im a turbo noob, 5sgte? head work? what to do Options

[b1gr3d]

ok i am planning to turbo my 5sfe, my problem is what to do?!!

1. should i just buy 3sgte manifold with ct26 and all of the needed parts ( i read the posts about it and i'm sure you have too so no need to list ALL of the parts)

2.get head work done to my 5s head for a gasket match and port/ polish then do #1

3. buy a 3sgte head and match it to my 5s block, then do step #1
questions about #3 (DON'T FLAME ME)
CAN it be done w/o going to a machine shop? can it be done w/o replacing and internals from the block?
4. i was wanting to know if a t3 turbo would put out the same numbers as a ct26...simply becuase every other car in the world uses t3 or t4..why can't i?
-if i go with step 4 then of course i will port/polish and gasket match and posibly have the head milled just to have it level

the numbers i want to try to achieve are simple..over 200..psi.-under 15...maybe 12. this will be a daily driver so cost is low and down time is lower. i can do nearly anything, and i am going to wyotech in July, so i have no fear of fabrication...i only fear price and damage to my dear celi....

thanks for the help ahead of time and be gentle. i would also like to gain enough info on this thread to use it as a sticky for other users

If i can i would also like to out do pressure 2 in HP numbers for 5s block(yeah i know i may use 3g head but still)

[playr158]

To quote Blade:

"Some motherf*&&%s are always trying to iceskate uphill"

Why would you want to do it the hard way with all the complications. BTW you are reading stuff on the mr2 forums but have you considered the fact that even if you get high figures you will have 1 slight problem. The Celica is a FWD car so there is no point in getting above 300ish bhp. What Manny has done to his car is great but that wasn't done overnight.

Like burneed said. I would go for number 5: Do a 3S-GTE swap instead!

ok really even with my project i'm shooting for well over 300...300whp in a FWD isn't that big of a deal..i know of many FWD cars well over 300hp that are doing fine and they seam to have found a very very good point of being at over 300hp...the box is bigger then wat you can see