What motors fit in a ST205 Options

[beno]

Hi

just wondering what motors will fit in a ST205?
im thinking a stronger block might be the starting point rather than an engine rebuild


Thanks for any help

[Insanity-74]

Stronger 3sgte blocks are either Caldina blocks which as strengthened around the earlier blocks weak points, TTE blocks which are very few and far between as well as costing a small fortune, ST165 blocks are strong and cheap but mat require somework to get the water ways to match. You could use cylinder liners which would help reduce cost a bit (over buying a TTE block etc)

I dont know how feasable this would be to do on a normal block, but the TTE blocks had longer head bolts, which would mean drilling further down into the block and threading the holes further into the block, but I dont know if this would interfear with the water/oil ways.

There is a V6 available from a Lexus I think that will, with a bit of adapting, bolt onto the existing 4wd system of the GT4. You could also try an engine from a Toyota Rav 4, I believe they used a watered down version of the 3sge engine which might have had the bugs worked out of it.