Check out the info at http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?&min_price=&distance=25&dealer_id=57287548&lang=en&bkms=1138037699253&end_year=2005&address=33133&make=SCION&start_year=2005&certified=&car_year=2005&car_id=193737158&cardist=0&isp=y&max_price=&advanced=&search_type=used&model=TC#vdptop

what kinda gauge pod is that

Why is everyone turbo-ing their car and than selling it? Don't understand. Beautiful car though.

:rofl: HMMM i wonder why its for sale?..

ID never buy a custom turbo'd car from anyone...unless i was a mechanic.

there must be some problems im sure of it.

Why is everyone turbo-ing their car and than selling it? Don't understand. Beautiful car though.

obviosly they are messing the engines up

Did you take those pics with one shoe on because they all look like crooked to me?

Good luck with the sale.

:no: No thanks !!

See I tell people this all the time..once you gone and done all this turbo installing and engine modification, you have transformed the car to the point where the tires, suspention, and prety much its entire structure was not built to support the stress generated by the engine. You take that and then relize that the maintinance for a car like this doubles, you then realize that its not about buying once and thats it.... You have to maintain the car. I bet that car with that horsepower will burn the stock tires in less than 3 months if he drives agressively, and its pretty safe to assume that by what hes done to the car.

Let me waist every peeny I have on it adn then sell it for a 20% value loss.

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:no: No thanks !!

See I tell people this all the time..once you gone and done all this turbo installing and engine modification, you have transformed the car to the point where the tires, suspention, and prety much its entire structure was not built to support the stress generated by the engine. You take that and then relize that the maintinance for a car like this doubles, you then realize that its not about buying once and thats it.... You have to maintain the car. I bet that car with that horsepower will burn the stock tires in less than 3 months if he drives agressively, and its pretty safe to assume that by what hes done to the car.

Let me waist every peeny I have on it adn then sell it for a 20% value loss.

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first off, yes i admit i have driven the car hard, but i cherish my car and therefore that has been done VERY RARELY. Second of all the reason i want to sell the car is because i impulsively bought of all the modifications for the car when i didn't actually have the money and i ended up using my credit card and now have come to the realization that Its gonna take me several years to get rid of my massive debt. About the car having problems, i highly doubt that since i recently had it inspected about a month ago and everything was found to be flawless. If you live in my area, and have a mechanic that u wish to have inspect the car, i will be more than willing to let them check the car. The car has had its oil changed approximately every 2500 miles, and has already gone throught the 5k mile, and 10k mile service at the dealer. If you have any questions, or concerns feel free to email me at Daman9685@bellsouth.net

i also forgot to mention that the installation of the turbo and the other components were done at a high end shop, not some rinky dinky shop. I prefered paying alot of money for a well done job than paying very little for a job that most likely be very problematic.

very nice setup.....i cant wait to be boosting...

Selling a turbo car is all dependant on what kind of job people do.

If they just slapped on a turbo kit and drove around like they stole it .. yah don't buy it.

If they did the time work and research to safely run boost on thier engine (replaced internal parts and seals/rings, Fuel pump, NOt running too lean with the af, If they didn't have a turbo timer; letting thier turbos spool down by leaving the car running for a couple of minutes b4 turning off the engine)

Basically a turbo on a car that was built to handle turbo and was properly maintained can last a long time, perform better, and have a higher re-sale value.

Personally I would not buy a custom turbo vehicle, but if it was built up to handle forced induction i would.

:no: No thanks !!

See I tell people this all the time..once you gone and done all this turbo installing and engine modification, you have transformed the car to the point where the tires, suspention, and prety much its entire structure was not built to support the stress generated by the engine. You take that and then relize that the maintinance for a car like this doubles, you then realize that its not about buying once and thats it.... You have to maintain the car. I bet that car with that horsepower will burn the stock tires in less than 3 months if he drives agressively, and its pretty safe to assume that by what hes done to the car.

Let me waist every peeny I have on it adn then sell it for a 20% value loss.

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perfect.

Good luck with it. I would part it and put it on here and e-bay.

Nice car and good luck with the seel. If you part out I will take the gauge pod and gauges.

(oh and not to bash, you said you rarely drove it hard, but your car domain has a LONG list of kills on it. Thats alot of street racing)

Nice car and good luck with the seel. If you part out I will take the gauge pod and gauges.

(oh and not to bash, you said you rarely drove it hard, but your car domain has a LONG list of kills on it. Thats alot of street racing)

I also noticed that....
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I would part it out but i would lose alot more $ that way due to the fact that i will have to keep the exhaust ($650), clutch + flywheel ($1100). I mean i could probably get $3200 for the kit, and like $1000 for the gauges, emanage, boost controller and turbo timer best case scenario since the stuff is used. Thats $4200... and not worth it to me. I rather keep the car and have the hassle of having to pay alot of money for something i like than get stuck with less debt and a lifeless car.

is this the only other Scion Speed car.....?

Yes as far as i know

i also forgot to mention that the installation of the turbo and the other components were done at a high end shop, not some rinky dinky shop. I prefered paying alot of money for a well done job than paying very little for a job that most likely be very problematic.

