I just bought a 1UZ-FE form a 95 SC400 to swap into my brothers 72 Celica, I got the Motor, auto transmission, driveshaft, ECU/wiring harness, shifter, gauge cluster, motor mounts trans mount all for 2700$ CAN (around 2000$ US)
First thing I’m going to do is cut the old mounts off the Celica crossmeber and position the motor as low and far back as I can get it. Then I will make new mounts on the cross member that bolts to the SC400 mounts. Then the transmission mount, I was thinking of grafting in a part of the SC400 transmission tunnel for the shifter and mount…. But we will see.
I’m also going to see if I can use the SC400 gauge cluster. I would graft it in to the old dash with fiberglass then vinyl wrap the whole thing for a stock look.
I will post photos soon.