7AFE Turbo Options

[Milds3vn]

Im sure someone went over this before but if you never re-hash old topics this board would go dead so anyway. What beefing up to a 7AFE should be done before it is turbocharged. Im thinking 10-12psi of boost to start of with. Everyone wants to do the 3sgte swap but i know the 7AFE isn't a complete peice of **** and i think any motor has some potential. If anyone can just share their suggestions of what would be a good pre-turbo preperation on the motor so i can get some life/reliability out of it.

[Charlie97L]

QUOTE (BigEdge169 @ Apr 23, 2003 - 12:02 AM)

And I have a feeling too that if you build up the bottom end with new stuff and get your head ported and polished and the engine blueprinted and all that good stuff, I think you could build up a reliable 300hp engine (most likely cheaper and less grief than you'd get with the swap too). Oh yeah, that 300 would be with a turbo or maybe you could go 350 with a nitrous system too that sounds like fun doesn't it

not a chance. you will spend waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than 3 grand just on building up the engine, and 3 grand is about what a 3sgte swap costs if you do the work yourself.