built 3sge or beams Options

[lumbercis]

I was wondering. If I wanted to build an all-motor 3sge, is there actually much advantage using a Beams motor as the base rather than a regular 3sge? Would there really be much hp advantage to justify the extra cost, assuming that you would be changing much of the engine internals anyway? I know the Beams has VVTL, which is to it's advantage, but would that really be so much of an advantage if you would be using aggressive cams on the 3sge anyway?

Basically, if you had X amount of money, could you get farther with the Beams and light mods, or a 3sge with heavier mods?

J.

[Hanyo]

the beams engine is pretty much optimized from the factory, so if you want to squeeze more hp out of it you will need to tune everything.

This means you have to balance the crank. And that means opening up the bottom end.