NEED FOR SPEED

[duckbro1993]

My name is Bobby I'm from Albuquerque, New Mexico. I have a 99 Solora and would love to go faster. Right now It's all stock and i HATE that. I was looking for a cold air intake but i couldn't find one anywhere, I just found a short ram intake. I would love to throw a turbo or supercharger (whichever is better) I don't know much about cars but i'd LOVE to learn. If somebody could help me out I'd really appreciate it. I want to know what some good parts are, and how to install them. Maybe some tricks and tips on how to get going faster.

[1gSE]

I'm guessing you have a 1mz. Turbo is gonna be a huge PITA. There's 3 superchargers in the for sale section

[Jabraltar]

How hard/expensive is it to turbo the 1MZ? My buddy solely works on making custom turbo's and swears that he can make one for me. I just assumed he was full of sh*t.

[02slera]

turbo's traditionally have to "wind up" to be effective, this is why many cars were equipped from the factory with twin turbo's, to eliminate or reduce what's known as "turbo lag". ive seen where some people have replace a twin turbo setup with a single large turbo to increase boost at high rpm's for more power. the supercharger traditionally shows a power increase immediately and has not "lag", so even at low rpm's, as soon as you step on the gas you feel the extra power. i believe that a properly done turbo car is better, but would not be as cost effective when looking at modifying a previously naturally aspirated (non boosted) car. there will probably be different opinions on this.

[1gSE]

How hard/expensive is it to turbo the 1MZ? My buddy solely works on making custom turbo's and swears that he can make one for me. I just assumed he was full of sh*t.

it wouldn't be cheap or easy. You could throw together a junk yard set up with a bunch of used parts if you shop around and know what to look for and got some welding skills. Going turbo with a Holset H1C was my original plan but I kept sinking money into it and not getting anywhere. A few years ago a guy made a custom kit for a gen3 or gen 4 camry using an HX35, it wasn't the prettiest set up but function > form. The hardest part would be merging both manifolds together, finding a spot to mount the turbo and routing the charge piping without losing the foglights or running into other stuff

[Jabraltar]

Thanks for the replies guys. Basicly the moral of the story is if you want more HP the best or safest way is to get it SC'ed. Has anyone on here ever had a Solara turboed?

[1gSE]

either that or N20. There's a couple turbo Solara's here, one with twins, thats now going twins on top of Gabes MP90, one single, and another, but I don't know if he still has the kit on. There was one more being built, but there hasnt been any updates lately. And then there's a few 4cyl turbo's

[SirThomas88]

Not much room under the hood for a turbo. It would take a lot of R&D to make it work. Namely getting all the piping to fit and moving the battery and anything else you can out of the way, like 1gSE was saying.

Or... you could save yourself all that time and trouble and just buy one of the TRD Superchargers on here for $2,200 and you'll spend about 3 hours installing it and you're good to go. Unless you want to boost more than the stock 4psi, in which you'll want to look into supporting mods (fuel pump, injectors, spark plugs, exhaust, intake, fuel management computer).

If you were planning on going BIG boost, then turbo would trump the TRD s/c on our cars. Actually no, because at that point you should just buy the GLP Motorsports (trd4life) MP90 supercharger kit, which is also plug and play like the TRD one.

[ThatVietGuy]

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=46256

Just buy this and be done with it.

[hskrsolara]

http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=46256

Just buy this and be done with it.

That'd be a damn shame if Rizal's car went to this guy. Even the most experienced SG's would be challenged with Rizal's car.

[crispone]

WELCOME!


As for TURBO... don't even START! As a "non-car knowledgeable" individual, you SHOULD NOT pursue a turbo, period. (NOT on these cars, anyway.) Between technical complexity and COST to be considered, PLUS the fact there is NO readily available "system" for this application, you are WAY better off buying a DIFFERENT and FASTER car altogether, a PRE-MODDED car (supercharger) or a supercharger KIT COMPLETE and installing or getting it installed.

Better yet, I'd HIGHLY recommend starting SLOW, taking BABY STEPS and working your way through some of the LESS RADICAL but potentially very rewarding incremental improvements (suspension, braking, intake/exhaust) etc... as well as OTHER peripheral improvements that make the diving/car ownership experience better... such as audio system, cosmetic upgrades, etc...

SPEED and FAST is all relative. It COSTS LOTS OF MONEY to do it RIGHT, and often potentially MORE to do it WRONG! (DOH!)


G/L with your car and path forward!



-crisp

[ThatVietGuy]

http://www.solaraguy.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=46256

Just buy this and be done with it.

That'd be a damn shame if Rizal's car went to this guy. Even the most experienced SG's would be challenged with Rizal's car.

I'm sure he's all talk anyway.

[yaddadaimsayin]

I know what they say about assuming, but I assume the 1993 on your sn is your dob, which puts you at 18?

Maybe to keep yourself from jumping the gun too hastily or getting flamed any further, you can just put out a tentative budget. Our members can give you better suggestions if they have a ballpark figure. Happy modding!

[duckbro1993]

WELCOME!


As for TURBO... don't even START! As a "non-car knowledgeable" individual, you SHOULD NOT pursue a turbo, period. (NOT on these cars, anyway.) Between technical complexity and COST to be considered, PLUS the fact there is NO readily available "system" for this application, you are WAY better off buying a DIFFERENT and FASTER car altogether, a PRE-MODDED car (supercharger) or a supercharger KIT COMPLETE and installing or getting it installed.

Better yet, I'd HIGHLY recommend starting SLOW, taking BABY STEPS and working your way through some of the LESS RADICAL but potentially very rewarding incremental improvements (suspension, braking, intake/exhaust) etc... as well as OTHER peripheral improvements that make the diving/car ownership experience better... such as audio system, cosmetic upgrades, etc...

SPEED and FAST is all relative. It COSTS LOTS OF MONEY to do it RIGHT, and often potentially MORE to do it WRONG! (DOH!)


G/L with your car and path forward!



-crisp

You're very right. I appreciate your help. Thank you.

[Smaay]

turbo's traditionally have to "wind up" to be effective, this is why many cars were equipped from the factory with twin turbo's, to eliminate or reduce what's known as "turbo lag". ive seen where some people have replace a twin turbo setup with a single large turbo to increase boost at high rpm's for more power. the supercharger traditionally shows a power increase immediately and has not "lag", so even at low rpm's, as soon as you step on the gas you feel the extra power. i believe that a properly done turbo car is better, but would not be as cost effective when looking at modifying a previously naturally aspirated (non boosted) car. there will probably be different opinions on this.

you are correct but in a V6 like the 1MZ a single turbo like a GT30R will spool instantly and make incredible power. the issue is routing the exhaust piping to feed the turbo. since 3 runners are on the back side, its going to be cramped in there. but it can be done.