so that turbo will work on my automatic cause i just want to get a little more out of the motor and i know like the vw's and other 1.8t style set ups give you a little more push even with auto or do i need to have manual to do that or any motor work
what transmission you have is irrelevant when turbocharging an engine. and just simply adding nothng but the turbo will end in a blown engine. there is much more you will need to get it running and keep it running reliably. it is not for the feint of heart.
at the bare minimum you WILL NEED:
standalone fuel management system
bigger injectors
bigger fuel pump
intercooler & piping
turbo manifold
turbo
wastegate
bov
then about 300-600 bucks to find a tuner local to you, to tune it. preferably someone who has tuned a turbocharged engine with a compression ratio of 10:1 or higher.
the best thing you can do, before jumping in head first into all of this, is to go to your local book store and buy Maximum Boost by Corky Bell. read it. when your done reading it, read it again. do this till you understand it. then decide if turboing your corolla is the right move.
Unfortunately, there is no bolt-on turbo kits on the market for your car. Everything would have to be custom made.
The 1ZZ-FE engine was designed for fuel economy; not performance. This mean lighter-weight components went into building it. The parts may not be able to withstand the extra power provided by a turbocharger.
One of these years I plan to turbo mine but when I do, I'm going to do it right and go all-motor before I even think of adding the turbo. And I'm going to have it done professionally by someone who knows what the heck they are doing.
I'm not even going to start the project until I have at least $10,000 in the kitty.
yeah so not gonna do the turbo just yet getting a new job that pays very well and then i will start with doing all the motor work and a manual tranny then jump into the turbo..i know what im doing but it was just a thought at the time
Just buy a faster car and leave the corolla for what it is...reliable. You plan on having a good paying job, so why dump thousands into a car when you can just buy one thats already got what you want? you can get a used Imprezza WRX for cheap which will take alot more abuse than a corolla and be alot more fun.
Just buy a faster car and leave the corolla for what it is...reliable. You plan on having a good paying job, so why dump thousands into a car when you can just buy one thats already got what you want? you can get a used Imprezza WRX for cheap which will take alot more abuse than a corolla and be alot more fun.
true, but for some people, its not about going fast its about the fun of making something different. or the fun of modding. for me i like to build different things. i love tinkering with stuff. hell between my computers, rc cars, paintball gear and my cars i dont think i have anything stock in those catagory's. but then again, i make good money so i can have alot of toys. buying something fast usually is not as satisfying as making something fast.
Not to be mean but its a corolla if you want to drop big money on a car like this your results are going to be menial. The cars simple are not meant to handle any boost so once you start opening up a can of worms like a turbo does then your going to break everything that can and will break on the car. What the other guy said about a wrx isn't that bad of an idea. There is plenty of used ones that you can put thousands into and you will be amazed at what they can do and how fast or built up they can be. Trust me I used to own one. Corolla will last you for eternity though as long as you just maintain it. I agree with you though built is better then bought, but not when it comes to things that you won't really get that much out of
You could turbo the 1zz but you'd basically need to do a full rebuild of your engine and a trans swap to even handle any sort of power over 5-7 psi which might make 25-40hp at most and would essentially be a fuel dump. To make some real power you'd want to re-sleeve the engine, drop some lower compression pistons in to bring it down to about 9:1, toss some 450cc + injectors in, standalone or fmu at least, then look on the net for a turbo kit for it. I think it was around $2500 or so last time I checked for just a manifold, turbo and some lines. Add your intercooler, plumbing and a higher flow fuel pump and you are looking at at least $5000 if you do your own work. A 2zz can be bought for around $2000 and work with minor mods to give you about 40-50hp more and a 6 speed option is alot more practical and still alot of fun.
You could turbo the 1zz but you'd basically need to do a full rebuild of your engine and a trans swap to even handle any sort of power over 5-7 psi which might make 25-40hp at most and would essentially be a fuel dump. To make some real power you'd want to re-sleeve the engine, drop some lower compression pistons in to bring it down to about 9:1, toss some 450cc + injectors in, standalone or fmu at least, then look on the net for a turbo kit for it. I think it was around $2500 or so last time I checked for just a manifold, turbo and some lines. Add your intercooler, plumbing and a higher flow fuel pump and you are looking at at least $5000 if you do your own work. A 2zz can be bought for around $2000 and work with minor mods to give you about 40-50hp more and a 6 speed option is alot more practical and still alot of fun.
im sorry, but you are horribly misinformed. 5-7 psi will not net you 40hp max. more like 50-70hp with a very conservative tune. my self, i have been personally seeing 12-15hp PER psi of boost with my tuning. this is not just a fluke on my own cars. i tune many cars here in louisville. this is average from all the cars i tune.
the only problem with the engine in stock form, is its high compression ratio. the celica gt has cast lighter rods, which are more prone to breaking. the corolla got a stronger forged rod. the celica gt can get to the 240-260whp safely on stock internals, stock compression. i see no reason the corolla cannot go past that on stock internals. hell you can buy a head spacer for less than 100 that will drop compression down to a boost friendly 9:1. makes tuning it even easier. which its not hard to tune them to begin with.
the only weak link in the corolla's drive train is the trans. more specifically the final drive. but if your not wheel hopping then you wont have a problem. wheel hop is the leading cause of trans destruction. second is power. but most people breaking the trans, due to power, are putting well over double stock hp through the trans.
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I had a mazda 323 gtx for almost 2 yrs with a factory turbo setup and it was pushing close to 180hp at 13 psi, my friend had an identical setup except n/a and made around 115hp so that breaks down to about 5hp per psi so there is alot of play for what power someone can make per psi. There is also driveline loss and air flow efficiency and whether he uses an intercooler or how big an intercooler and size/condition of turbo. What I meant is power to the wheels if he just tossed on a turbo, ran the lines and plumbing and hoped it would work, it might handle 5-7 psi then but not long after it would cause some sort of failure. Tuning and a proper setup is the key to a custom turbo kit, and I just threw the numbers out as an example.
tuning is always key. i have seen full built turbo engine become paper weights because they were not tuned right. on the other hand, i have also seen many stock engines with a turbo kit added, last quite a while and make impressive numbers because of the tuning.
5hp per psi is quite low. an average is around 7-10hp per psi.
It was a BPT, stock ecu and setup, only thing I had done at the time of the dyno was a boost controller because they are bad for boost creep and the stock VJ-20 is a relatively small turbo only capable of about 17 psi max and the mazda factory setup is rather conservative. I was debating on going full standalone and either swapping to a VJ-23 off the GTR or adapting the flange for a T3 but family came first and had to give up rhd awd fun. My friend had a B8-BP hybrid he was planning on turboing which gave him the same compression ratio as the BPT.
It was a BPT, stock ecu and setup, only thing I had done at the time of the dyno was a boost controller because they are bad for boost creep and the stock VJ-20 is a relatively small turbo only capable of about 17 psi max and the mazda factory setup is rather conservative. I was debating on going full standalone and either swapping to a VJ-23 off the GTR or adapting the flange for a T3 but family came first and had to give up rhd awd fun. My friend had a B8-BP hybrid he was planning on turboing which gave him the same compression ratio as the BPT.
go standalone. you will be glad you did. my recomendation, a Megasquirt 2 from diyautotune.com. this is what im running in my 91 miata. its a b6ze with a turbonetics 57trim on it. im on weak sauce boost right now since im on stock internals still. 9 psi max.
sounds like your 323 has some potential. you might want to check out miataturbo.net, they have alot of miata guys on there, but quite a few are fans of the 323 gtx/gtr's. also alot of good info.
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