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Hi, everyone. I am prepping my car for a 2jz/1jz engine swap. I have read from a couple of threads that for a manual transmission, you would just need to use a bottle jack and the transmission will fit. Currently, because of where I live and pricing, I am leaning towards the automatic 2jz gte (non vvti) engine. I have a few questions regarding this swap: Does anyone know if the 2jz auto transmission will fit as nicely as the manual transmission on this car? (I will go with a manual 1jz instead if it doesn't) Is anyone on this website selling pre-made engine and transmission mounts for the 1jz or 2jz to our car? (i thought i saw it once but i cant find it now) Since I will be paying for a "friend of a friend" to do the swap for me, he said I could prep the engine bay myself and it will be cheaper for me. I want to take this opportunity to do work on the car's body and respray the engine bay. I am not planning on keeping the old engine or transmission and would like to remove as much things as possible. So my concern is that what would I have to keep for the engine swap to work? Essentially what can I remove and throw out of the engine bay, and what I should keep for the swap. My car is a 1986 flat-body black starion technica, it is an automatic trans. I know this is a lot of questions but you don't have to answer all of it, I'd be really grateful if anyone could just answer one or two of them. Any other suggestions and input is also welcome! I follow many swap post on here and the community is very helpful and supportive. Thank you!