7AFE Turbocharged or 4AGE Turbocharged, Which would be the better bang for buck? Options

[celicaboy04]

Hello guys and gals.

As some of you may have already read in a topic about a week or two ago, I have been looking into getting a 3sgte swap, my dilemma is that I live in California and I have a 1995 ST. Which means if I did proceed with a swap I would have to go with the latest 3sgte model found in the 1995 MR2 which is very rare and hard to find.

So lately I have been looking at some other alternatives.

I have looked at Niks setup and I like it alot, however, I think that with whatever I go with I want to try and pull near 200hp or more - I hate facking eclipses and I must compete with my friend .

I have considered taking my 7AFE which as 140,000 mi on it and having it rebuilt then turbocharged.

I have also been looking at the 4AGE Blacktop (which was made from 1995- if im not mistaken, and would therefore make it a legal swap here in California) and then turbo charge it.

I am just not sure which would be the better route. The easiest I could see would be to have the 7AFE rebuilt and turbo it.

Another point I would like to get across is that I am not AT ALL mechanical. I suck at that part of a car, I only know the very basics.

So when it comes to picking out the right parts and piecing out a good system, I suck. I have visted several corrolla sites both 7afe and 4age and I just feel SO lost.

Please help guys - Input on which engine would be best to go with and stuff needed for a turbo setup to pull over 200hp if possible would be much appreciated!

[celicaboy04]

So it seems the only legal way to do it WOULD be to do the 3SGTE swap then eh?

[Kwanza26]

So it seems the only legal way to do it WOULD be to do the 3SGTE swap then eh?
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That's not legal either unless you can match specs (wiring, emission equipment, etc...) with a USDM 94-95 MR2 Turbo. You can't take a JDM 3SGTE and call it a 95 MR2 3SGTE... cause they can tell. You'll have to match up wiring and everything.