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]

Ive own my celica for about 7yrs now, and have had it swapped for about 4yrs. On a daily basis i get PM's, phone calls and AIM messages from people who are either planning a turbo project or in the middle of one. After a while, its very easy to spot a pattern of mistakes that leads to problems and people who end up selling or parting out. The guys who take the time to learn about their cars, and dont cheap out, end up having success.

i am not disputing the not cheaping out part or the part that you know what your talking about
but as an example, i will use a local shop near me who has specialize in turboing cars, yes they do the normal honda's and acura's, but i have also seen off the wall cars like a geo prism and toyota corolla. talking with the owner, those cars did not return with problems and are still running. now again im not saying all shops are perfect, and the shop im talking about is by no means cheap, they charge a pretty penny, but do a very exelent job in the projects they work on.

Thats cool man. Im not trying to turn this into a personal attack.
If you want to go to that shop because you think they will do a good install for you, then thats great. Just ask yourself what your going to do once everything is installed and you run into problems?

[spolski07]

Thats cool man. Im not trying to turn this into a personal attack.
If you want to go to that shop because you think they will do a good install for you, then thats great. Just ask yourself what your going to do once everything is installed and you run into problems?

id come here and try to find out what my problem could be, then take it back to the shop
never ment to be an arguement, you are one of the smarter members here and have helped a lot of us along the way.