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Im in highschool and money isnt flowing wild but should i turbo my 5s with 115k or just get a 3sgte? thanks

Honestly, 3sgte

the cost would be about the same (if you do it right for a 5sfte) but the 3s is made for the turbo and would handle it better.

just my opinion though..

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I turboed my dads toyotal paseo some years back, and it didnt come att all bad, but even when it comes to the work that is envolved I belive it is much more convienient to just put the 3SGTE beast in, I just finished mine and came really good if I say so myself, so the 3SGTE swap is a must

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This post has been edited by Alan: Jan 23, 2007 - 1:52 PM

ok so same price ?

You should save your money, then do a 3sgte swap a little down the road. Save enough to do it right the first time.



To start, would you be installing, or would a shop installing?

ignore all the 3s bandwagoners.
what you really need to do, is sit down, and determine what your goals for the car are (REALISTICLY)
then make your decision based on that.

shop and im thinking like ~ 300 hopefully by the time im done im getting traction control and stuff

and a shop

^ in that case... the 3s would be the better choice.

Im going to agree with them on the 3s-gte, i am also in highschool and also have a 94 hatch, i thought about turboing my 5s but realistically if u have a 94' chances are your going to have a substantial amout of wear already on ur engine, and if your anything like me u drive the hell out of it. if you turbo ur 5s your prolly gna need a new 5s engine to start with, also finding stronger interanals that will hold the boost, not to mention re-flashing ur cpu and upgrade a few more things. i knew a guy at a import company that will give you the AWD conversion, 2nd or 3rd gen 3sgte, and the RHD conversion all for 2400....so just be realistic when u decide....although turboing a 5s would be a neat acomplishment...hope that helped.

i agree!!!

You could buy my 3s celica.

i wanna know more.

im assuming thats labor only, no way that cost includes labor and parts

i think that's just for parts. labor for an awd conversion will cost something like 10 grand.

a lot depends on where you live also and if you want to sell the car later , a 3s is not going to pass any state title inspection as it was not offered in the celica , i think the only loop hole is if you have a 92-95 celica and use a mr2 motor i think ,but i could be wrong . i know in ohio if you swap and then sell to someone out of state you will have to replace the motor with the stock one and there is a big fine for it.

My car passed state inspection (safety and emissions < not sure if thats diff than title inspec)

It passed a month ago and i have a 3s

I also got lucky and they never popped the hood

i pass inspection ever year, thanks.

safty and emmisions are differant then a title inspection , title inspection is where they check the vin numbers and make sure everything matches what the title tells them ,and to make sure you are using legal parts and motors , i got this inspection done 2 times all ready one i needed to get the title redone as i have a salvage title and the second time was at a car show i went to the cops went thru and looked under the hood and vins on all cars.

is that even legal for a cop to do? they have no right to search your car (or your engine bay) without probable cause or your consent. even if they find out that your vins dont match, you could have legally bought a motor from a junk yard and swapped it into your own car.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jan 24, 2007 - 5:43 PM