My Turbo Journey Has ENDED...Car Returned by TURBOTOYOTAS:(
04-14-2009, 06:08 AM
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My Turbo Journey Has ENDED...Car Returned by TURBOTOYOTAS:(
Well ladies and gentelman, it is OFFICIAL...Today I made the long a$$ drive from my side of town to Todd's neck of the wood's and dropped off my xD so that he could work his magic and turbo my xD...Todd will have my xD for approximately a month or so and was nice enough to give me a loaner... 
Todd will be sending me pics of the progress but I have been sworn to secrecy and will not be posting any pics until it is COMPLETE...I assure you, we are taking no short cuts and everything will be done right...I can not wait to this thing is done and I will post tons of pics once it is finished... 
I want to give a BIG THANKS to my brother for sponsoring a portion of this turbo set-up...I want to give a BIG THANKS to Todd @ TT for taking my xD for this task and answering all of my questions...
So let the journey begin...
04/08/09
Todd will be sending me pics of the progress but I have been sworn to secrecy and will not be posting any pics until it is COMPLETE...I assure you, we are taking no short cuts and everything will be done right...I can not wait to this thing is done and I will post tons of pics once it is finished... I want to give a BIG THANKS to my brother for sponsoring a portion of this turbo set-up...I want to give a BIG THANKS to Todd @ TT for taking my xD for this task and answering all of my questions...
So let the journey begin...
04/08/09
First of all, I want to thank Todd at TT for talking with me today and answering ALL of my questions...Todd and I have come to an agreement and for the people that have been following this thread I have some great news... Clap
TODD IS GONNA USE MY xD FOR THE TURBO PROJECT... Bow I can't wait and we should be able to get started sometime next week...
Just so you guys know, I am a complete turbo noob so I am learning as I go along...I learned alot by just talking with Todd today and also with Luis (ARIZONATURBO) here on SL...
I will try to keep you guys updated and I will let you know all the particulars when we decide on what turbo we go with...
TODD IS GONNA USE MY xD FOR THE TURBO PROJECT... Bow I can't wait and we should be able to get started sometime next week...
Just so you guys know, I am a complete turbo noob so I am learning as I go along...I learned alot by just talking with Todd today and also with Luis (ARIZONATURBO) here on SL...
I will try to keep you guys updated and I will let you know all the particulars when we decide on what turbo we go with...
Ok we are going with the Garrett GT2803 turbo...We are doing AEM FIC for management and full tune so I will have dyno numbers when were done...After talking with Todd, we never actually committed to a HP number but he did say over 200 to the wheels...Maybe Todd can chime in and say what number he expects...Just so everyone knows, mine is an AUTOMATIC...I'd be happy with 200... 
I will hopefully be dropping my car off Monday morning and Todd will have it for a month or so...
I will hopefully be dropping my car off Monday morning and Todd will have it for a month or so...
04-14-2009, 04:16 PM
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this is great! its finally getting done!
i added a few things to your post, hopefully answering a few questions for lurkers
i added a few things to your post, hopefully answering a few questions for lurkers
04-14-2009, 09:57 PM
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gonna have to start transferring more of my paychecks into savings for this, lol
04-14-2009, 10:02 PM
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congrats.... but why is he starting more projects when there are others still waiting... like seriously a year almost if not more...
04-14-2009, 10:06 PM
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congrats.... but why is he starting more projects when there are others still waiting... like seriously a year almost if not more...
Yes people are still waiting, but not for production. And there stuff is totally different that what I am working on now. They are totally separate.
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04-14-2009, 11:31 PM
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Not to thread jack but todd ill be in Mesa AZ in may 7th through the 17th was wondering do you allow customer traffic to check out the shop 
wanted to see if could stop by and check things out
wanted to see if could stop by and check things out
04-15-2009, 06:07 AM
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Spipe?
04-15-2009, 06:29 PM
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Spipe?
