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Edited by Porsche 914:
7/30/2014 4:17:10 AM
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Better engine or Turbo?
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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3 RepliesWhat are you planning on fabing with the turbo? I ask because I assembled the exhaust manifolds, turbo flange, and downpipe for a turbo on a LA1 engine. Found that the quality of homemade exhaust work in such tight quarters limited the ability of the turbo and I was better off purchasing a plumbing kit (though, in my defense, kits didn't exist for this engine until a few months after the project). Turbos can be fun, but make sure you have an improved exhaust first. All that extra air in is going to need extra space to get out, or you'll back your engine up and rob it of significant horsepower.
