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

[Legit94GT]

Wow this got carried way off track and now is back to what started this thread...

The thing is i know cars, i have done plenty of work on cars.... I HATE working on cars is the thing, right now i dont have the space or the right equipment to do a swap, and it seems like i never have the right tool for the job to be don properly.

I want to go to a shop so i dont have spend my weekend getting pissed off because i just stripped the last bolt on the oil pan, my free time is way to valueable to me to spend it pissed off, which is usually where i end up after working on cars.

I am not looking for a massive 300+ car, i just want my celica to be much fater than it is, being at 200-220 or around there would be just fine with me:) My car may be fairly old 94, but only has 85xxx miles on it, compared to most 3s that have ANYWHERE from 30-80xxx miles on it, so that is maybe only a few years, and most 3s are 2nd gens so they would actually be older than my motor, and you dont know who or how it was driven before you got it, i bought mine fomr old people who babied it:)

I see that doing a turbo doesnt look all that hard in reality and me and my dad could knock it out in a weekend, but i would much rather pay to have someone else do it... any takers? lol, you just got to fly to oregon;)
And i might still do that, now that my shop is open i can FINALLY talk to them about price and componets...

As far as EMS goes i dont know anything about that, the only image i have is the laptop in paul walkers car in Fast and the Furious... Can someone explain just exactlly what having an EMS would be? I mean i got nothing like really, do i have to have a computer with me in the car at all times to monitor everything or is it just for tuning when i need to??? does buying a more expensive EMS make a difference or are they all basically the same?

This is the shop i am currently talking to about all this http://www.rrevstore.com/catalog/

Sorry for the novel