The 2zr-fe engine swap guide

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Originally Posted by beaker

Man that's an awesome write up, Congrats!

I'm also in the process of trying to find a 2ZRFE for a swap. I'd like to find a salvage car, but looks like everything is around $2500 for an 08 or 09, plus all the fees associated from buying from CoParts. I can find engines all day long ranging from $700 to $1500. But of course, they have been stripped of all accessories like alternator, ac compressor flywheel, throttle body, wiring, etc. Just gotta be patience. Maybe something will pop up on Craigslist soon.

seems like if you could find one for closer to the $700 mark, it might be worth your time to buy refubished parts that are missing such as the a/c compressor and what not. You'd likely still be ahead when i's all said and done. The only thing you'd have to source for sure is the wiring loom.

No doubt the full engine would be ideal, but if that's not to be found just take some time and gather parts over a couple months.

How the heck are they getting 230hp out of this engine but the 1nz it tough to get more than 135 hp off of a conservative tune? Is it an easier to manage ecu or what?