Originally posted by hachibill
well considering that most sr20det's arn't set up for FWD except the GTIR and the bluebird. the SR is aluminum comparedt o the iron block 3S. having delt with both motors i'd have to say that its all up to what you like. me personally i would go 3s because it was basically desighned from toyota's 500 series race motors. if you set them up right they're basically bullit proof. and if you look at the 2jzgte (with which the 3s shares a great deal) you can't kill a toyota.
ok here it is. you make your decision. for each motor to =300WHP
3rd gen 3sgte: basically stock with a good stand alone and some bolt on's with a good intercooler, meant for FWD layout or AWD.
FWD SR20det to get to 300 you'll need: bigger turbo, bigger injectors, bigger maf, rom tune. unless you get a GTIR motor, but even then i don't think you'll hit 300 on a stock set up.
All good info. Thing is with the 3s one would be looking at around 3K for a clip before shipping. Add on a stand alone and your looking at 4-5K easily.
On the other hand you have a GTiR clip at a little less than the 3s and a custom rom tune around half of a stand alone. But then you have to figure on getting the right supporting hardware for it.
All in all would pushing for 300whp from a basically stock setup be asking to much for the longevity of the motors and its components? After talking about this i don't think i have the resolve to pay the kind of money it would take to do the setup correctly and not cut corners. I would have to look really hard for someone that just got stuck mid project and needs to sell the stuff cheap if i'm to go ahead with what i had in mind.
So anybody know of a 3rd gen 3s that is going for cheap?
