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01-05-2007, 12:27 AM | #1 |
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Turbo system
I happned to run across this site which has Yaris turbo systems and I thought I'd share.
http://www.whyindustries.com/store/i...th=23_90_32_37 Anyone ever seen this?
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01-05-2007, 01:12 AM | #2 |
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i posted a pic of that red sedan in a thread somewhere.
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01-05-2007, 01:33 AM | #3 |
Nice Find... But $3,299.00... F_THAT... 2,500 maybe
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01-05-2007, 01:46 AM | #4 |
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nice find, nothing on engine management though?
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01-05-2007, 12:07 PM | #5 |
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That seems to be this engines biggest problem with gaining hp. From what everyone say the ecu is pretty smart and hard to crack.
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01-05-2007, 01:13 PM | #6 |
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In the past few months, I have been to a few speed shops with my car. At each one I have mentioned that I wanted to turbo or supercharge my car. At each one, other cars were in the shop which had received custom forced induction systems... I've seen RX-8's, Civics, 5.0's, DSM's, Chargers, Darts, Datsuns, you name it. At every shop I have been to, I was told that a custom setup could be built for my car.
You immediately think that a custom job will automatically be more expensive, but this often isn't the case for a couple of reasons. 1) Shops that specialize in high performance modifications often get prices on forced induction accessories that would make your head explode. 2) Since there are few kits on the market for the Yaris, you can often try and weasel out a deal with the shop that leaves you paying less for the kit and leaves them introducing your new custom kit for retail sale. Also, these guys take pride in what they do. They want your car to perform and be reliable just as bad as you do. With their system, your car carries their name, and there is nothing that brings a garage down to hell faster than blowing up a car. A speed shop will often take a more wholistic approach to forcing induction. When I was talking to Don Yuse at the Race Car Factory about a supercharged Yaris, the first thing he said was "I'll want to take your engine apart." I mean, is your internet-purchased turbo kit going to look at your piston rods and make sure they're strong enough to handle the 8-10 (or more) pounds of boost you're about to bolt on? I don't think so. Something to think about... Oh, and about the ECU thing, it isn't hard to crack persay. You just need a piggyback system in these cars... ie: GReddy's E-manage. They go for $300-500 or so depending on what you get, but they work wonders. It would be a good investment for a Yaris that might be making 15-20% more power than stock. It would be an absolutely necessary investment for a yaris that is sprayed/tc/sc. The GReddy E-manage Ultimate is out now, so the original E-manage should plummet in price. Last edited by ChinoCharles; 01-05-2007 at 01:30 PM. |
01-05-2007, 02:31 PM | #7 |
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i'm hoping to turbocharge at some point in the (distant i.e. off-warranty) future... and i fully believe you'd have to upgrade the pistons and rods to handle the boost. these engines run a 10.5:1 compression... way too high for boosting safely! i'm thinking a set of forged, lower-compression (8.5?) pistons and forged rods for the future.
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01-05-2007, 05:15 PM | #9 |
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ya, they say they do: 8.5 comp pistons, but still no pics. they also don't have a spectacular reputation on scionlife. i believe there's a user on here who had forged pistons made... DTMYaris or something like that.
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01-05-2007, 11:35 PM | #11 |
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01-06-2007, 02:10 AM | #12 |
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I don't think he meant crack the actual ecu. I think he means its not hard to adapt a piggyback with the ecu. The e-manage is pretty sweet since it has an internal map sensor and the ability to drive extra injectors or allow the use of larger injectors while maintaining off boost a/f mix.
Any turbo kit you go with is going to be a low boost application since the engine has pretty high compression.
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Trust me I'm working on it as we speak. Its nice to get a few WOT runs clean, but never consistant. It takes alot of time to tune this particular ecu. At least to a point where it WILL be consistant. I've tried a new approach lately that seems to be working much better. |
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If it sees over 2.8 volts at "x" rpm and throttle position it will go crazy. Trust me I have done it. But I am working around this, meaning the stock ecu will never know that it is force fed. |
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It is not like the old days when we could just play the analog game. It has checks and balances in the algorithms. It is very difficult to overcome. |
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