Opinions, 5sfte over 3sgte Options

[Legit94GT]

So i am now leaning more towards turboing my 5sfte instead of doing a 3's swap.

Wouldn't the 5 have a great power potential over the 3's because it is a 2.2L and not a 2L?

If i do all the work to turbo it myself, i can use my extra money to stroke the engine, but if i do that would that maybe be to much horse power for the motor?

Has anyone stroked thier engine and what was your gain in hp?
I've seen some posts say for around a $2,500 it make your engine put out around 300hp...

Thanks for the info...

This post has been edited by Legit94GT: Feb 18, 2008 - 7:26 PM

[lagos]

40k?

40,000 miles. As in, we have put about 40,000 miles on each of our setups and they are still running.

I'd probablly be having the shop do the install, and all the tuning

Then your setup WILL fail and you WILL end up either parting out the kit or blowing your motor. Plain and simple.
If your not willing to learn about your car, then a turbo celica is not for you.

[spolski07]

Then your setup WILL fail and you WILL end up either parting out the kit or blowing your motor. Plain and simple.
If your not willing to learn about your car, then a turbo celica is not for you.

that is a steep statement, although the learning about your car part is correct, not all of us are blessed with the right equipment time and know how to do a project like this
i think that if the shop has a good rep. you should be fine, but the above statement is just stating that ALL shops are bad and dont know what they are doing. im not saying they all know, but their are some out there that know what they are talking about

[bccentaur3]

Then your setup WILL fail and you WILL end up either parting out the kit or blowing your motor. Plain and simple.
If your not willing to learn about your car, then a turbo celica is not for you.

that is a steep statement, although the learning about your car part is correct, not all of us are blessed with the right equipment time and know how to do a project like this
i think that if the shop has a good rep. you should be fine, but the above statement is just stating that ALL shops are bad and dont know what they are doing. im not saying they all know, but their are some out there that know what they are talking about

Lagos was not implying that all shops are bad. This is how I read it. When he said that the motor will fail, that is probably due to the fact that he learned nothing from the swap. Lets say something happens and he has no money. What does he do? Try to work on it with no knowledge and end up making the car even worse. I just hope the guy won;t be the type who will take a car to the shop because of a vac leak. lol.