Molesting the 7A-FTE..., NEW UPDATES Options

[OOBE]

New update: Been working on an intake manifold for the last two days...just experimenting and stuff. I'm not sure if it's gonna work good or not, but whatever...I've been guinea-pigging for too long to even care about the wasted money so I'm going crazy and reckless with it, LOL.

It's cool how everything starts with a bare aluminum pipe.


I'm installing ARP head studs tomorrow for extra safety and hopefully break-in the engine this week to take it to the dyno. A few pics, since I never provide visual stuff.

The weapon.


Bye-bye, EGR.


Welding the pipe to the stock manifold.




Not aiming for prettiness.


My hands are too small for belonging to a male...I know.


A teaser.


When it's properly polished, it'll look awesome. We had to fabricate a piece to be able to secure the transmission cable to the throttle body. The engineering was tricky but we achieved it.

More later.

[keison2000]

OObe, you are doing an outstanding job on your 7A... I hope you are done with it before the spring. I am thinking about just turboing my 7A instead of swapping a 4agze and replacing the supercharger with a turbo... I think with only 122k on my 7a it should be prime for a turbo....

This post has been edited by keison2000: Nov 20, 2009 - 12:14 PM

[FunkySR]

OObe, you are doing an outstanding job on your 7A... I hope you are done with it before the spring. I am thinking about just turboing my 7A instead of swapping a 4agze and replacing the supercharger with a turbo... I think with only 122k on my 7a it should be prime for a turbo....

I have 194k on my 7afte so you have no issues.

[keison2000]

How are you bud? Thanks for the comment. I hit the road in my celi today and I noticed that at like 80 mph/160kph, the engine speed is at 4100 rpms, it wouldn't change if I turboed my celi, but is it safe for me to run the 7a at that speed, especially if I turbo my celi. If not, is the 3s any better...The cabin does get pretty loud. I think I"m going to seriously upgrade my stereo...LOL

[richee3]

How are you bud? Thanks for the comment. I hit the road in my celi today and I noticed that at like 80 mph/160kph, the engine speed is at 4100 rpms, it wouldn't change if I turboed my celi, but is it safe for me to run the 7a at that speed, especially if I turbo my celi. If not, is the 3s any better...The cabin does get pretty loud. I think I"m going to seriously upgrade my stereo...LOL

Do it. You'll thank yourself.

CP pistons in the 7A-FTE? I shudder to think of a total project cost here... But man, it's an awesome thing you've got going.

[OOBE]

How are you bud? Thanks for the comment. I hit the road in my celi today and I noticed that at like 80 mph/160kph, the engine speed is at 4100 rpms, it wouldn't change if I turboed my celi, but is it safe for me to run the 7a at that speed, especially if I turbo my celi. If not, is the 3s any better...The cabin does get pretty loud. I think I"m going to seriously upgrade my stereo...LOL

Do it. You'll thank yourself.

CP pistons in the 7A-FTE? I shudder to think of a total project cost here... But man, it's an awesome thing you've got going.

Well, it would be more painful and expensive to install a 3S and doing all the tranny work and stuff. My engine is already in the car, plus I already had custom parts made for it. I'm too invested, plus I want to explore the possibilities with it. Even the 5E-FE, which is a puny 1.5 liter engine from the Toyota Tercel and Paseo, has been proven here in the island to hold A LOT of boost and has already run 9 seconds in the quarter mile (with a worked stock automatic tranny to boot ).

Why can't the 7A-FE see glory like this smaller economy engine? It has a cast iron block. Trust me that it'll hold good power. Mark these words. My tuner and his brother are very motivated to make some numbers with my engine and make a new record in the island. At first they wanted to swap in the 3S but after the intake manifold was done and all the intercooler piping, they saw the engine in a new light. They say this will shut up a lot of people that are calling me stupid for spending money on this engine. It's MY freakin' money anyway. I'll spend it how I want.