how much to make a 7age? Options

[Yoni502]

I am wanting to know about how much it would cost me to make my 7afe into a 7age what all would i need? thanks!

[Noahwhite2014]

I am wanting to know about how much it would cost me to make my 7afe into a 7age what all would i need? thanks!

First of all Im not trying to discourage you, i just don't think most of the guys looking to keep the 7a in their car realize how much work or money it will be.

You will need a stand alone ECU. If you use a 4age head and ecu, it will probably run, but not properly.
If a good stand alone and tuning (plan for many hours of just tuning) is out of your budget, a different swap would be better.
Other than that, swap the 4age head over (easier said than done...), wire everything up, and technically you have a 7age.

If you're looking to build it, and have an exhaust of income, don't want to do much work yourself...
http://www.mrpltd.co.nz/product/165/7agte-...-2b-engine.html

"7000 NZD" or roughly about $4450. Thats without their turbo and extra stuff. Also not including shipping or a transmission that will handle the power. And no ECU or tune, exhaust, intake piping, or upgraded fuel pump.

Id set about 5500 + tuning Time as the baseline for how much it would cost to make your 7afe into a 7agte.

Going for just a 7age for the measly extra power it would provide NA makes no sense as you'd still need a standalone ECU to run it, still need to tune it (but it would be easier and require less time) and still need to rip apart your engine and machine it (while its apart most people rebuild it and upgrade the internals). THEN when you finally start it up, and get it running, you will be happy for a while, then you will want more horsepower. Being that you've already invested at least $3000 into it NA you won't want to just swap to something else anymore you want to keep your 7age, but turbo it. You will then have to change the internals so you can run high boost, and then rip apart the engine again (at least no machining this time? if you don't warp the head from overheating issues from boring coolant lines incorrectly), rebuild it again, install a new exhaust, new intake/intercooler piping which will need welding/some custom work, tapping into oil feeds, etc, upgrading your fuel system, starting it, and then tuning again.

Over all the cost to do all of what i mentioned before , will honestly be much cheaper, much faster, and much more reliable, to just buy the engine from those guys (MRP same people that rusty was referring to) then just doing the wiring of the ecu, installing the intercooler piping, upgrading your fuel system, and tuning on your own (or find a friend).

Again not trying to discourage you, just providing some info that a lot of people don't think about. If after reading this, you want to go forward with the project. Feel free to ask questions on the forum, Im sure someone here will know something about it at least!

This post has been edited by Noahwhite2014: Sep 4, 2015 - 8:18 AM