What do you guys think, 1st gen 3sge head on a 5sfe? Options

[bccentaur3]

Of course I will be boosting this so technically it will be a 5sgte. But I was wondering what the pros and cons are with the 1st gen 3sge head? I like the intake manifold on the 3sge but I doubt it will flow as good as the 3sgte manifold.

I have access to dirt cheap 3sge heads and it would be an awesome project.

[Cuts_the_Pilot]

i havnt checked for sure but i cant see the dizzy's being too much diff electricly. check it out, if you need to run the 3sge dizzy.

are you using a 3sge head or 3sgte? use the gen1 3sge inlet mani if you have one.
ezhaust doesnt matter a fnck as long as its not restrictive.

i know gen1 3sge and gen2 3sgte both use a 55mm throttle body so use that, i reckon the 5s-fe will be 50mm but im not 100%.

here is a little bit my mate put in his thread about what you need to grind out of the head so the water jackets line up, and get the 5s-fe metal head gasket, make sure the block and head are micky mouse (ie resurfaced)

keep in mind the 5s-fe ecu wont be able to control the TVIS, get some sort of jacar rev switch to control it, should only cost you $30 or so....or get an aftermarket ecu.

"the spots in red are the only bits that a required to be ground out'
well anyway all is coming together quite well till i put the belt on rotated the crank realising that the cam wheels where then offset once returned not membering to change also the crank pulley aswell because 5s ones are bigger and also have one more tooth than the 3sge pully, alos i needed the 5sfe head gasket as well to account for the new carvings i have created but it is all very simple really just need to use most of the ge stuff when changing it all over, any more questions i am happy to answer if everything goes well"

another interesting bit from his thread.
"i used everthing that was external from the 3sge including the head, intake gear, exhaust mani, timing belt, harmonic balancer, crank pully, if there is anything else i will try and member but thats all im pretty sure i changed over."

keep in mind this was puttin a 5s block onto a gen1 3sge in a 4th gen (so the 3sge was the factory engine)



This post has been edited by Cuts_the_Pilot: Feb 24, 2009 - 8:18 AM