4age 20V Sliver Top Engine Swap Options

[Drew-887]

Well guys ive been saving my money up all winter for an engine swap and im getting close. I have saved up 1700 so im about 500 dollars short. I want to buy the sliver top engine but im not sure. I want something that ill be happy with as far as HP goes. Now im a novice driver with it come to driving fast cars. Im use to driving my slow 7afe around so I dont know what its like to be in or drive a fast car. The fastest car that I have driven was my sisters V6 MX3. My engine have over 200k miles and I know it will last a long time but I want something faster. Ive only heard one person complain about the performance of the sliver top. I orginally wanted a 4agze but after reading about it seems to be a real pain in the ass to manage but after reading about the sliver top I kinda like it. 5 valves per cylinder, individual throttle bodies seems pretty nice to me. I also plan to get upgraded pulleys and other things as well. Do you all think that I'll be happy with the sliver top? please give your honest opinion.

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

I love it all. I've been pretty lucky to have experienced first-hand alot of the fast cars that are on 6GC and elsewhere.

Stock for stock, the 2nd gen. 3SGTE feels about perfect to me...they have such a smooth, strong and consistant pull all the way to redline. However the 4AGE is also very quick in the Celica. It's a thing of beauty to hear an N/A motor scream up to above 8000 RPMS, and high end is where the silver top is in its element....however it doesnt just take off the way a 3SGTE does, but it's just as exciting to me.

I drove a supercharged MR2 with the 4AGZE which only has something like 145 HP in the US, but that is also a beautiful and very fun motor. It's nice because to me it still felt alot like a great NA motor but pulls itself beyond the typical lack of torque that you would find on some NA motors. Obviously the JDM motor will pull even more since output is a little over 170 HP.

Other NA and turbocharged cars ive driven have yielded the same conclusion....its all about what type of response and feel you want, and whether you value gas mileage and ease of maintainence much, and how fast you really want your car to be. Personally, I love both and its really hard to choose one motor when theres so many ways to make our cars quick.