hey im running a 3sfe in a 89 ST right now and i think when i bought the car i got a crappy engine as a whole, and from what i read, the 3sfe is probably the worse engine out there. my question is, if im going to swap in a new engine, what would be more dependable/ fuel efficient? a 3sge or 5sfe? i would seriously getting turbo but i run an automatic.
U shoulda known better when u bought it, a ST was not designed for performance. im not too knowledgable about swaps, but I can assure u that a 3SFE is not tha worst engine out there. I also have a 89 ST but as i said before, i didnt buy it for performance, rather for everything else. For my winter car last year i bought a carburated 88 Corolla wit a 4AF engine, that by far is lota worse than a 3 SFE. IF you really wanna run a performance 4G, i would sell ur car, one cuz it a 3SFE, 2nd n most importantly, ITS A AUTO . Find urself a GTS, a trac, or if u lucky enuf jus buy Mafix's Nemisis
heh i appretiate the opinions but i wasnt asking about performance, i just said fuel effeciency and reliability, i understand that its worse engines u\out there but if there is def. a better one for what im looking for, why not?
The 3SFE isn't really a bad engine. Makes decent power, good reliability if you take care of it/it was previously taken care of. 3SGE swap would be the easiest thing to deal with. 5SFE will create some unnecessary headaches that would be worth it if you were doing a ST185 swap.
My 3sfe runs great (now that I gave her a full tune-up.) 141K, about 30 something mpg. Personally, I want more power so it's coming out soon. I read somewhere (3sfe's vs. 3sge's) the 3sfe was more reliable, less problematic. -K
ooo u got a extra 3SFE? how many miles on it? may be interested in it cuz my shit startin to develop piston slap
hmmm i highly doubt that. maybe less parts in the head... the 3sge is a awesome mix of performance, mileage and reliability in one. imo. its all how you drive it and tune it.
it's not like it's a crazy powerful motor that needs intense maintenance. just treat her right and she'll do the same to you.
Don't know if willie has that still, but when we pull mine make us an offer. 142k. as of this week. -K
Still got it. Gonna move it again in the garage today. Damn I need to get a storage shed just for all the extra crap I keep ending up with.
Yah go 2se. I am guessing mine puts out around 70 now. 260k and a bit of abuse will do that to a motor.
the 3sge has problems getting oil to the engine parts, i've rebuilt mine 3 times now and all oil issues
