piston help Options

[trd94]

ok i have read that the 4age head gasket fits a 7afe so i would like to know if i use a set of 4agze pistons with a 2mm head gasket will i be ok for 10-12psi of boost or will the gze pistons raise the compression to much even with the 2mm steel gasket just need some input befor i buy parts i dont need thanks guys

[Punisher]

Ya know.. maybe some people just like being "original" ... but I've been down the road of "original" and "under dog" bull****.. Oh ya lets take this heap of **** engine and try to make it something fantastic.. all we need to do is throw money at it... what did it get me? Shot piston rings and a worthless engine with fat cams and quad carbs that were impossible to tune.. not to mention a few thousand down the drain.

Think about the long run.. what will be easier to build, be more reliable with power and cheaper in the long run?

I seriously don't know why people try to put all of this 2000 dollar budget engineering into an engine hoping to make reliable every day power.

A 3S can be had for around 2K.. a full swap if you do it yourself would only come out to about 3500 tops.. with some new engine parts .. FMIC or what not.. exhaust etc... and you'll be making over 200whp reliably every single day. Then you have the option of making more power with fairly simple upgrades like the turbo.. go standalone ecu.. fuel upgrades.. you will be making a LOT more reliable power. You will also have less headaches of trying to figure stupid **** out.. and you will spend less money.

To do this little 7afe boosted **** you will need a standalone.. you will then need dyno time.. don't forget wideband o2.. don't forget aftermarket MAP sensor ... turbo.. custom manifold.. etc etc etc etc... Then you get to blow up the transmission or take a lot of life off of it.. unless you get a better trans.. oops there is more money.

best of luck with whatever you decide to do.