{"id":13111,"date":"2016-11-29T21:43:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T02:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=13111"},"modified":"2016-11-29T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T02:00:16","slug":"building-a-1977-celica-with-a-3s-ge-black-top-part-3-of-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=13111","title":{"rendered":"Building a 1977 Celica with a 3S-GE Black Top &#8211; Part 3 of Swap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=13112\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"speed-academy-1977-celica-with-a-gen-5-3s-ge-black-top-06\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Speed Academy 1977 Celica with a Gen 5 3S-GE Black Top&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Speed Academy 1977 Celica with a Gen 5 3S-GE Black Top\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave and Moose are back with another episode of the RA24 Celica Project. If you are unfamiliar with this project, Dave is swapping a 3S-GE &#8220;Black Top&#8221; inline-four into the Celica. In this episode the guys bolt the flywheel and clutch to the engine. Then the engine and transmission are installed into the engine bay along with the Xcessive Manufacturing crossmember. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U97Cdkv2xEQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCKnM8fn3oiMjXNWFnYCAXlw\">Speed Academy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave and Moose are back with another episode of the RA24 Celica Project. If you are unfamiliar with this project, Dave is swapping a 3S-GE &#8220;Black Top&#8221; inline-four into the Celica. In this episode the guys bolt the flywheel and clutch to the engine. Then the engine and transmission are installed into the engine bay&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=13111\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Building a 1977 Celica with a 3S-GE Black Top &#8211; Part 3 of Swap<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celica"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Speed-Academy-1977-Celica-with-a-Gen-5-3S-GE-Black-Top-06.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135656,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135656","url_meta":{"origin":13111,"position":0},"title":"1977 Celica with a 3S-GE BEAMS","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1977 Toyota Celica was built by Bye401K with a 2.0 L 3S-GE BEAMS inline-four. 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