5sfe or 3sgte, what would be your opinion Options

[6G94celica]

right now i have a 94 toyota celica with a 2.2l 5sfe engine. would it be better to rebuild and put a new head on the 5sfe or to buy a 3sgte engine and do a complete engine swap. i have an auto. tranny right now and eventually i want to change that to manual so take that into consideration also. the main thing i want is to turbo my car and i know you can turbo a 5sfe but is it real spendy or nothin compared to a whole new engine. also can you put a 3sge head on a 5sfe engine to upgrade the engine. thanks for the help

[BBoYRuGGeD]

if u feel that ur financially ready to do the 3sgte swap (it can get pricey for some ) and u feel that u have good maintenance habits (3sgte is f/i and like all other turbo cars comes with higher maintenance needs than n/a motors)...then sure go for it !!!

if not then there are other options...a turbo setup for the 5sfe can also be reliable assuming ur current motor is healthy and u do everything right, a 3rd gen 3sge swap as ive recently read is easier to swap into a GT than the 3sgte/beams, or u can be unique and swap in a 2zzge!!! (read the 7th gen motor in a 6th gen thread)

bboy