any one thought about a 4E-FTE swap?? Options

[Valo666]

Since sarah now has her coupe, its in good working order, but its sooo gutless. Theres barely any torque and it just feels like it doesnt wanna go fast. So sarah has been asking me about different engine swaps we could do for a reasonable price that would give her car some more balls. So of course i listed the usual suspects, 4AGZE, 20V 4AGE, turboing her car....but then i got to thinkin...what about a 4E-FTE?? One of my friends i used to work with at a canadian tire did a 4E-FTE swap into a 4door trecel and that thing flew, and a buddy of mine used one of the CT9 turbos on his geo and has tons of parts for the turbos laying around. Has any one tried this swap?/do you think it would have enough power to actually feel it in our cars? I mean, its a 1.3L inline 4 with a small turbo, but do you think it would give the car a bit more of a kick??

[jdg371]

4EFTE + CT12 @ 12PSI = roughly 160hp

A combination would be sweet for the Tercel and Paseo group but our Celicas weigh about 500 more lbs [Baseline Paseos with some weight reduction can get under 2000lbs]


You could venture into the 4AGZE, but no one really dares to go there. Local MR2 S/C owner with an unopened engine achieved 143whp. With a bigger pulley and other accesories. Now he is doing some porting with the intake and exhaust manifold, and yet a bigger pulley. Gains hoping for is around 200whp with Emanage

Your best bet for a little more umph would be the 4AGE 20Valve, easiest swap. Many have turbo'd these engines to 6-8psi without any problems. Thought it was matched with proper tuning.


IMO go 1MZFE