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PS- I am playing along with Matt
04-19-2009, 04:14 PM
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My savings account shall be seeing activity 
04-23-2009, 05:28 AM
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Well change of plans...On Tuesday, Todd went to his Garrett distributor to pick up my GT2803 turbo but after he took one look at it he realized it was a no go...He could have made it work but would have had to make alot of modifications and we didn't want to go that route...
So after much discussion with Todd and Luis (ARIZONATURBO) we decided to go with the Garrett t3 Super60...
Todd says were still on schedule so i'm hoping another (3) weeks or so...
So after much discussion with Todd and Luis (ARIZONATURBO) we decided to go with the Garrett t3 Super60...
Todd says were still on schedule so i'm hoping another (3) weeks or so...
04-23-2009, 05:33 AM
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goos luck with everything hope all goes well. will be watching
04-23-2009, 06:24 PM
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Garrett GT2803
Garrett t3 Super 60
How do the specs for these turbos differ?
and
What was the problem with the 2803? Housing too big?
Garrett t3 Super 60
How do the specs for these turbos differ?
and
What was the problem with the 2803? Housing too big?
04-25-2009, 05:39 PM
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I thought this was supposed to be a side mount turbo... so the size of the housing should not be that relevant.
04-27-2009, 01:36 AM
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How do the specs for these turbos differ?
and
What was the problem with the 2803? Housing too big?
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What was the problem with the 2803? Housing too big?
I thought this was supposed to be a side mount turbo... so the size of the housing should not be that relevant.
changing factors:
1. GT2803 has 2" 2 bolt compressor inlet
2. GT2802 has 3 bolt compressor outlet.
Both of those would have required allot more work and added to the cost. I could have made it work, but was not part of the plan at this time.
The super 60 has a 2.5" standard inlet and a 2" outlet. Much easier to work with in this particular situation.
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04-27-2009, 03:00 AM
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Couple small questions:
Are we looking at any modifcation to the bumper support?
Will it make use of the stock air box / compatible with aftermarket intakes?
Will the downpipe make use of the stock cats or are we looking at custom piping for that?
Are we looking at any modifcation to the bumper support?
Will it make use of the stock air box / compatible with aftermarket intakes?
Will the downpipe make use of the stock cats or are we looking at custom piping for that?
04-27-2009, 04:52 PM
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Are we looking at any modifcation to the bumper support?
Will it make use of the stock air box / compatible with aftermarket intakes?
Will the downpipe make use of the stock cats or are we looking at custom piping for that?
Hope that helps
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04-30-2009, 12:07 AM
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Todd,
What are you planning to use for engine management for this first build?
FIC? Emanage? Standalone?
I'm really interested on how the engine management part of the project goes. Mainly because the Yaris guys have had a nightmare trying to tune the car for FI using the common piggybacks. I know of 4 people that have tried the FIC with no success. One of them even took it to AEM and even they were not able to figure out how to make it work ok.
I don't have the exact details of what were the problems... I just know they are having problems with it.
Since, you don't provide the engine management solution along with the kit, would you at least give a recomendation about it? Or some pointers in order to make it work?
I think that would be a critical aspect in order to make this kit succesfull..!
Keep up the good work and keep us posted.
What are you planning to use for engine management for this first build?
FIC? Emanage? Standalone?
I'm really interested on how the engine management part of the project goes. Mainly because the Yaris guys have had a nightmare trying to tune the car for FI using the common piggybacks. I know of 4 people that have tried the FIC with no success. One of them even took it to AEM and even they were not able to figure out how to make it work ok.
I don't have the exact details of what were the problems... I just know they are having problems with it.
Since, you don't provide the engine management solution along with the kit, would you at least give a recomendation about it? Or some pointers in order to make it work?
I think that would be a critical aspect in order to make this kit succesfull..!
Keep up the good work and keep us posted.
05-01-2009, 01:13 AM
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What does Toyota use on their turboed 1nz models?