7A-FE's Maximum HP, Read on... Options

[JoKeRkId613]

Ok, they're selling a 6GCelica GT-4 about 4 hours from my house. I think the guy I talked to wants $19,000. The thing is, I looove my car. It's my first car, it looks real clean, real nice. My plans were to keep this car for as long as I could and hook it up since I don't have monthly payments on the car and bla bla bla. I love it, it's reliable. it looks awesome. I always get compliments. My plan was to turbo the 7A since I didn't want to get a 4AGZE or 3SGTE because if anything happens, the 7A here is in A LOT of cars. lol. So I can find parts easy. I've just grown extremely close to my car. The only thing I never liked about it is that it's a coupe. Believe it or not, coupes looks hot in person but in pics, they look ugly, imo. the only reason i liked the celi is cuz me myself used to confuse em with supras before i knew anything about cars.a long time ago. so i can drive the 4 hours, check the car out. i'll be the only one in florida with a true st205. and i think the 3rd in the country. but man. lol. 19,000. i know its worth it. the car is rare as hell anywhere and its fast and sexy and everything. but it'd have to make monthly payments and for 19,000 i always think damn i can get a brand new car wit that. the gt4 only has like 37000 mi tho so thats not too bad at all. or i can turbo the 7a. i know doggy has put down like 200hp or sumthin around there and other people have also. honestly, i know no matter what car i have, someone will be faster and im not trying to be the fastest. im happy with 200 reliable hp. while i have the turbo on the 7a, im going to be building another 7a, maybe hybrid. and putting the super 60 on that to have a 7agte. my question is, what is the maximum amount of hp that you have ever seen on a 7afe. remember, FE. lol. ive seen the turbo 20v 7a. think it had like 300 or sumthin. but im talkin factory 7afe with upgraded internals, the whole enchilada, excellently tuned turbo setup. whats the max hp that i can achieve from a 7afe without blowing it up. lol. ive heard a 3s can have up to like 500hp. ive searched and searched but didnt find anything. maybe im not phrasing the question right. but i just wanna know. this'll help my decision a little more. thanks.

edit: maybe the question should be, how much hp can the 7a block hold before it starts to fall apart? lol

This post has been edited by JoKeRkId613: Dec 7, 2005 - 10:51 PM

[97sccelica]

I did a 13.9 @ 12psi with my FWD 3sgte.

yea, but you also dont have a 100% stock setup

yes, you have only the 185 motor, but you have full exhaust, light weight flywheel, and upgraded clutch. More than likely, your car is putting a good amount more power to the wheels than a stock GT4

less weight and more power to the wheels, your car should easily beat a Gt4 from a 10mph roll and up and from a stop, unless the GT4 is driven perfectly, there will be a point where your car would pass it

high power FWD annoys me after a while. i drove my friends turbo vtec prelude a couple of times. it made 180whp before putting the turbo on, so if i had to guess, it probably had 230-240whp(going off the acceleration my car had back then). 1st gear was useless. second would spin unless you were gentle with shifting and the throttle, third would spin if you shifted hard enough. it was fun, for a short while, then it got tiring not being able to use the full potential of the power it had.

now my WRX, with a gentle launch, i get 1.8 60ft times. and this is with the stock, balding tires. and before you think, big deal, its awd, think again. i can roast all four tires on bone dry asphalt if i wanted too. i literally launch the car at full power, thanks to the two step launch control. i just floor it and wait for the lights to drop, in the mean time, the car is at 10psi of boost while standing still. and thats when i dont use the nitrous.

the sti 6spd swap should be done today hopefully, if not, early next week(waiting on parts). i plan to take the car to LACR asap and see what kind of 60ft's i get with the new ability to launch hard. plus i will actually be able to shift fast and hard for once.

im hoping for a 1.6xx 60ft, but i have a feeling my stock clutch will be the limiting factor