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.

[trd94]

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.

WOW!!!! get up on the wrong side of the bed did we? jk....... i would love to swap but it is just not legal to do and i dont need any of that trouble know if i had a 5gen then that is totaly what i would do as far as the trans goes i have a auto ( wait dont bash on it to hard) i have put in a better torque converter into it so i dont think it should be a problem, as far as spending money this is my hobbie i dont drink or smoke , no drugs ,so i spend any extra cash i can on building cars (legal street cars) i have a 3000gt i built up n/a to run a 13 sec 1/4 mi time ,and a civic with a d15 that is turboed every day driver that put down a decent 193hp to the wheels my celica has been turboed for about 20,000 miles and is running strong ,i just want a little more out of it , and i would like to learn what i can from doing this. a swap is kind of a no brainer ,no offence to any one that has a swap ,it is just most any one can do it