update:
A few more parts of the loom disconnected and labelled.

Most of the time was spent trying to removed the seized CV shaft from the hub. Ended up cutting the ball-joint (seized nut also) to take the whole hub off.

- CV Shaft out on the passenger side.
 
Next up is to remove the CV from the driver's side, disconnect and label a few more wires/hoses, and the engine should be ready to come out!
 
Theorist -
The half cut cost $1550 from Just Jap in Sydney! Freight was an extra $275 to the Gold Coast. The gear selector is on the same side as the C52, so thankfully I don't have to reverse the shaft around! No worries! Thanks anyway.
 
Eric-
That's the least of my worries right now ;)
 
More updates to come soon!
Nelson.

Hi, i am interested in your build. Good on you for having a go at it. I was interested in why you need sw20 axels? Are they the correct legnth for the swap? Or will they have to be altered?

The SW20 NA drive shafts fit the AW11 hubs and fit the diff in the C60 gearbox that comes with the 2ZZ. You can also build a 6 speed gearbox for the 4A AW11 using the same shafts, but fitting the C60 gear set into the C52 gearbox and swapping on the C60 5th/6th gear cover.

Knightrous
The SW20 NA drive shafts fit the AW11 hubs and fit the diff in the C60 gearbox that comes with the 2ZZ. You can also build a 6 speed gearbox for the 4A AW11 using the same shafts, but fitting the C60 gear set into the C52 gearbox and swapping on the C60 5th/6th gear cover.

So does that mean that the sw20 drive shafts are the correct lenght? And you don't have to go to the trouble of shortening 2zz celica ones?

Thanks again.
Nelson, i think its a great idea what you are doing. I would recommend getting an LSD for it and possible even a close ratio gear set to get the most out of your engine without having to get an aftermarket computer.

Hi everyone!

Sorry for the lack of updates, I had a rest Wednesday night and was too tried to post last night, but here are the updates so far!

- Me trying to look for a way to undo the two bolts holding the CV Shaft to the support bearing. Since the half cut was on a pallet, I wasn't able to access anything from under the car...If anyone else decides to go down this path I advise you to make sure you have access to the bottom of the car, it will make life much easier.

-The two bolts out! I ended up lifting the front end of the car with the engine hoist and jamming an impact wrench under there to get them undone. Almost every bolt on this car was VERY TIGHT.

- Today the engine finally came out! Boy what a job that was!
 
All I have to do now is take off the dash so I can disconnect the body loom, and that should be it for the Celica!
 
I still have to find the parts I mentioned above, as well as figure out what to do with the fuel system (2ZZ is based on a return less system whilst 4AGE is based on a return system). Until then, I don't want to pull the engine from my AW11 until I have all the parts I need.
 
jerome.stanjovic - I think I've seen you around somewhere before! We'll have to go for a drive sometime once I get it running!
 
barry- Thanks for the support barry! Knightrous explained the whole thing very well! I hope it helped with your enquiries! They seem I little out of my budget right now but I might be able to get them sometime down the track!
 
Timmy- Thank you!
 
Knightrous - Thank you for all the technical information! I didn't know that it was possible to swap in the 5th/6th gear set from the c60 to the c52 to make a 6 speed box!
 
Hoonsy-  Thank you! I try to keep it as tidy as possible! Thankfully, I've never had any trouble from the police since I've owned it! Provided I don't go too extreme the police shouldn't notice anything out of the ordinary when it's all done anyway.  As for how I managed to get into it so quickly; I guess it stems from my interest in building and messing around with things!
 
-sweetpete That sounds good! I've heard about the issue with the lift bolts! The engine has been maintenance very well from what I can see externally (There were recent service stickers on the engine plastics etc.) so I suspect the previous owner did everything they could to keep the engine running well, but it wouldn't hurt to check!
 
Thanks again everyone for the support! More updates to come shortly.
Nelson.