5sfte wisdom, turboed folks i want youre feedback! Options

[orvillescelica]

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**Optional personal info**
So about 3 months ago i graduated with my masters in Aerospace engineering and after a long search, i finally found a job where they throw money at me for doing cool stuff. So that handles the funding. With this new funding, i bought a house with its very own garage here in Seattle. Its only a one car garage, but its something. That handles the work space.

About two years ago i seriously looked into turboing the 5sfe. But as i was starting grad school, i neither had the money or workspace to actually do so. In addition, i saw all the 5sfte folks go toward the 3sgte swap way after their set up either failed or didnt give them the power they wanted. So then i researched that route, though not as serious. But times have changed and the things that kept me from a boosting source are no longer a problem. After looking at everything, i see that it is logistically impossible for me to do the 3s swap myself (so if you reply saying not to turbo and swap instead, please take into account the labor costs). So now i am revisiting the 5sfte route.

By no means do i consider myself a senior member, but i have been here since the begining, so all the topics on this site as well as many other sites conserning the 5sfte i have either read or written. I know all the parts needed, numbers, problem issues and concerns.
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**concerning question**

Since my serious research, i have still kept up with the topics on the 5sfte, but i might have missed things or perhaps the turbo folks may have done something they did not report. So what i would like to know is who has done what and if they were successful or if it failed. Specifically on the issues of:

-timing and fuel management (safc+msd btm combo or greddy emanage? why?)
-Fuel injectors (i think i recall reading that there were concerns that the supra green top injectors were not good enough. Please comment.)
-Gaskets (again i recall oil leak or burning issues, what gaskets have worked for you?)

Please add in any additional info that you think may prove useful (intercooler sizing and piping, boost control, coolant and oil piping, etc...). Additional speculation and debate is ok, but the most useful information will be if you have tried it. I only plan on boosting 5 psi, please take into account.

Thanks in advance for the help, and sorry for the super long post.
-Asher

[Hanyo]

I'm don’t know much about the 5sfte set-up, but I would like to point out that orvillescelica has a 97 OBDII ecu. I know on the 7afe OBDII, the ecu controls the timing; so if you tune with a safc unit the ecu will not be able to control the timing appropriately. Does the OBDII ecu on the 5sfe do the same thing?

[presure2]

I'm don’t know much about the 5sfte set-up, but I would like to point out that orvillescelica has a 97 OBDII ecu. I know on the 7afe OBDII, the ecu controls the timing; so if you tune with a safc unit the ecu will not be able to control the timing appropriately. Does the OBDII ecu on the 5sfe do the same thing?

it doesnt matter.
the only diffrence the obdII have as far as timing is that they are not adjustable at the distributor.
the way the ecu controls timing is the same, basicly.
the 96+ ecu also has cam and crank angle sensors, which the earlier ones do not, they get the crank and cam angle from the distributor.