If you guys had a 3S-GE Celica would you....., Still deciding! Options

[Kadett]

This maybe sounds strange. Ive been here about 5 months and have seen lots of guys with engine swaps. Mainly because you US peeps do not have to same engines as we got.

I was thinking to myself, "Is it worth all the money and trouble to either upgrade my 3S-GE engine or do a Turbo swap (3rd gen 3S-GTE)"
I already have 177 horses under the hood.

So this question goes out to al of the swappers and turbo driven 7A/5S celica owners.

Would you have considered doing a swap or upgrade if you had a 3S block in your car???

[Kadett]

To me it does feel like that i have more horses. But power @ flywheel is always more then at the road. Every car measures its from the flywheel. I can keep up with a Teg R and a CRX Vtec when already rolling. The reason my Celica is still a bit "slow" for its power its because of first gear. After that its drivers heaven.

And to think of it. If i cant afford a GT4 as it is right now (Have enough money on the bank, thats not a problem, but not for this purpose, like to buy a house in the near future) then i probably cant afford the turbo since its gonne be about 6-7 k. Swapping a bit more but i can get money back for the 3S-GE block.

I can get about 8k euro back for this car (withou ICE and JDM lights).
A UK/German/Italian GT-4 wil probably cost me between 12-15k. Then i have to pay car tax cost, DOT/MOT checkup so that is about 3k total.

So i can have a 4 from 15-18k euro. Yeah i will have a 4 then but insurrance and road tax go skyhigh. Still have engough time to decide.