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??

[Valo666]

The money would definately be better spent on a more potent engine (3SGTE, 3SGE, 4AGE, 1MZFE) and even in stock form those swaps will be alot quicker and more satisfying than a modified 4EFTE.

Does Sarah have a 5spd or a Auto in her coupe? If she had a low mileage engine with 5spd, turbo may not be a bad idea either.

5spd of course...but its not low milage..the engine has 175K miles on it right now and the tranny was replaced a year ago cuz the second gear sincro went on it. So the tranny is pretty fresh, but the motor isnt.

I'd go 4age, save some money (and trouble) over the 1mz swap, and put what you saved into paint. From all the complaining I heard saturday, I think she's enjoy a nice paintjob over 40 extra hp, lol.

Ive been thinkin more along the 20V idea all along, but then i started thinkin it would be cool to have the 4E-FTE in it. Yea its not the best hp rating in the world, but thouse little CT9's spool up sooooo quick. Even when my buddy has his 1.0L turbo geo and had a CT9 on it, he was spooling at 2000rpm and hittin 10PSI at 2500..lol

But yea, i think we r gonna most likely end up with a 20V or a 4AGZE. I have pretty good acess to both of them and since alot of my friends in toronto are drifters, i have at least 2 guys who know 20Vs like the back of their hands, and i have another 3 guys who know 4AGZEs like its nothing.

and yea, paint and body works coming b4 engine swap is.