Tag: turbo

I think there’s a reason we don’t see that many 500 horsepower tCs running around. Mainly because that’s a crazy amount of power to put in a FWD, but also something tells me that 500 hp tC street cars just don’t last that long. Just a hunch. To be honest, I can’t be sure he’s […] More »

Dang. Technically this isn’t the fastest Scion tC that’s out there. That honor probably went out to Chris Rado’s tC or maybe the one that Titan Motorsports were working on. This car was built by the racing team Hard Target back in 2006. They’ve sold it since then, but when it was running it was […] More »

The best thing about the tC is people don’t really expect it to be fast. So when you pull up with a home built turbo charger and start spanking cars that are twice the price, the effect is even sweeter. Jared Pela is the owner of this tC, and according to this dyno, he’s got […] More »

Scion FR-S engineering chief Tetsuya Tada is updating us with news we want to hear: a more powerful Scion FR-S is coming to showrooms. There are three possible approaches to how the FR-S will get more power. Approach #1 – Turbocharging: Turbocharging would be the easiest method. Subaru has been turbocharging flat-fours for a long […] More »

Scion may not build one with a turbo (yet), but this is one of the first reviews that I’ve seen of a turbo charged FR-S anywhere. The car is this case is a track oriented thing that’s still in development, but it’s still pretty important. The thing is, the FR-S is slow. Really, the only […] More »