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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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[quote] It has 7000 hp redline [/quote] What's a 7000 HP redline?! In all seriousness, I would prefer an NA engine making 200HP then a turbo making the same power. With an NA engine the power is always there, there's no lag and no heat soak. But if having that low end power is something you really want, then the turbo is a good option. Either way you'll be making more power and having more fun. Just don't go crazy on the turbo, a car with higher mileage might not be able to handle as much power.