I'm in the club!

[eTiMaGo]

9 months of anticipation... And my car is back in my hands :D

For those who missed it, killed my old engine last year when my super custom CAI sucked up some water... Swapped it for a 4A-GE turbo, and it's taken a while to get everything sorted out... but the results, well... see for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCTn7y8USM8

[cali yaris]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!


uh... but... . work on your driving now? :laugh:


:bow:

[tk-421]

Sweet! That red pepper is spicier than ever... :evil:

[CTScott]

Awesome!

[Kioshi]

Guess i have a lot of catching up to do now to you! :wink:
Sounds awesome!
Focusing less on aesthetics now and more on power.

[suckerface]

You're in the club...of finally being a Yaris owner again? :p

[CrankyOldMan]

What gearbox did you end up with?

[packetrace]

one word : AWESOME:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[pimp my yaris]

Awsome!!!

[eTiMaGo]

Some pics:

Tried to keep the cage simple and light, yet strong enough. Also quite stealthy :D
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/691356/cars/2012-08-02%2010.10.25.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/691356/cars/2012-08-02%2010.10.33.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/691356/cars/2012-08-02%2010.10.49.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/691356/cars/2012-08-02%2010.12.36.jpg
It bolts into the stock seatbelt mounts

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/691356/cars/2012-08-02%2010.13.52.jpg
Getting in and out is not much harder... and yes, new seats are on the to-do list

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/691356/cars/2012-08-02%2010.14.01.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/691356/cars/2012-08-02%2010.14.08.jpg
Yes, I like gauges, so what?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/691356/cars/2012-08-02%2010.13.06.jpg
Looks can be deceiving :)

[eTiMaGo]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!


uh... but... . work on your driving now? :laugh:


:bow:

Yes, gotta tighten the nut behind the wheel.. But the crappy thing is, the small track that's near home has now been razed to make space for a parking lot :( So gotta drive about 2 hours to the track at Pattaya. It's a proper racetrack, but pretty far!

Sweet! That red pepper is spicier than ever... :evil:

Yes, it's off the Scofeld scale!

Awesome!

Thanks :)

Guess i have a lot of catching up to do now to you! :wink:
Sounds awesome!
Focusing less on aesthetics now and more on power.

More go, less show :D

You're in the club...of finally being a Yaris owner again? :p

Forgot what it was like!

What gearbox did you end up with?

Another C50, I don't know if my original one was a lemon, or I just abused it too much, but this one is holding up fine so far.

one word : AWESOME:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

thanks :)

Awsome!!!

Thanks... I'm real happy to be part of the boosted club ;)

[tk-421]

Did you finally get the "new" eyelids on? Sure looks like it on that last pic...

[eTiMaGo]

ahhaha nope, actually still the old ones with the edges... The VHB tape is holding on real well now, and they follow the shape of the lens well enough :)

[tk-421]

I guess looks CAN be deceiving then... :tongue:
You should really get the new ones on. I love your car, but that small detail gets my OCD going...

[eTiMaGo]

Hahaha sorry amigo :D They're still not painted, that's what's held me back... but a paint job is on the to-do list, lots of nicks and scratches, and the workshop spilling something on the car (A-pillar has a bald spot). But I'll wait till all potentially paint-damaging mods are done, and the interior stripped, so they can paint that too ;)

[fnkngrv]

Great that you are back bud...I can only imagine what 9 months was like as I was only off the road with mine for 6/7 weeks. I am somewhat dreading this winter when mine goes offline again, but in all honesty I am always nervous driving mine during the winter with the crappy conditions and risks involved. Looks like you have issues with breaking lose between shifts or is that just how the driver was working things?

[cali yaris]

whoa, resize those images. cage looks nice.

[pimp my yaris]

Looks great. Love the cage. Can you take a picture under the hood?

[eTiMaGo]

Looks like you have issues with breaking lose between shifts or is that just how the driver was working things?

That was his very first drive, still getting used to the clutch (it has a very small sweet spot). We're getting better at it though!

[eTiMaGo]

whoa, resize those images. cage looks nice.

I'm sorry, not all forums support auto-resizing :rolleyes: :biggrin:

Looks great. Love the cage. Can you take a picture under the hood?

Even better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWzhuMHjBtc

[eTiMaGo]

An update, after some issues with the engine, it was rebuilt and had to be broken in again before a proper tune could be applied... and this is the result:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaWFcNjZ9w4

More to come!

[fnkngrv]

so when you originally installed it had not been rebuilt correct? this is the first rebuild?

[eTiMaGo]

no actually it wasn't really tuned properly, and I had another incident of water ingestion :( so we went for a clean slate

[Astroman]

How the fuck did I miss this 2 years ago!

Holy bat balls :eek:

[Freestylin]

OP, would there be any fitment issues if I were to ever consider throwing in a 4A-GE into my 2009 hatch? Did you have to notch the frame or firewall in anyway to get the engine to fit? Did you have to fabricate custom motor mounts or can you actually purchase them from somewhere to fit 4A-GE into the NCP91?

[eTiMaGo]

In a nutshell, the whole thing doesn't fit... Frame rails went on a slimming diet, stock C50 gearbox had to be kept too, as the 4A-GE's was just too wide... Firewall was not touched though (would need to be if we had kept the original supercharger) They did a great job, but it certainly isn't for the fainthearted.

Had I known it would take so much work to fit it, I should have gone with a 3S-GTE hahaha