 Motor is finally taking the toll of boost. |
 Apr 9, 2003 - 3:45 PM
|
 
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Mar 30, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Well after a little more than a year of boosting my motor is finally seeing the effects of turbo. Stock internals boosting 11 PSI. Anyways i have an internal oil leak (piston rings and valves). This is really frustrating!! So i have 2 options now. 1.) get a short block, blueprinted balanced, port and polished, pistons,..... everything i need to boost 14lbs out of an ST block. or 2.) complete 3s-gte swap.
ive wanted a 3sgte for forever now so im leaning towards taht. the only reason y i would consider the new custom short block is because i can still drive my car while they are assembling the new block. but with the 3sgte my car would be in the shop for quite awhile.... |
 |
Replies
|
Apr 9, 2003 - 7:14 PM
|
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Sep 29, '02 From Norman Oklahoma Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I think you should stay with the setup, since you've already put a lot of time and money into it, why not just put a little more into it and have the motor rebuilt with 4agze pistons, have the rods shotpeened, and get some new rings (i think hks makes some for our cars made for boost) i think you get the idea. That would be worth more than 14 psi. Also do you have anymore pics of your setup, i'm really curious to see how you did it.
|
Posts in this topic
TurboCeli Motor is finally taking the toll of boost. Apr 9, 2003 - 3:45 PM
coustoe buya $500 4th gen celica to drive in the mean... Apr 9, 2003 - 3:55 PM 97sccelica how many miles did u have when u first turboed and... Apr 9, 2003 - 6:18 PM celicakid84 thats pretty impressive, 11psi on stock internals.... Apr 9, 2003 - 6:33 PM Charlie97L QUOTE (TurboCeli @ Apr 9, 2003 - 12:59 PM) Well af... Apr 9, 2003 - 6:45 PM celi_gt_racer stick with the 7a turbo set up... hate to see a ex... Apr 9, 2003 - 7:21 PM macavely I think you should just keep the 7a fte. rebuild ... Apr 9, 2003 - 11:43 PM Charlie97L QUOTE (Matty19 @ Apr 9, 2003 - 4:28 PM) I think yo... Apr 9, 2003 - 11:50 PM Matty19 I'm just curious, did you have your tranmissio... Apr 10, 2003 - 12:09 AM rlan214 QUOTE (Matty19 @ Apr 9, 2003 - 9:23 PM) I'm ju... Apr 10, 2003 - 8:52 AM celicaBEst bump. i wanna know also. Apr 10, 2003 - 10:24 PM zigy I have a quick question....
I'm not worried a... Apr 11, 2003 - 1:34 AM TurboCeli the tranny is good..... sort of.. hasnt gave up on... Apr 11, 2003 - 3:03 PM Charlie97L QUOTE (TurboCeli @ Apr 11, 2003 - 12:17 PM) the tr... Apr 11, 2003 - 3:41 PM Matty19 Hey turboceli, what are you doin with all tour old... Apr 11, 2003 - 6:10 PM
prepcelica Im with Matt, since I dont have the money for the ... Apr 19, 2003 - 5:56 AM |
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: November 22nd, 2025 - 3:52 AM |