Im sorry to say but scionspeed has no reputation for the HIGH END shop that you say. Give it that I did like the turbos at one point, however, that was before peoples engines started to blow and and SS cuting corners. Now if this was a ZPI turboed car, then i might consider it, but i just dont trust anything SS puts there hands on anymore. This is just my oppinion, dont take it offensive.

I did not have it installed at Scionspeed...

Very nice car, sucks you have to let it go. GL with selling it as a whole, you will end up losing a LOT of money.

sorry bro but selling scionspeed stuff here is like sellin Third Reich memorabilia to a Jewish community center…

whys every 1 bashing this guy. Jus trying to sell his car. nice car and gluck with the sale.

such a nice car. good luck

Is that the car in the SRT vs tC Video or was that a ZPI?

^^ZPI bro. They are the only people on this board with SRT-4 kill vids.

OK I wasn't sure and I wasn't about to search out the video agani to find out, thanks.

that was this car

http://www.zeropointindustries.net/gallery/06turbotc

I had a buddy with a sweet 400 horse supra turbo. He had a nice long list of kills and some great street races to his name. But.... After a valve started tapping some and there were what appeared to be a small crack in his block (from racing and 12 pounds of boost) he used a block filler and heavy oil, just long enough to sell the car. He used the same "Im in over my head with payments" and the ever popular "just had a kid" excuses. I will bed that the car completely crapped out 1000 miles after he sold it.

I personally find it hard to believe that a person would put this much time/money into making such a sweet ride, only to sell it. Thats why most of us start out small and work over time. I suspect a problem of sorts. But, just my opinion.

If you ever need a more believable excuse for selling a fast car try the "got too many tickets and cannot afford the inscurance."

that was this car

http://www.zeropointindustries.net/gallery/06turbotc


yeah, the SRT-4 killer.

I had a buddy with a sweet 400 horse supra turbo. He had a nice long list of kills and some great street races to his name. But.... After a valve started tapping some and there were what appeared to be a small crack in his block (from racing and 12 pounds of boost) he used a block filler and heavy oil, just long enough to sell the car. He used the same "Im in over my head with payments" and the ever popular "just had a kid" excuses. I will bed that the car completely crapped out 1000 miles after he sold it.

I personally find it hard to believe that a person would put this much time/money into making such a sweet ride, only to sell it. Thats why most of us start out small and work over time. I suspect a problem of sorts. But, just my opinion.

If you ever need a more believable excuse for selling a fast car try the "got too many tickets and cannot afford the inscurance."


That's the reason why I would never buy a modded Supra. Only a stock one.

Lol i could post a picture of my credit card bill... would that make u believe me ? But then again u could come back with the argument that its not mine. Realistically there is no way i can prove anything, and thats ok. Skepticism is healthy in my opinion and will most likely help u in alot of situations. Yes u will NEVER know for certain my car is not gonna break down the moment you get it, just as you will never know 100% certainly that buying a brand new car isnt defective and break down on u and gets u killed.... Life is filled with uncertaintities... All i can guarantee is that as of now my car has no VISIBLE OR KNOWN signs of any malfunction that either I or the mechanic that inspected it could find. So if u wish to be skeptic and assume that my car has problems thats ok, and i completely understand, however there is no reason to post those thoughts here because im pretty sure that those same thoughts are gonna cross the guy whos intending to buy the cars mind as well. The difference is either hes confident and has faith that the car is going to be ok or he thinks he might encounter some problems and IS WILLING to deal with them if need be. Therefore, thanks for your input, i dont believe its necessary, but if u feel it is and dont mind spending the time writing it then feel free to. Take care guys

Lol i could post a picture of my credit card bill... would that make u believe me ? But then again u could come back with the argument that its not mine. Realistically there is no way i can prove anything, and thats ok. Skepticism is healthy in my opinion and will most likely help u in alot of situations. Yes u will NEVER know for certain my car is not gonna break down the moment you get it, just as you will never know 100% certainly that buying a brand new car isnt defective and break down on u and gets u killed.... Life is filled with uncertaintities... All i can guarantee is that as of now my car has no VISIBLE OR KNOWN signs of any malfunction that either I or the mechanic that inspected it could find. So if u wish to be skeptic and assume that my car has problems thats ok, and i completely understand, however there is no reason to post those thoughts here because im pretty sure that those same thoughts are gonna cross the guy whos intending to buy the cars mind as well. The difference is either hes confident and has faith that the car is going to be ok or he thinks he might encounter some problems and IS WILLING to deal with them if need be. Therefore, thanks for your input, i dont believe its necessary, but if u feel it is and dont mind spending the time writing it then feel free to. Take care guys

I was not trying to bust your chops man. I think that you have a really sweet ride and my hat is off to you. You almost have to agree with me thought, that when a car with a bunch of after marked mods for hi-performance goes up for sale that should be a red flag. I just wanted to share my "buyer beware" feelings on this.

