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

[ILuvMyCelica95]

I have to say I'd LOVE to see someone do this and have a full write up on it.

200,000 miles is sneaking up on me and this option has always been a thought because it's a lot less work then a 3s regarding axles, tranny and mounts. Seeing as I just swapped to a manual I have a lot of fairly new parts in that area and would like to utilize that.

The majority of the site have GTs and most of the swaps we hear about are 3sgte. I'd love to see more people go outside of the norm with a 4AGZE.

So if you do go with this option I want LOTS of details.

cliff notes: DOO EET.