i would love to add some much needed horsepower to my stock scion. Im not big on the power part. I dont want to add a turbo yet. (not enough money). Would like some kind of kick. What are some ways that i could make this happen. by the way I have a 2006 rs 2.0

 

search is your friend, i would start with I/H/E, wont be much gain other than boost, but still makes for fun that you can do at home, everyone here is all about boost so there wont be much help beyond that

 

I/H/E is really the only route like the other guys said, unless you want to go all motor. you dont have the potential of a turbo but you wont spend $4G's right away...eventually mabye.

Dont buy reall expensive I/H/E, its just a name. megan racing is cheap. check out hopupracing.com (free shipping) as for intake, i advise short ram. like i said before, dont go expensive. i got the cheapest and im just like the other I/H/E guy. Im stationed in guam and its not good conditions for a turbo so im waiting till i get back into the states.

for your exaust go to napa/autozone and get ALL NEW GASKETS, and go to ace hardware or something of that nature and get nuts, bolts, and washers. get the same number the same size (GET GRADE A IF POSSIBLE)

enjoy...

 

Wow...just......

 

You know for a good IHE setup you can practically get a used turbo kit right?

Save your money.

And seriously...search..this sorta ____ is discussed all the time.

 

nitrous is the most low cost per power output
next would be turbo

It'd be a waste of cash and effort on IHE if you are saving for a turbo;
The only thing worth your trouble is exhaust, and even that won't be really worth ish until the turbo is in.









R

 

Need Horsepower = Need Turbo.

 

buy one of these

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=30

 

Wow....funny site.

 

I love kalecoauto..... helped me get my car to where I want it..... its legit

 

I/H/E pullies probably 180whp not even but youll feel a difference......and check out the TWP ajustable throttle controller here on scion life it makes the car pull harder

 

tune the car with greddy ultimate with no mods. you can gain from tweaking a/f ratio, timing and make the fuel map more responsive.

 

The stock tune is already efficient for an N/A car with no mods. Doing this would be a total waste of time and money.

 

I/H/E wont get u 180whp lol... mostly 150-155whp tops.... i know because my buddy owns a shop and i dyno my car with every mod i get and i have yet to pass 150whp on N/A.... i dont have a header but i assume it wont give me 5+whp

 

there is a dyno sheet on here of someone with a stock 07 tC and If i remember right it had 154 on a dyno. Thats not bad. So wth an intake, header, and exhaust I see 160's. then there is a vvt-i controller. Maybe 170's....maybe. Pullies would help too. With that all said and done I would say around 170-180hp....on the dyno. Of course the i/h/e set up would have to be the best of the best. And your going to end up spending some cash. So why not go turbo? when all said and done with a turbo its expensive....but why would you spend say maybe 2k on bolt-ons only to start saving again for a turbo kit?? Would be better to use what yo have on parts now....say if a discount comes up....used parts that are still good etc.

 

this is was i/h/e got me, 06 tc.




or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUS9bay-rls

 

the stock tune is built for emissions. the motor actually makes more power from the factory, but it gets detuned down. wot is in the 12's a/f. i can tell you from fact, that you gain more response from tuning than bolt on's. i own all of the above and tuning would have been my 1st choice now.

 

I didn't doubt that you could get the car to be more responsive or squeeze out some horsepower with a tune, but a tune on an N/A tC IMO isnt' really worth the time or effort.

I can't imagine the car gaining even 10whp from something like that..not only do you have to buy the greddy ultimate but a wiring harness as well..so new you're looking at almost $1k no? (correct me if I'm wrong but that's just what I've seen).

If tuning an N/A car with no mods was that efficient in terms of HP to cost then I honestly think more people would do it.

 

off by 7whp lol.. but its still no 180

 

stock tC is 145whp. Not getting 35whp from IHE and pulleys. Maybe 165whp to 170whp with ALL of that on a perfet day.