jdmbb06

will taking the ac and power steering off help free up power? will any belt problems happen. help!

superboxcarxb

if you take off the power steering you will get into a wreck. It will free up your ability to get in an acccident too. They have some lightweight pulleys you can install, but I wouldn't get it b/c you have to mess with the belt.

jdmbb06

i have driven my car down hil in nuetral and the the car off just coastin and its not that hard to turn. i need all the power i can get our boxes are slow.

hotweelz4me

Maybe he just wants to drag race, so steering is not as much of a problem. Power steering is not a option or upgrade provided by Toyota. Without power steering you need Hercules arms to turn the wheel

Ive seen people take out the ac compressor and put on a shorter belt on other cars before. But come on, we only have a 1.5 pumping out "105" hp. Go turbo first and then worry about freeing up additional power.

jdmbb06

i race mmy homies on the weekend but im trin the free horse power route right now. i only got a fujita intake and it lags uphills bad so maybe removeing these power ssuckers and dead weight off may help. i plan on getting a greddy supercharger in the future, if i did remove these would the boost increase due to no a/cand short belt?

Dwatts5250

Save your money and buy the 08...its got more power. Besides....these things werent designed for racing....if you wanted pwer/to race you shoulda bought something else.
Like Hotweelz said....its a 1.5L

hotweelz4me

08 has bigger motor (same as tC). And the TRD supercharger is going to be a factory option. More power and you can stay cool!

Dwatts5250

I know thats what got my attention was the tC engine....I still want a 6 speed tho

superboxcarxb

i just need to know the price of the xb2 to see if i should get it or not. or else i'll just keep my 40 mpg box.

Dwatts5250

Good luck they havent released that info that I know of yet....its been driving the res of us nuts

superboxcarxb

i'm already nutz, i have to wait 3 months, to figger out if i should buy stuff for my car, or trade it in and save. I'M NUTZ ALREADY! i don't know what to do!

hotweelz4me

The closest thing that I have seen to a price was on the rules page of a contest listing the grand prize as a 2008 xB with a MSRP of $18,000. But that seams just too high

superboxcarxb

i saw it in person and it wasn't that much bigger. but the bigger engine should cost about $1k more, so it should be about $15.5k.

metal112524

^^for manual maybe and then add like 840 for auto.

i think it will be like 16.5 manual.

*Thread jack: Complete*

andysxA

i applaud your thread jacking well done.

streetlethalxb

Yes it will free up power, it will cause a belt problem, that you will have to solve yourself with a few attempts at possible replacements, until one fits right.

jct

all he needs to do is just find a belt that fits the crank, water pump (it still needs to flow in the correct direction) and the alt

and find a manual steering rack shouldn't be too hard to do...

hotbox05

the ac in our cars uses a "smart" electric clutch that gives you more power when under hard accel

flxb05

At wide open throttle, the a/c compressor clutch is automatically disengaged by the ecm, so theres no loss there, and as long as the a/c is off, there is relatively no power loss just freewheeling the pulley. Removing the power steering is just asking for trouble with a fwd car, not to mention the small amount of HP you would free up would be almost un-noticable.

jdmbb06

I TOOK OFF THE BELT AND INSTANTLLY NOTICED AN INCREASE IN POWER UP HILL THE CAR ALSO HAS BETTER THROTTLE RESPONSE. WHY WOULD IT CAUSE TROUBLE IN A FWD?