Beams or 4th Gen 3S swap? Options

[massbrandon]

ok friends. the time has come to get the things together to do a swap. since being on this board ive contemplated doing the 5sfte and the swap. well after months of deliberation ive decided to do a swap. my 5sfe has 133k on it so thats the only reason Ive shyed away from the 5sfte. after lots of thinking ive narrowed it down to the Beams red top and the ST215. I want you guys opinions on the st215 and the Beams too as far as being easily modded. the reason im thinking about doing the ST215 is because here in Mass we dont have a sniffer test, just the OBDII. I really appreciate all of your help and input on this guys. Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by massbrandon: Sep 27, 2006 - 8:33 PM

[uberschall]

i'm going 5sfte because i don't have the facilities or $$ to do a full swap...

but for what it's worth, i would love to see more people doing the beams swap. in my opinion, na motors are much easier to drive across the powerband, and the maintenance and tuning are much more simple. you'll be looking at about the same amount of work, though, i think.

i would go na for two reasons, i guess:

1. no BIG changes from what you're used to...pump gas, driving style, maintenance, etc.

2. na=sleeper. anyone with half a brain is going to know what you're packing if they see your ic or hear turbo whine/bov. nothing better than spanking someone at the track/strip/[other] and leaving them to wonder how a 100% stock looking & sounding car did it.