Needed input, 7age vs 1mzfe Options

[Einhander]

Ok, over the past few months i've been gathering parts for a 1mzfe swap. I finally have everything But the ecu, but that's not a big deal. I know the motor will fit, that's not the issue. And i don't want to make huge power 280-300hp at the most.

But here's the delima, i have everything for the 4age head converison. I would like eventually to go turbo and the 1m is not going to leave a lot of room for this, unless i go crazy on the engine bay, and piping will be a pita. Plus the turbo 7age has already been done and has sources for reliabilty, where as the 1m really is not a heavily document motor as to it's abilities.

Now my question to you guys is if given a choice, with a goal of 300hp which would you choose?


this is something i am going to complete over time, since the celica is no longer a dd, and i work almost continously, hopefully by late summer it'll be done.

[FallenHero]

OOOk.

Compression wise... 8-1 is great for high boost... it is. However. when you are in traffic and you are not in the right power band (no real boost) your car will be hella slugish. like... 60hp under the hood. You might talk to quanza about it, I am sure he has experiance, but I would go for the 8.5 at least.

For the intercooler sprayer i would go to a junk yard and find a really new car. Pop the hood and take the windshield washer pump.

Rig up some sort of reservoir under your hood and run a line from it to the washer pum you got. (wire it to a dash switch or in the case I described above, to a RPM activated switch like a shift light or something off of E-bay.) Run the water to some sort of sprayer near the intercooler. you can regulate the pressure it puts out via a ressistor of some sort.

Wham, works like a charm.

the 440 injectors will work until you get the car running right.

For the manifold....I am strictly speculating and have NO first hand knowledge of anybody doing this. That said... Talk to kwanza or go to www.club4ag.com and find a 8 runner manifold. Go to a good shop and get yourself a plasma cutter to work with.

Cut the center divide out of the runners so there is, in essence, one big runner. Then weld a plate on top and bottom ... welding on a cast manifold.. hrm... Give me time to think on this one.

The exhaust set up is much cheaper than you would think. I just don't have the link on me right now.

all for now.

Ah yes, the crank. I have read somewhere that the 1zz crank will work in one way or another. I am going to research that as soon as I have time. There is lots of speculation, but no hard answers.

Now, that is all for now.

Later

jon