Beams RedTop Info request

[PHOENIX]

I will be making a major move here pretty soon and i believe i will be able to find a beams engine for a project.

Unfortunatly it is hard to find information as far as modding the engine for better performance. I have found information as far as stock specifications and numbers but it seems there hasnt been very many people that have taken the engine above stock applications. This is going to be my project while im on my temporary - extended vacation. Finding, buying, and moddifying internal components of the beams red-top engine.

So if you guys have or know of anyone with information who preferably speaks english or dari, please post the information for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you know some specs such as aftermarket cams or pistons that helps the performance please post that also. I am going to go all-out NA with this project. Possibly might lower the compression of the engine from 11 to 8 and throw a turbo on it.

[blazinmr2]

If you are going to lower the comp and put on a turbo, just buy a 3sgte, don't waste a perfectly good beams engine by turboing it. kind of defeats the whole purpose of getting a 3sge.

[jerzefigga]

Originally Posted by blazinmr2

If you are going to lower the comp and put on a turbo, just buy a 3sgte, don't waste a perfectly good beams engine by turboing it. kind of defeats the whole purpose of getting a 3sge.

exactly. leave it alone dude.

[TomsMR2]

you add power to all motors the same way. add gas and air, and you wind up with more power.

[PHOENIX]

Originally Posted by PHOENIX

Possibly might lower the compression of the engine from 11 to 8 and throw a turbo on it.

note the keyword possibly.

constructive help here guys, not your 2 cents. what your saying makes sense, but im still gonna look into it.

[blazinmr2]

Check this site out it'll give you an idea on what you can get with basic mods.

http://lander.tuning.cz/

[Tuna]

Originally Posted by blazinmr2

Check this site out it'll give you an idea on what you can get with basic mods.

http://lander.tuning.cz/

whatever happened to Lander, do you know? he used to be on the board all the time and then he just disappeared....i swear, all he did was search for the word "BEAMS" everyday and chime in when somebody said something...talked to him a few times though...seemed like a good guy

[mikeswickednick]

its not 2cents as much as helping you

why buy a 5k engine and turbo it when u could have bought the same thing for 3?

and in the process your ridding the world of another beams 3sge (the whole reason its 5k is b.c its so rare)

if all you want is the fancy intake plenum then just buy it off a crapped beams or somthing

[canadam]

You do realize that the BEAMS engine isn't just your normal 3SGE right - it has VVT-i

Originally Posted by mikeswickednick

its not 2cents as much as helping you

why buy a 5k engine and turbo it when u could have bought the same thing for 3?

and in the process your ridding the world of another beams 3sge (the whole reason its 5k is b.c its so rare)

if all you want is the fancy intake plenum then just buy it off a crapped beams or somthing

[mikeswickednick]

lol yes i do.... thats why i listed the engine at 5k

and turbo-ing the beams is basically the same as a 3rd gen

[canadam]

3rd Gen 3SGTE isn't VVT-i though, is it ?

Originally Posted by mikeswickednick

lol yes i do.... thats why i listed the engine at 5k

and turbo-ing the beams is basically the same as a 3rd gen

[SKYMR2]

vtaccccccccccccccccccccccc

[blazinmr2]

whatever happened to Lander, do you know? he used to be on the board all the time and then he just disappeared....i swear, all he did was search for the word "BEAMS" everyday and chime in when somebody said something...talked to him a few times though...seemed like a good guy

Nah, I don't know what happened to him, haven't heard or seen anything from by him in a while. And he was the man when it came to getting info on the beams 3sge back in the day.

[Tuna]

Originally Posted by canadam

3rd Gen 3SGTE isn't VVT-i though, is it ?

i think most people prefer not having vvt-i for turbocharged cars...i know the supra guys like the USDM 2jz better because it doesn't have the vvt-i or the ceramic turbos...that may just be people looking for big numbers though, i'm not sure

[PHOENIX]

so i guess i shouldnt go down the road to a junk yard and pick up this beams redtop with the ecu and uncut harness for $1800 usd, build it and turbo it?

[Tuna]

Originally Posted by PHOENIX

so i guess i shouldnt go down the road to a junk yard and pick up this beams redtop with the ecu and uncut harness for $1800 usd, build it and turbo it?

instead, a good idea would be to give me the contact info of said junk yard

[blazinmr2]

so i guess i shouldnt go down the road to a junk yard and pick up this beams redtop with the ecu and uncut harness for $1800 usd, build it and turbo it?

Please don't put a turbo on a beams redtop...

[Brinkley]

why not buy and resell it for twice what you paid and use that money to pay for a badass turbo motor for a net of about zero to you?

[PHOENIX]

thought about that, buying it and selling it. but i wouldnt be able to ship it back to the states. i would have to put it in my container when i come back which isnt for 3 years. And having an $1800 dollar investment just sitting around.......well my wife would kill me if i wasnt doing anything with it. I might pick it up and throw it in my 2 now and maybe rebuild and upgrade my current jdm 2nd gen. Just not sure yet.

if anyone is interested though, yesterday i did find a 1999 G-limited with 40,000 kilometers on the beams red top but they wanted about $17,000 for it. yes i did cream myself when i took it for a test drive yesterday.

i would really like to do a redtop project, unfortunatly i cant find any information in english on it and the only mr2 specialists ive found in japan so far doesnt speak a word of english.

[blazinmr2]

if anyone is interested though, yesterday i did find a 1999 G-limited with 40,000 kilometers on the beams red top but they wanted about $17,000 for it. yes i did cream myself when i took it for a test drive yesterday.

so what was it like?