4AGZE Swap Options

[mikecelica]

I've been planning on turboing my st for a while now, got all the parts, but after going through all the costs with parts and labor I've come to a total of $3100, which I think is waay too much for 40-50hp (If even that). I wouldnt be getting much horsepower, plus risk damaging the engine, and say goodbye to the toyota reliability. So Im thinking now of just swapping in a 4agze, Ive been reading up alot about this and what i wanna know is why people think its such a difficult swap and that only few people have attempted it? Ive gone through this with a mechanic at toyota dealership that I work at. And he too says its the most simplest of swaps. All i really need is the engine,ecu,wiring harness,4age flywheel with using my 7afe tranny and same motor mounts. Thats pretty much it, unless I put in FMIC, but I've heard they benefit more from TMIC. The 4agze from the Levin from has about 170hp at stock psi (7psi) and at full boost (14psi) it should reach around 190hp or more with some pulleys and an safc. Plus another advantage would be that this engine was built to handle boost so its alot more safe than a 7afte. This mechanic has a 88 corolla gts with the 4agze and an mr2 4agze and they are faast. So I just wanna hear some thoughts on this. thanks

This post has been edited by mikecelica: Mar 14, 2008 - 7:21 PM

[jason]

stevenson and i were talking about this swap...

i dont know the weight of a 3s engine or the weight of the 4a, but i presume its significantly lighter.

so if in the end you save yourself say... 200-300 lbs... id say that if you get 200hp outta the 4a compared to 260 with a 3s, i am going to assume that the 4a is going to be pretty close to drag speeds with the 3s.. but with the weight advantage, im also going to assume its going to allow the car to handle much better.

not to mention, if you budget $4,000 (i wouldnt go with an safc for tunning btw) that gets you a good amount of cushion for the swap, and also plenty of room for goodies.

make sure to keep the sc so it can whine like all hell when your on it... i LOVE that sound!!!!