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post Apr 9, 2003 - 3:45 PM
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Well after a little more than a year of boosting my motor is finally seeing the effects of turbo. Stock internals boosting 11 PSI. Anyways i have an internal oil leak (piston rings and valves). This is really frustrating!! So i have 2 options now. 1.) get a short block, blueprinted balanced, port and polished, pistons,..... everything i need to boost 14lbs out of an ST block. or 2.) complete 3s-gte swap.

ive wanted a 3sgte for forever now so im leaning towards taht. the only reason y i would consider the new custom short block is because i can still drive my car while they are assembling the new block. but with the 3sgte my car would be in the shop for quite awhile....
 
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post Apr 9, 2003 - 6:45 PM
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QUOTE (TurboCeli @ Apr 9, 2003 - 12:59 PM)
Well after a little more than a year of boosting my motor is finally seeing the effects of turbo. Stock internals boosting 11 PSI. Anyways i have an internal oil leak (piston rings and valves). This is really frustrating!! So i have 2 options now. 1.) get a short block, blueprinted balanced, port and polished, pistons,..... everything i need to boost 14lbs out of an ST block. or 2.) complete 3s-gte swap.

ive wanted a 3sgte for forever now so im leaning towards taht. the only reason y i would consider the new custom short block is because i can still drive my car while they are assembling the new block. but with the 3sgte my car would be in the shop for quite awhile....

a good shop should only have your car for a week to do a swap.


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- TurboCeli   Motor is finally taking the toll of boost.   Apr 9, 2003 - 3:45 PM
- - coustoe   buya $500 4th gen celica to drive in the mean...   Apr 9, 2003 - 3:55 PM
- - 97sccelica   how many miles did u have when u first turboed and...   Apr 9, 2003 - 6:18 PM
- - celicakid84   thats pretty impressive, 11psi on stock internals....   Apr 9, 2003 - 6:33 PM
- - Charlie97L   QUOTE (TurboCeli @ Apr 9, 2003 - 12:59 PM) Well af...   Apr 9, 2003 - 6:45 PM
- - Matty19   I think you should stay with the setup, since you...   Apr 9, 2003 - 7:14 PM
- - celi_gt_racer   stick with the 7a turbo set up... hate to see a ex...   Apr 9, 2003 - 7:21 PM
- - macavely   I think you should just keep the 7a fte. rebuild ...   Apr 9, 2003 - 11:43 PM
- - Charlie97L   QUOTE (Matty19 @ Apr 9, 2003 - 4:28 PM) I think yo...   Apr 9, 2003 - 11:50 PM
- - Matty19   I'm just curious, did you have your tranmissio...   Apr 10, 2003 - 12:09 AM
- - rlan214   QUOTE (Matty19 @ Apr 9, 2003 - 9:23 PM) I'm ju...   Apr 10, 2003 - 8:52 AM
- - celicaBEst   bump. i wanna know also.   Apr 10, 2003 - 10:24 PM
- - zigy   I have a quick question.... I'm not worried a...   Apr 11, 2003 - 1:34 AM
- - TurboCeli   the tranny is good..... sort of.. hasnt gave up on...   Apr 11, 2003 - 3:03 PM
- - Charlie97L   QUOTE (TurboCeli @ Apr 11, 2003 - 12:17 PM) the tr...   Apr 11, 2003 - 3:41 PM
- - Matty19   Hey turboceli, what are you doin with all tour old...   Apr 11, 2003 - 6:10 PM
- - prepcelica   Im with Matt, since I dont have the money for the ...   Apr 19, 2003 - 5:56 AM


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