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Ok so now that I have my civic I decide that eventually I'm going to make my celica more powerful. I want some opinions on it. Right now I have two things I'm looking at doing. The first thing is turboing my engine. My engine can run about 8psi safely. This should be good for around 200ish hp at the crank. The other option is a NA 2.0 liter engine with around 200hp called the 3sge beams. It has 7000 redline and is similar to a vtech engine where all the power is in the top end. Here are the pros and cons as I see them. Just tell me what you guys think.
Turbo Pros:
Part availability
Learn fabrication skills
Maadd turbo power
Have an engine I built my self.
Turbo Cons:
Expense might be more than the Beams
ECU tuning will be a bitch
Not as easy to do as the Beams
Requires a lot of fabrication
Beams Pros
Easy swap with minimal wiring
Reliable as my current engine
It's a very very pretty
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Beams Cons:
All the power is in the top end which is fun in its own way but hard to use on the road.
JDM engine which mean parts will be harder to find.
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Edited by One Epic Phail: 7/30/2014 3:35:07 PMTurbo will require a lot of work a non turbo'd 4 banger It's not just about how much pressure the block handle, but how it will effect the reliability on everything else in your drivetrain. Also once you go boost, you'll eventually want to crank your boost up, and that will require getting more heavier duty parts for your drivetrain to handle the boost. The one thing people don't tell you is that boost can be a money pit if you're not careful(always breaking stuff, etc) That said I'd probably stick with the turbo, N/A 4 cylinders are boring otherwise IMO