168bhp uk3S-GE Tuning up to 174bhp, Differences between 1996 and 1997- 3SGE Options

[racingmcfly]

Hi there, ive just bought a 1997 Celica GT with the 168bhp 2 litre 3SGE engine. I used to have an 1995 MR2 which had the earlier 3SGE engine less the emision control with 174bhp which seemed to be a lot faster than the celica. Does anyone know the diffences between these engines? What can i do to increase the power back to the earlier model. Would an older ECU work?

Can i strip of the emisiion control stuff?

[kevstir]

cost me £10 to get a kwik fit monkey to swap m8 , thing is if you get the new system you will be able to swap it yourself as its only 4 bolts , the only reason i got kwik fit to do it the first time was because the bolts were far to rusty to get off(been on for 10 years lol) , he burned them out lol, this year i will just change it over myself as the bolts should be ok after 1 year ..

Not dissing 6gc.net in anyway but i recon you would get on better over at http://www.celica-club.co.uk for engine related stuff, the reason i say this as 99% of peeps on here are from the US and they didnt get the 3s-ge , asking about decats here most people tend to say they make no difference , maybe to the 1.8 and the 2.2 they dont but our 3s-ge gets some healthy gains from it ..

Kev

This post has been edited by kevstir: Dec 24, 2004 - 3:57 PM