Here is recap of my project that is finally done and tuned. The end result end up at 298hp/265lbs.ft @ 9lbs with 91 octane on a hot Arizona day. The turbo kit and dual exhaust was designed, made and installed by Boost Flow and tuned by UMS in Arizona. Compared to TurboToyotas, this kit fits Scion tC without any modifications to the engine bay.

This is how the tC looked when I just got the car:


I started with installing Tein Super Street coilovers and Tanabe strut bar. I chose these upgrades because they give you the most value for the best price. Tein Super Street coilovers offer enough options without going overboard and of course unsurpassed quality. A Tanabe strut bar is a cheap upgrade to get that additional reinforcement at the front of the car.

Drivetrain was upgraded with ClutchMasters FX400 clutch kit with 4-puck sprung disc, plus flyweel and TRD LSD.

Then started building the kit and dual exhaust on the car. That took the most time about 2 months or so. Upgraded fuel injectors with 550cc RCs and Walbro pump. Used AEM F/IC and AEM Wideband UEGO.

here is the manifold tagged


manifold welded together


dump tube and downpipe


one more shot


building the intercooler




charge pipes


building the dual exhaust 3in turboback w/ cat




Complete layout of the turbo kit without blow-off valve attached




Here are some video I took of the car:
video of the front of the car with front bumper fitted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHXNlWXO3Qo

video of the back of the car with dual exhaust:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZprgzQI-pnA

Later got carbon fiber lip kit installed and aftermarket hid headlights and 18in Axis wheels. I'll tell you that lip kit is no bolt on. We spent a few hours trimming to make it fit right.







Here are more vids, still not tuned though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGWfW6YqR70
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIFpnFfvENA

So far no CEL, even before putting in F/IC.

 

SUPER nice. Well done.

 

Not too shabby there my friend! Good job.

 

Great job, everything flows well together! Love the paint job and manifold most of all. Soo how does 298hp/265lbs.ft feel?

 

looks good.

except the headlights

 

x2

also not feeling how u can see the ic piping in the front vent corners.

 

wow that is one sexy TC.

 

I actually like the headlights; I've got them on my own car, so that makes me completely biased.

The IC piping, in my opinion, is brilliant. I would love to see a straight shot of the front end. It breaks up the plastic tedium of the front bumper with some huge shiny pipes connected to a huge shiny block. Awesome.

 

i was telling someone i wanted to paint my tc like that....

Sooooo when are you selling this manifold?

 

very nice

 

thats very nice, pipes looks clean with good welds, who made that manifold? looks like an evo mani ive seen somewhere

 

and I like the way the pipes are routed

 

Nice paint job Love the wheels thinking about doing that to mine but never get to doing it....

 

I wonder how much the 'u' in your exhaust is hurting your numbers!

Looks good though... Big ups on a custom kit!!!

 

i like almost everything about the kit except two things...


1. all the charge piping looks to be 2.5", except for the one 3" piece that goes to the throttle body, which then has to be reduced to 2.5" anyway. it seems as if its only there to fool people at first glance that all of the charge piping is 3". the only other possible reason i can think of is that the bov you are using is too big to mount on to 2.5" piping.


2. the dump tube should have a bracket welded on to fasten it to the downpipe. after about 6 months of driving, my dump tube broke off right at the flange because of how long it was, combined with all of the vibration.


...other than that im really impressed with the car and hope to see some track numbers soon. i would hate to think that a good looking kit like that is going to waste. :D

 

Steve you talking about this "U"???

 

on the muffler

 

Manifold and the rest of the welded components were made by Boost Flow.

 

Thats freakin nice. I love that exhaust. Any chance they are gonna mass produce the turbo kit and exhasut??

 

Wow!!!! that's one hot looking tC, great job on everything