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

[_mikeE]

Okay, i read the first couple posts and i gave up reading haha but basically the 5S motor was not built with turbo whereas the 3sgte was professionally built and designed for turbo, and yes the ecu to. Also, you're gona be spending about 2g gathering the parts to turbo your 5s motor and it'd probably be wise to rebuild it since it's kinda old. Plus you'll only avg pulling off 220hp approx, you can only pull off the 300hp mark is you swap to a larger turbine such as the ct27, and tweak like mad. And to the person who started this thread...you wanted to get a stroker kit for your 5s motor? it's already 2.2 ltr...eh? Maybe i'm just mis-interpreting things.
Basically, the 3s motor has more potential for higher power and would be a bit easier to work with and less km's to but all u have to do really is rebuild the head on your 5s motor.