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Re: what engine to swap in?
| Posted By: | Derek |
| Posted On: | June 04, 2004 at 3:32 pm GMST |
7M could work, they are heavy though. If you can go JDM you might get a 3TGTE, those can be made to do ~400 hp and still keep the handling stock. a 1UZ-FE (4 litre V8) could probably put down lots of power, and it's all aluminum so it doesn't weigh much more than a 22RE.
andy wrote:
> Finally got my 85 gts hatch ru
> nning well... so far, the car
> has about 289K miles and despi
> te a rebuild about 50K miles a
> go I don't think my little 22-
> re will take many more miles.
> Now the question is what engin
> e should replace my beloved bu
> t underpowered 22-re I would l
> ove a lc engineering turbo eng
> ine but price and the challeng
> e of installing a different en
> gine is too exciting. How abou
> t the powerful 7m-gte with som
> e work it can be as powerful a
> s a 2jz. now before you tell m
> e I'm retarded, remember the 7
> m is a strong engine, I dont p
> lan on more than 400-500hp and
> 2jz's are so damn expensive,
> but the extra weight kills han
> dling and I would like to be a
> ble to drift my car. 3s-gte? a
> ren't they all transversly mou
> nted? what tranny will fit, an
> d again price can get steep. T
> he 22-re is really only a truc
> k engine so why not one of toy
> ota's V6 truck engines? the 3
> liter 3vz-e or 3.4 liter 5vz-e
> make good power and you can g
> et a TRD supercharger that is
> made for the 5vz-e for a littl
> e over a grand. the V6 uses a
> R series tranny which can be r
> eplaced with the w58 or a supr
> a tranny and the v6 will keep
> weight closer to the rear but
> will it fit between the struts
> ? what does everyone think? ha
> ve I missed a powerful light e
> ngine that could make our celi
> 's fly? I look foward to your
> opinions/criticism
> see you on the road.
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