I often see car enthusiasts openly discuss great motors like the lsx series of engines, ford’s 5.0/302, the kseries, 4g63’s and 2jzgte’s as examples.
I rarely see any open discussion of 3sgte engines, theyre older motors i gather that toyota developed in the 80s for WRC and eventually jgtc.
In terms of specs, its similar to a 4g63, turbocharged, iron block, aluminum head, dohc, 4valves per cylinder, oem 540cc injectors, etc.
In car communities i never see folk so little as mention those motors in discussions, almost like they never existed in the consciousness of car enthusiasts at all.
Was it a bad motor is why it got ignored or what’s going on here?
I personally suspect user error.
Its an opinion far outside the consensus among 3sgte people.
Parts are old/aged, stock 30 year old ecus can have blown capacitors, the biggest killer of 3sgtes is blockage in 30 yo injectors+increased boost, but that’s not the fault of the engine itself.