I will share another story about buying any used car. I had another buddy with a WRX, which as we all know is a pretty sweet ride. I live in Montana, which gets cold as hell. Well this dude would go out in the morning when it had been 30 below zero the night before and start his car up and immediately drive. After a few months of this abuse the turbo began to lag and make odd noises. Appatently the stress/heat of going from cold to hot in seconds over and over again essentially ruined the turbo. Now, luckily for my pal this was a warranty issue, but it goes to show you that whith any forced induction set-up great care is needed (above and beyond normal) and the possibility for problems, hidden or otherwise exist.

No hard feelings and you do have a sweet car. If I were you I would try to sell a kidney or donate sperm or something and try to keep it (if its in as good of shape as you say). Best of luck to you.

I did not have it installed at Scionspeed...

I dont mean to be an A$$, but dont lie on here, You said it your self in this post:

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=971492&highlight=&sid=63acfb4509abd33d687257249bcbf1ba

" Hey guys i brought my car to Jamasco (Scionspeed) to install my Scionspeed stage 2 turbo this past thursday. I called today to check up on the status on the install and the guy (Alexi) told me the car should be ready to pick up by 6-7pm tonight. "

ouch....

I did not have it installed at Scionspeed...

I dont mean to be an A$$, but dont lie on here, You said it your self in this post:

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=971492&highlight=&sid=63acfb4509abd33d687257249bcbf1ba

" Hey guys i brought my car to Jamasco (Scionspeed) to install my Scionspeed stage 2 turbo this past thursday. I called today to check up on the status on the install and the guy (Alexi) told me the car should be ready to pick up by 6-7pm tonight. "

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh :no: :no: :no:

yes i did install the turbo itself there at first (because due to the long wait for the preorder they offered to install it for free). However the same day when I got my car back I was very skeptical about the job they did considering it was free so I immediately took it to a high end shop (Unique motor sports and spoke to Adrian) on the following day. The guy there told me he was extremely busy and it would be a week or two before he could work on my car as well as having a VERY expensive price. Due to the fact that I had a questionable install, as well as having no fuel management (therefore being un-tuned), and since I didn’t have any gauges to monitor anything, I didn’t want to use the car for two weeks and wait on this shop so I called up one of my old buddies, which has a 483whp EvoVIII and asked him about the shop that worked on his car. I’ve seen his car in person and I’ve seen the quality of the work done on his car, and also it had been about 10months since his car had come out of that particular shop after encountering numerous problems due to other shops incompetence. The particular guy that worked on his car (Steve) used to work in a shop called dynamic turbo but had recently left there in order to open his own shop. Seeing his previous work on the EvoVIII I was quite impressed and decided to have him work on my car. As an end result, he inspected the install done by scionspeed (jamasco) and found plenty of leaks, as well as some bolts missing from the wastegate and found that the gaskets being used were pretty much made out of paper. Hearing this I was quite concerned about the install and asked him to dismantle the turbo completely, and install it from scratch, replacing all gaskets, bolts, and other miscellaneous parts. I also had the emanage, turbo timer, boost controller installed there. At the end of all this I was charged $1,200 for the labor, as well as the replacement parts. I have had the car for nearly 5 months, had it inspected about 3 months later and it hasn’t encountered a single problem yet. Sorry for the long story, but it needed to be explained in order to clarify some things. If anything else is unclear, ask me and ill be sure to clarify. I can provide receipts if you REALLY want to verify that im telling the truth.

Whocares05050, for future occassions please don't come to conclusions so quickly without asking some questions first. You accused me of being a liar without knowing the real story... Its like a cop arresting someone and have him sentencied to a long term in prison just because he was the one to find the corpse... Theres always more to a story than what it seems. Hopefully you learned a lesson from this.

you did deny ever taking it to ScionSpeed. so if u dont want people coming to a different conclusion so quickly maybe the truth from the get-go would have been better.

Ok I can agree that there’s some miscommunication from my part as well. When I said that statement, I meant I didn't install it there (Definitely). Since the whole job was re-done from scratch I completely disregarded scionspeed's initial attempts of what they call an “install”... which was crap IMO. I strongly regret having given those scumbags any business, and hope they get punished for their deceiving ways. With all that being said, its good that the two Scionspeed cars have been REDONE completely and are running as well as they should. I’m very thankful for having a weird feeling about my car and having it checked out by someone else or I probably would have blown my engine like the other guy and would of ended up having to pay alot of cash. Anways, please dont assume that since there are deceving scumbags in the world that im one of them. I can have numerous people that know me, including members of Scion Evolution vouch for me that im an honest person.

Ok, with all that clarified for everyone, good luck with the sale, wish you all the best.

Thanks for being understanding. Apologize for the miscommunication once again.

I had a buddy with a sweet 400 horse supra turbo. But.... After a valve started tapping some and there were what appeared to be a small crack in his block (from racing and 12 pounds of boost)

Not to take away from the topic but that sounds like bs...sorry. Supra block and valvetrain are very hard to brake even with 18psi of boost. I would know from a lot of first hand expirence and research.

Simez2003: good luck...this is a great project car for serious racing. Just needs s built motor and it is ready to go.

Not hard at all if you take it 1500 rpms into redline often.