7afe na build questions Options

[celica74]

After going through my options, rebuild, motor sway, new car, yada yada. A rebuild with some goodies right now is the best option for me expense and time wise. Although i think wed all agree a 3rd gen 3sgte swap would make us all have to change our pants. So heres my thought. I know im going to have to replace ever gasket and bearing, rings, and whatever i find beat to hell when i pull the 7a part(crossing fingers on this one). Id like to at minimum raise the compression a little. 10.5:1 should be a reasonable ratio to go with. I know throwing in 4afe pistons would do the trick just right. Id like some details if anyone knows for sure what year 4a pistons id need to go with, i know the wrist pin size is different depending on the year, and the steps to install them, i believe there press fit or maybe i have my a series motors mixed up. Ive also heard of guys boring the 7a to a 2.0l. That would be something id be interested in knowing how much youd have to bore over to achieve. And what that would do is i got it to a 2.0l, and put the 4afe pistons in in terms of comp. ratio. Not really good with the math of that so im hoping someone have help me out. And i think that last thing id like to cover is valves an springs. Has anyone built the head of a 7a for high rev. What did they have to do in terms of parts, and any shaving of the cams and what not. I think we can all benefit from having all this information all on a single thread.

[mandrek]

yup to all of it.. but 1400 is nothing for a swap.. and if you already have a bunch of the stuff to go boost, then i would insist that you go that rout.. no matter what you are going to spend money.. how much is up to you. and like i said what it is that you intend to do with the car wil dictate what direction you should go.. my own car is gutted from the front seats back.

oh, and if you look around you can find a long block 7a for around 250.. easily.