Serious Turbo Question

[Midias]

well than what the hell do i need to do to make my car a high 14 -15 sec. car, its auto so that doesnt help either, i need to do something that isnt REAL expensive but will help out a lot

Ditch the 17's that will help. Then CPE

[CamryOnBronze]

17s could be lighter than factory rims if they are nice ones- thatwould allow you to run lower profile tires and hook up better... but i guess hooking up doesnt matter if you arent making any power haha

[Somedude]

what about a motor and tranny swap? How much could that cost?

[ThatVietGuy]

Just as expensive, if not more, than a turbo

[Turbosolara]

nitrous is the most inexpensive and effective way to get power.

turbo you are looking at around 5000-8000 dollars. sure you can have a 2000 dollars turbo but it wont runs right. but if you want to spend 5000, you can get a civic with GSR swap or a 240sx with SR20 swap as project car, or any other HIGH potential cars

[r0w]

well than what the hell do i need to do to make my car a high 14 -15 sec. car, its auto so that doesnt help either, i need to do something that isnt REAL expensive but will help out a lot

lol sry my friend, you bought the wrong car if you wanna do that! unless like everyone else is saying you wanna spend a good amount of $$ not really worth it....

[Americanctm10]

Just get the CP-E. One of the best upgrades for the money.

[mzfe5speed]

dont you just love all the people that jump on the forum thinking that the solara/camry will be cheap to turbo! idk about you guys, but i always get a little chuckle from them.

[Chinky420]

^^x2, especially when the question gets asked again and again, about every other month or so.

i like dat's approach....pick two:
a) reliability
b) performance
c) cheap

really, if you want quick power for cheap then go with NO2, if you want to turbo it, be prepared to spend many countless months taking apart and putting your car back together. not to mention the amount of money you're goin to spend will probably eclipse what you spent on the car itself.

s/c is the most cost-efficient power adder, as it is designed for your car, is easily tuned with your stock setup, and is probably the least harmful to the engine in the long run.

NO2, if run at correct levels, will give you a power boost. but since i haven't really looked into hooking a bottle up to my lara, i'm not exactly positive of how big a shot our stock block can take without blowing up. i figure no more than a 75 shot though, without having to start upgrading the internals and such.

since you're talking about a high 14's car, the NO2 would get it done, but you would probably use the bottle mostly on the track, and wouldn't have that power during daily driving circumstances. if you want the power accessible during all driving circumstance, then go with the s/c. and if you want to be fancy, and have lots of money to spend, fabricate a turbo application.

NO2 = about $500-800 plus bottle refills
S/C = about $1500-2500, which includes the s/c kit, and some extra part upgrades
Turbo = >$5000, since most everything will have to be custom made, and precisely tuned by someone who knows what's going on.

[hskrsolara]

^^x2, especially when the question gets asked again and again, about every other month or so.

i like dat's approach....pick two:
a) reliability
b) performance
c) cheap

really, if you want quick power for cheap then go with NO2, if you want to turbo it, be prepared to spend many countless months taking apart and putting your car back together. not to mention the amount of money you're goin to spend will probably eclipse what you spent on the car itself.

s/c is the most cost-efficient power adder, as it is designed for your car, is easily tuned with your stock setup, and is probably the least harmful to the engine in the long run.

NO2, if run at correct levels, will give you a power boost. but since i haven't really looked into hooking a bottle up to my lara, i'm not exactly positive of how big a shot our stock block can take without blowing up. i figure no more than a 75 shot though, without having to start upgrading the internals and such.

since you're talking about a high 14's car, the NO2 would get it done, but you would probably use the bottle mostly on the track, and wouldn't have that power during daily driving circumstances. if you want the power accessible during all driving circumstance, then go with the s/c. and if you want to be fancy, and have lots of money to spend, fabricate a turbo application.

NO2 = about $500-800 plus bottle refills
S/C = about $1500-2500, which includes the s/c kit, and some extra part upgrades
Turbo = >$5000, since most everything will have to be custom made, and precisely tuned by someone who knows what's going on.

S/C = $2500?? Ha, plan on adding at least $2000 to that just in exhaust, fuel, tuning, intake mods that are needed to fully obtain the superchargers capabilities and avoid knocking problems down the road.

Here is my list:
TRD s/c (5 spd)
Pulleyboys 5.5psi pulley
Iridium spark plugs
Magnecore wires
Jims Fuel Kit
Jims Torque rod
Walbro 190 fuel pump
Supra n/a injectors
Injen + upfd extension
Supra MAF kit
Apexi safc
O2 simulators
Boost gauge (should have egt / wideband also)
Y pipe with cat deleted
Greddy Evo 2 exhaust

I'm sure I'm missing something, but this list alone is probably worth $5500+, of which I would say that $4500 is absolutely necessary. You can't look at it as a cheap mod, you have to be committed to dumping the cash needed to properly tune as well. In reality, no boosted application on a solara is a "cheap" mod.

[Chinky420]

^^ right on, i'm just totally guesstimating based on what i've seen here, for the basic kit....

so that would probably bump my tentative turbo pricing up to >8-9 grand

<--n/a and just annoyed with hearing the same question over and over again.,..how much for a turbo? which is cheaper turbo or s/c? where can i get a turbo kit for the solara? etc. etc. etc.

hskrsolara - thanks for the fact checking and correction man, HOPEFULLY that will quench the unending stream of questions about the same topic.

J.rec- if you have all these repetative questions about a turbo on the lara, then you shouldn't do it. if you aren't willing to spend more than 6k to do a s/c, then you should probably get NO2, and if you REALLY want a car with potential and more inexpensive mods, then get a honda or a nissan....or just breakdown and buy an evo or a wrx.

otherwise just be content that you're rolling in style. and that your car should be good upto 200+k miles w/ proper upkeep.

where's the pic of the cardboard turtleshell when you need it?

[94CoupeV6]

A 100 shot of nitrous through a wet kit would probably get you into the high 14's, low 15's I would guess.

[Sebas007]

A 100 shot of nitrous through a wet kit would probably get you into the high 14's, low 15's I would guess.

Someone here with a gen 1...said that he made 14.8 with a bone stock gen 1 !!! I would like to see the time slip so bad !!! My own bet would be 14.5 with the NOS. I did 14.81 with my gen 2 on my 18's (Yoko's AVS ES100 sticking like glue and they last 6 months !!) Timeslip at the end of my cardomain page on the "www" button

[SolaraGuy22]

With you being an A/T and not wanting to spend a lot of money I'd go with what Chris and the others said. Get Nitrous and a CPE.

http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=35935

[Midias]

A 100 shot of nitrous through a wet kit would probably get you into the high 14's, low 15's I would guess.

Someone here with a gen 1...said that he made 14.8 with a bone stock gen 1 !!! I would like to see the time slip so bad !!! My own bet would be 14.5 with the NOS. I did 14.81 with my gen 2 on my 18's (Yoko's AVS ES100 sticking like glue and they last 6 months !!) Timeslip at the end of my cardomain page on the "www" button

He also said he did it with an auto that is .8 faster than a 5 speed gen 1 should be