New Pistons And Rods

[jay_russell]

am i right in believing that there are rods and pistons from other toyota engines that fit a 1gfe engine... i'm doing a turbo install in a couple of weeks and know about the weak rods and have seen here many threads about this. can any one tell me what if so is the pistons and rods that fit the 1gfe engine and if there are any problems i should know about.

[jeffrosie]

The only pistons and rods you can use from another engine is the ones from tht 1G-GTE. Other than that, I can only think of the piston/rod set sold by Flakspeed on eBay -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lexus-Toyota-IS200-1...=item518bb2f63f

[seecarr11]

are pistons and rods from the 1G-GZE as strong as the GTE version? i'm guessing these would fit the FE as well

[jeffrosie]

Same block, so should fit. Think they ran about the same amount of boost - 0.6bar.

[seecarr11]

Same block, so should fit. Think they ran about the same amount of boost - 0.6bar.

really but the gte puts out 210hp think while the gze only made about 160.

anyways its still great to know. i found a gze and was thinking about pulling the rods and pistons. I have to buy the whole engine and the GZE sells for much less than a GTE. maybe it will be my project for 2k10. Of course i will have a really heavy paper weight when i'm done.