3e engine with 5e pistons

mj957

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Hello all,

I am planning to overhaul my engine in the next couple of weeks. My current engine is a 3e carburated engine. I know someone with a couple of 5e pistons that I could get pretty cheap. I was wondering if anyone in here has ever tried that conversion before and could give pointers and was there a difference in power?
 

Jay

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I am not familiar with the 3E engine at all (have never seen one) but here's the specs and it doesn't look good:

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Engine3E3E-E3E-TE4E-FE4E-FE4E-FTE4E-FTE5E-FE5E-FE5E-FHE
Year1987-19901991-19941986-19911989-19961997-20021989-19941995-19991991-19951995-1999????-1998
Displacement (cc)1456145614561331133113311331149714971497
Horsepower78 @ 600082 @ 5200113 @ 560099 @ 660085 @ 5500135 @ 6400135 @ 6400100 (93) @ 640094 @ 5400108 @ 6400
Torque (ft-lbs)87 @ 400089 @ 4400127 @ 440086 @ 520087 @ 4400116 @ 4800116 @ 480091 (100) @ 3200100 @ 440097 @ 5200
Bore (mm)73737374747474747474
Stroke (mm)87878777.477.477.477.4878787
Compression Ratio9.3:19.3:18.0:19.6:19.6:18.2:18.2:19.4:19.4:19.8:1
Valves per Cylinder3344444444
Valve Angle00025°25°25°25°25°25°25°
Cam DesignSOHCSOHCSOHCDOHCDOHCDOHCDOHCDOHCDOHCDOHC
Car Used InTercel, CorsaTercel, CorsaCorolla IITercel, Corsa, Starlet, CorollaTercel, Corsa, StarletStarlet GTStarlet GT, GalanzaPaseoTercel, Corsa, PaseoCynos, Sera
Ignition SystemDistributorDistributorDistributorDistributorDistributorDistributorDistributorDistributorDISDistributor
Spark Plug Gap.043".043".032".022".022".044".044"
Head Gasket Thickness (mm)111.21.21.51



Original source - Tercel Online
 

mj957

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The pistons in my engine have a dished top and the 5e pistion is a flat top.. and where the valves sit in the head is flat vs a v shape in the 5e.. how do u think switching to 5e pistons will affect compression ratio? u think it would get to 10:1?
 

Jay

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Probably affect compression, valve clearances, combustion, and a few other things.

The bore would be more my concern though.
 
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