7mge-gte blocks?

[SupraSean]

i know i will probably get flamed even for asking but i would rather be safe than sorry. ok, my 7mgte has bad rod bearings, i would like to know if ge internals are the same as gte, common sense would say not but again i would rather be safe than sorry, reason for asking is i found a ge for 450 bux, 30k miles on it, and its the whole motor. so i guess what i'm asking is should i just swap the block if possible, or get new bearings and have the crank checked,,, i appreciate any input, Thanks

 

[IJ.]

Crank and Rods are identical.

 

[gaboonviper85]

Gte blocks have turbo drain drilled into it aswell as turbo feed...ge block does not so you'll need to figure that situation out...ge doesn't have squirters and oil pumps are different but interchangeable....it's not worth the hastle to go from gte to ge-t

 

[suprarx7nut]

Rebuild your motor.

Unless your block is complete trash, it'd be easier to rebuild yours than to try to piece together a GE block for GTE use...

 

[gaboonviper85]

Rebuild your motor.

Unless your block is complete trash, it'd be easier to rebuild yours than to try to piece together a GE block for GTE use...

No doubt!

 

[SupraSean]

well, my intensions weren't neccesarily to use the block itself just the crank and rods. kinda strange how they use same internals, even after Forced induction, what i would like to do was buy the wiseco pistons and eagle rods w/ cleavite bearings, but money is tight right now, unemployement sucks, and i just don't have 1400 to through out right now.

 

[Another MkIII]

GTE uses lower compression pistons.
-AM3

 

[SupraSean]

well i think the pistons themselves are ok, so i may have to use like a frankenstein setup, lol but it will work

 

[LoveMySupra]

Sorry to thread jack, but I feel it's basically the same kind of question, (if not maybe the mods can move my post to it's own thread...)

Gte blocks have turbo drain drilled into it aswell as turbo feed...ge block does not so you'll need to figure that situation out...ge doesn't have squirters and oil pumps are different but interchangeable....it's not worth the hastle to go from gte to ge-t

I wanted to know how to tell if I have a turbo block or a non-turbo block?
Could you provide pics of these differences for me please?
Thanks in Advance, appologies for thread jacking.

 

[IJ.]

Sorry to thread jack, but I feel it's basically the same kind of question, (if not maybe the mods can move my post to it's own thread...)




I wanted to know how to tell if I have a turbo block or a non-turbo block?
Could you provide pics of these differences for me please?
Thanks in Advance, appologies for thread jacking.

Non Turbo block won't have the drain drilled (blue circle)

 

[LoveMySupra]

Thank you SO MUCH!

 

[suprarx7nut]

Non Turbo block won't have the drain drilled (blue circle)

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IJ, what are the other ports? Are all the red circled ports oil feeds?

 

[IJ.]

Thank you SO MUCH!

Very welcome!

IJ, what are the other ports? Are all the red circled ports oil feeds?

Yep all the orange are pressure.