Opening a can of worms?, 3S-GTE vs 3S-GE Options

[Jeremiah]

I like faster cars, but I hate doing engine swaps. So when I do one, I want it to last. I'm assuming that (like every other turbo'd engine) the 3S-GTE does not have the longevity of the naturally aspired 3S-GE.

Is this a good assumption? How many miles could I expect to get out of each engine? Also, I will only be using motors produced in the US, as I live in California where they frown on JDM motors.

[lagos]

1) I didn't get 230K miles on my existing engine by not taking care of it wink.gif In fact - it's still running strong... I just know it's days are numbered.

your missing the whole point im trying to make. the idea is, that you are buying a used motor, that came out of a car that was worthless to anyone in japan. you dont know who drove it, if they changed the oil, or if it was sitting under a rock for the past 10yrs. many people have done swaps, only to end up needing to rebuild the whole motor from the ground up or get stuck haing to fix a brokend headgasket . others get lucky and end up with a motor that lasts them a long time with no problems. i think even coomer said that the 1st 4age motor he bought ended up being blown and he had to exchange it, and thats an NA motor.

it really dosnt matter if you go NA or turbo. either motor could have been not taken care of and give you some type of problem. you also might get lucky and end up with a motor that runs forever, but anytime you do something as custom as a swap, you are taking a chance and assuming what you buy used is going to work out great just because it does/dosnt have a turbo on it .