Just curious. If you did.....

What brand?
How much?
H.P. increase?
Drivability?
Reliability?
Photos?

Thanks,
Johncal

 

anyone ___ enough to admit it? haha jk

 

thats just uncalled for.. haha

so glad i have a real performance car! haha!

try the search function for "blitz" or "supercharge" and select applicable to xa/xb and you should be able to find the results you are looking for. personally my choice would be the blitz, but the PE enterprises s/c has a tad more power. good luck!

-jon

 

Jessica, sorry you have supercharger related problem. Did you have a "performance" issue when you were younger?

johncal

 

haha buddy, I'm only kidding, I think it's just a waste of money to put a supercharger in cars like ours. I'm saving my money for a car thats meant for speed...sometime down the raod. I'm not about to drop a supercharger in my scion because it will add 40-50 HP at the most and my car will still be slow. It's an economy car, not a performance car. Have fun with your car tho, do whatever you want to it! Let me know how everything works out!

 

moved

 

I think a supercharged xA would be sick!

Johncal, your fogs look tight!

-THE DON

 

Ummm has anyone thought about the fact that XA's have 108 HP at the wheels and supercharging it would make it like maybe 150 at the wheels? 4000.00 for 40 HP and the car comes out still slow as hell. Even a Tc super charged is slow. come on guys, pocket that money and use it to do body mods,lets make our cars pretty, because they will not be fast. Does anyone get where I'm coming from?

 

couple of things here Jessica.

it is xA not XA.
its 108 at the crank not wheels.
yes it will make 150 at the wheels when done.
its more like 2000 or 2500 to do.
the topic is, did anybody supercharge... not what you think about supercharging....

once done the car is no longer slow. it is not fast but it aint slow...

lastly. if they want to do it, let them.
if you want to wait, do it and keep your opinon to your self.
you are coming here and bashing people for having an idea and willing to try things.
they did not bash you for chosing the car you did...nor the car you want to buy and tune later on....

 

I'm not bashing their choice of car. Not at all. I am not stopping them from supercharging it either, I told them to have fun and let me know how it worked out and how it performed. 108 at the crank making it what 90 at the wheels and then after super charged 130 at the wheels. Are you reading what your writing, fast is 400HP plus. I am in the same position with my car so I am not bashing anyone I feel the same way about my car. I was just making convo.

 

You took the words out of my mouth Dave. Just because it won't be the fastest doesn't mean you can't make it faster. That's like saying Why does Oscar de la Hoya bother to box when Mike Tyson could still kick his a$$...

 

Boxers are PAID to box that has nothing to do with cars. They don't pay to get into the ring. Oscar de lahoya is faster to begin with he just isnt as strong as mike. Bad example.

 

actually you did bash the car...
you are right, you are not stopping anyone.
you basically told them they were stupid for doing it, then have fun and tell you about it....
if you knew enough about the cars (all models) you would know what it is capable of.


and if you think fast is a big HP number, you don't know enough about cars and performance.

 

Well, the Escalade has 345 HP so it must be close to fast...

And the Lotus Elise only has 190 so it must be a real dog...

 

Hopefully im reading this wrong but are you trying to compare a lotus with a scion? Haha ok. Of course weight has something to do with it as well as aerodynamics, gearing and a lot of times traction. If slaping on a supercharger and running 15's is your idea of fast and you enjoy it then dont let anyone stop you. But in comparison to other fast cars out there that just doesnt get the job done. That is what I am saying. Money seems like it would be better spent on other things to do with the car. Maybe even suspension (which is where the real fun is to be had). The point is that our cars are not designed for speed, they are front wheel drive, which once you start passing 300hp becomes a real problem and not just in a straight line. And before anyone starts to say "look at FWD drag cars" take a look at the cars in the RWD class, which with less horsepower and more weight still run faster times. Come on now TheScionicMan thats just a ridiculous post of course being fast has more to do with only the amount of hp you have.

 

Wait, so has anyone else read about the xA having more ponies per pound than a Nissan Altima? I'm pretty sure I saw that on scionlife.com, but my point is that the xA would be a really fun car even w/140 or so b/c of it's light weight (what, 2,300 lbs?).

The Lotus Elise (at over $40k) lists very soliid performance w/a 1.8 litre engine @ 190 hp, weighing at less than a ton, so there's hope for turbos and superchargers on the xA yet.

I saw an article in a tuner mag where they turbo'd an xA up to 200hp. I'll have to double check, but I think the 0-60 was just over 4 seconds, which is, inarguably, pretty freakin fast. Sure, a lot of cash was spent cuz it was totally sponsored, but if you've got it, then why not turn the $13k xA into a badass lil stealth racer?

It's pretty evident that if someone is buying Scions then they're not quite in the market for a late model sports car at $40k or more. Perhaps some are condemning the lil xA with lil reason.

 

wish you knew what you were talking about, moderatly built could do 220 with the PE blower. and considering the xb is 2400lbs which is lighter than an integra with 220 whp? lol peace out

 

Haha unfortunatly the PE blower makes 220 CRANK horsepower which is a far cry from wheel horsepower. Sorry that you think integras have 220 at the wheel and since when did they become the benchmark for speed anyways?

 

Enough with this childish benchracing. If you guys with your supercharged xA and xB want to prove your mettle lets see some timeslips and they damn well better be at least mid 14's. Put up or shut up. Also post a pic of the timeslip and some iformation on the car, not just "well my friend saw this guy at the track the other night and.....".

 

There is one particular BCP xA w/ a Blitz SC installed in Nor*Cal.

Jessica seems to forget that the xA and xB were designed for fuel economy and not high hp.

Everyone has their owns tastes and preferences. Please stop trolling and post whoring since you decided to buy a tC instead of an xA or xB.

Some of us are happy w/ our xAs and xBs.

If I want to go fast I'll take out my buddy's STi or EVOVIII MR. Or I'll just hop on my CBR929RR.

Its obvious by your posts that you are simply trolling trying to get peeps upset at you.

Please stay on-topic before your posts get you banned here on this site.