{"id":56427,"date":"2020-06-01T19:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T00:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56427"},"modified":"2020-06-01T19:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T00:22:43","slug":"celica-gt-four-with-a-turbo-beams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56427","title":{"rendered":"Celica GT-Four with a Turbo 3S-GE BEAMS Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Celica-GT-Four-with-a-Turbo-3S-GE-BEAMS-inline-four-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=56571\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Celica-GT-Four-with-a-Turbo-3S-GE-BEAMS-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,810\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Celica GT-Four with a Turbo 3S-GE BEAMS inline-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Celica GT-Four with a Turbo 3S-GE BEAMS inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Celica-GT-Four-with-a-Turbo-3S-GE-BEAMS-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Celica-GT-Four-with-a-Turbo-3S-GE-BEAMS-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Celica GT-Four with a Turbo 3S-GE BEAMS inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Celica-GT-Four-with-a-Turbo-3S-GE-BEAMS-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Celica-GT-Four-with-a-Turbo-3S-GE-BEAMS-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Celica-GT-Four-with-a-Turbo-3S-GE-BEAMS-inline-four-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the_rote_engineer\/\">James Hill<\/a>\u200e has been documenting the build of his Toyota Celica GT-Four on his channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCH-PEkFJdm3UhCoVwvDTJVg\/\">The Rote Engineer<\/a>. One of the biggest modifications was replacing the third generation turbocharged 3S-GTE inline-four that originally came with the car with a turbocharged fifth generation 3S-GE BEAMS inline-four. James chose the fifth gen &#8220;black top&#8221; motor because of the stronger block, improved airflow, larger oil pump, and the Dual VVT-i allows for boost at lower rpm. The drivetrain retains the factory E154F five-speed manual with a modified Cusco clutch and sends power to all four wheels through the factory front differential and a Cusco rear limited-slip differential. We&#8217;ve included the four most recent videos below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/pKuS6z39SKw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dKNp_l61Gqw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gTE1bOasuBU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/m0C5y7Ptd6w\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCH-PEkFJdm3UhCoVwvDTJVg\">The Rote Engineer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Hill\u200e has been documenting the build of his Toyota Celica GT-Four on his channel The Rote Engineer. One of the biggest modifications was replacing the third generation turbocharged 3S-GTE inline-four that originally came with the car with a turbocharged fifth generation 3S-GE BEAMS inline-four. James chose the fifth gen &#8220;black top&#8221; motor because of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=56427\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celica GT-Four with a Turbo 3S-GE BEAMS Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56571,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":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-56427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celica"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135656,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=135656","url_meta":{"origin":56427,"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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