2ZR Turbo Yaris

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Eeeeww - glad to hear it was short lived! Blech, stomach viruses are terrible..

Interested to hear what you think of the book overall when you get through it - I've heard very polarized reviews of it.

Sounds like Turbokits customer service is good - always a bonus to deal with a company that backs-up the product after the sale. Glad to hear the stock fuel system appears to be up to the task. re: FIC install - I guess in the worst case you hook-up the cam sensors and leave control to the stock ECM, as long as it doesn't cause signal noise or problems for the stock ECM then it was just an extra wiring step.

I'm not sure I'm on-board with the automatic rationale - not because I don't think the U340E can do it more the author's reasoning is a bit mis-placed I think - if the engine makes more torque (it better if it's got boost, lol) than stock, it does so in all gears. Comparing a turbo pull in second to a stock pull in first isn't really relevant - you're still going to use first gear with the turbo! lol Especially true in an automatic because you can't start in second gear. Maybe there's more context to the statement... I'm sure IPT would love to sell you a very expensive transmission, lol. The tech. specs from the ASE paper are probably pretty reliable, but more than likely conservatively biased toward daily driving and long-term reliability vs performance from an OEM point of view. The MWR experience is more real-world and good, but like anything, I'll bet your driving style will be the biggest factor. My gut feeling is start with a transmission cooler (since automatics don't live long with heat) and see how that goes. If you're finding issues then consider a shift kit or valve body upgrade.

Tracking is exciting!

Definitely keep us posted if you are going to make it out this way this summer.

Looking forward to unboxing, progress, and booooooost!
-- Adam