Engine Questions, Recently swapped engine Options

[eduxz]

Well the topic says what this is about. Recently i had a forced engine swap due to the fact that the original engine of my celica was totaled. I bought a 7a-fe Engine from a Special edition celica. Year 96 to be precise, the engine had 158k miles but that's the best i could get on my budget. Even though the mileage is on the high side the engine runs very smoothly to my very surprised. Now the reason of this post is. The engine swap was successful and the car runs great but to my concern the engine wont get me past 100 miles per hour. Not that i am looking to be hitting the 140 but i am just curious as to why the engine won't give me more power. I currently own a cold air intake so should give around 5 to 10 more horse power yet, the car won't give more

P.S: my previous engine before the incident topped 115 miles per hours Stock


Any comments will be greatly appreciated

[95CelicaST]

Yeah the 7AFE really isn't meant for 100+mph. The gearing is just too short to get there. I mean, of course it can be done....eventually, but I wouldn't feel comfortable with it.

And Toyota motors aren't like Honda motors. When you slap an intake on a Civic you'll get 5-10hp increase, but you'll get 0-1hp increase on a Toyota. If you did intake, exhaust, and header you might be lucky and get 5hp from it.


What is happening when you try to get up to 100? Does the motor cut? Does it just not get there? Does your speed even out while the RPMs climb?

I wouldn't be suprised if this thread gets closed though.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Sep 17, 2009 - 10:42 AM