My plan, boost me up scotty! Options

[frosty]

Alright, I have spent many a months and countless nights thinking about what I want to do with my celicas power and have come to a conclusion. I would like to go the route of the 5s-gte hybrid but don't have all the funds needed to go this route now. I really want to go boost and after reading and studying many of the 5s-Fte build-up and the mr2's builds, I decided I will walk this path. One thing that also makes it nice is that if in the future if I want to go the 5s-gte way then I will already have a multitude of the parts on hand for that project. I also have support from my wife as well. The only draw back is that our hvac brokedown and we're having to buy a new one. I do have a bunch of music equipment and other items around the house to sell wich will allow us to be able to pay the hvac off in a few months and begin the fTe build.

Lookout guys! A new 5s-fte is cooming your way this year!

[playr158]

a 5sgte is a lot of money.
a totally custom project thats not for the faint of heart.
best suited for somone with deep pockets and VERY high HP goals
NEEDS a stand alone ecu
would be pretty silly to do without also upgrading the turbo to something massive.
the motor has to be fully rebuild and upgraded ($$$$$$) . you dont just slap on another head.
etc....


the reason why its overkill, is that, unless you are shotting for some crazy power, you can meet all of your goals with a 5sfTE or 3sgte swap.

you could do just fine with a ct26 there is no requirement to upgrade the turbo...he can even run a ct27 perfectly fine...there is nothing wrong with going for 200-250whp with a 5sgte setup as compaired to a 5sfte/3sgte its just one more option...

the more people that try the more information there is the more success the community has