NEW Turbo Magazine YARIS

[nebulight]

this is just proof that you shouldn't do anything performance wise to a yaris; even with dropping 10k into this car, a bone stock SI or something similar will smoke it. I used to have a B-series honda, turboed and at 10psi, the car made 375whp. My point is, this car isn't meant for performance. Drive the yaris for gas milage, you'll thank yourself instead of dumping 10k into a car, only to have it beat by stock SOHC d16 civics.

Or, do a swap and make the yaris a sleeper. If money was no object, I'd do a GT4 AWD turbo setup in the yaris ;) Now that would be something.

[ChinoCharles]

Originally Posted by nebulight

this is just proof that you shouldn't do anything performance wise to a yaris; even with dropping 10k into this car, a bone stock SI or something similar will smoke it. I used to have a B-series honda, turboed and at 10psi, the car made 375whp. My point is, this car isn't meant for performance. Drive the yaris for gas milage, you'll thank yourself instead of dumping 10k into a car, only to have it beat by stock SOHC d16 civics.

Or, do a swap and make the yaris a sleeper. If money was no object, I'd do a GT4 AWD turbo setup in the yaris ;) Now that would be something.

Now now, don't jump to conclusions. There is more to performance than ridiculous horsepower.

[nebulight]

Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

Now now, don't jump to conclusions. There is more to performance than ridiculous horsepower.

like handling for one.....the teg was like it was on rails. For me, the yaris is coming up short in that category too.

[CASTREX]

Is this worthy of even a single page on any sport compacts magazine?

[nebulight]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing the yaris, I love my car. I think it's a great car for fuel economy, and for the price it's a nice solid car. But I wouldn't even think about doing anything for performance, it wouldn't make sense because the gains would not be worth the cost. For instance, the Megan header, it looks exactly like the stock piece!!

[ChinoCharles]

Originally Posted by nebulight

Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing the yaris, I love my car. I think it's a great car for fuel economy, and for the price it's a nice solid car. But I wouldn't even think about doing anything for performance, it wouldn't make sense because the gains would not be worth the cost. For instance, the Megan header, it looks exactly like the stock piece!!

What isn't worth it to you may be totally worth it to someone else. Ask Nick [turboyaris] if his turbo kit was worth it to him.

And yes, that gain is pretty sad for the cost of that kit. 21 HP. I think I can get that N/A. We'll see.

[fu_im_from_texas]

Originally Posted by nebulight

like handling for one.....the teg was like it was on rails. For me, the yaris is coming up short in that category too.

this months syphon mag had a yaris vs fit vs versa shoot out. the yaris had the least hp AND the fastest lap...by 4 seconds...that is a lot...

take ZPIs turbo, add it to the suspension setup mentioned above, and yaris is latin for "wicked fast"