I just bought a 2010 Super White Scion tC (Not a fan of the tC2 body style), and I want to make it fast. By the time I get out of Basic Training, AIT, and Airborne school for the Army I will have about 10k to spend on this car. I want a turbo, inter cooler, cold air intake, etc... and I would like to know not only the best brands to go with but everything in specific that I need to do or should do to make it reliable as well. I am not looking to make a street racer or anything just something that I can take to track days every once and a while and not be embarrassed. I would really appreciate all the help I can get! Thank you very much.

 

First you will need to upgrade the entire Suspension...Whats the point of having Massive HP's if you cant keep the car planted??..

Also if you Boost & you got the Time & Money...build the motor Internals first then build out.

Then focus on Exterior Cosmetics.

 

What do you recommend for the suspension? Sorry still a little new at this.

 

As a "noob" as they call it (which I hate), always search performance parts for your car. You'll start noticing pricing and brand immediately. You'll know the good stuff when you see it after only about a day of searching. After that, then you come on the forums and talk to us or search some more. Turboing an already N/A car is mega time and bucks, and no one recommends it if it is your ONLY car. Slap an intake and exhaust on it and you'll feel 100hp faster, even though you'll be pushing about 3 more horses. But yes, lower that biznatch first for sure.

 

I have a full TRD suspension for sale, pretty cheap. Taken off my car with 20k on them, sold my tc. PM me if interested.

 

sorry, nvm. i'll pm you. Thanks Jon.

 

Yeah I am going to order an Injen CAI and Exhaust next week. I already have brand new tires and 18" black Enkei Raijins on the way from Sears (I get my associate discount). I got a quote from my local audio store to do a Pioneer AVH 3400 double din HU for $510 out the door. I want to get an LED conversion kit for my dash, gauges, etc but I think I want to do it myself. Does anyone know how hard it is to do?

 

As TeeCizzle said... to do it the right way you need time and money...

The right way would be upgrading the internals in the engine to handle the increased power.

If you just want some extra power you could just get intake/header/exhaust, and call it a day.

The next step up would be a trd supercharger, followed by the turbo kit.

What is your whp goal?

 

Now that I have done a little research and seen some opinions.. I don't know if I want to do the turbo. I might just stick with the headers/intake/exhaust option and maybe a few other minor things.

 

haha, less than a day and his hopes were completely smashed.

You have to make sure you have the money to play and keep playing. It's a constant upkeep thing to have boost.

 

Well I am enlisted active duty Army. So I dont know how much I will be overseas and stuff.

 

Yea stick to I/H/E..

 

Stick to the small things first. I've seen a lot of new enlisted soldiers waste money on stupid crap and end up with an Article 15 because they could not manage their funds. You will be surprised how much money the military will make you spend on stuff you would think they would issue or give to you for free. Read my sig and you'll know where and what I'm coming from.

 

Def suspension first. I just put on TRD Struts/springs and they are pretty good but I hear coilovers are the best. Too many options to list for those!

 

Find out what kind of coils you want. Spring rates for comfort or what not.
Stiffer sway bars? (Hotckies)
Underbody braces?(chassic, front member etc.)
Tires! A good set of rubber is important.

 

If you want it to be a reliable dd then stick with the bolt on's and you will have fun dd. Spend some money on some nice light wait rims.

 

Stick with the I/ h/e unless you have some major free time and don't mind spending the bucks to do your turbo build right and if you might possibly do a turbo build In the future Go ahead and get a better clutch and a greddy e-manage and run it with the I/ h/e and then when you decide to go turbo if you do you'll already have part of the build done ( clutch, fuel manage)

 

Beef up does not mean make faster.

Take it slow, drive the car until you leave for basic. You don't have any clue what kind of money you will have before your first true duty station.

 

Get a used trd s/c for around 1k have it rebuilt or do it yourself and that increase alone for that money is worth it i/h/e a bunch of noise without performance to back it up lol. My trd s/c got for $900 complete and works great

 

How difficult was the install of the s/c and how much boost can it push