 whats better? 3S-GTE swap or 5S-FE turbo kit, need some opinions |
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 Apr 19, 2004 - 7:53 PM
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 So which one would you say is cheaper? |
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Apr 19, 2004 - 8:51 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 8, '04 From LA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The turbo
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Apr 19, 2004 - 9:08 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 9, '03 From Utah Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I dunno. I think that it would come out to be about the same. I know the shop by me quoted me at 2300 for a clip. JDM sells the engine w/ tranny for $1000. How much is a 5sfe kit going to run you? I havn't really looked into it, I think I heard 2500. My engine has too many miles on it for me to turbo and have it last long, so I'm going with the swap.
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Apr 19, 2004 - 9:14 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 23, '03 From New Orleans Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
what y'all concern to many miles? I've heard of early 90s cars getting turboed w/ no problems on stock engines. If the compression test works then u should b good to go if you do it right.
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Apr 19, 2004 - 9:15 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
hey, I was searching around on the net, an found this place that does up your 3s-gte, just to show waht can be done i guess, really cool stuff.. check it out
3s-gte perfomance |
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Apr 19, 2004 - 9:18 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
if those are your reasons then you are not ready for a swap or a custom turbo. think about it this way. with a turbo, you are adding something to the engine that it never designed to handle. the is a huge risk of engine failure due to something you did wrong or something that went wrong outside of your control. so in the end you may end up in a situation where: youll have to spend a ton of money trying to fix things as they break. blow up your engine and be without your car for months. end up having to do a swap, even if its for another 5sfe. -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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Apr 21, 2004 - 6:28 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 30, '02 From Tampa,Fl Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
 true
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Apr 21, 2004 - 1:32 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Maryland Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
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Apr 21, 2004 - 2:19 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 8, '04 From LA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
There's no way we could duplicate one of those setups in a 6gc, plus it'd be probably more expensive than a 3sgte swap alone (since you need all those 3sgte parts)
--Sean |
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