200hp I4 Solara.....is it possible?

[woa_its_j3ff]

I live in chicago and have heard of ZPI. dont go there. ever. nuff said.

[sahuddleston]

I live in chicago and have heard of ZPI. dont go there. ever. nuff said.

lol thank you... we are just tryin to help you bro. if you really are interested in a turbo kit - let me know and ill help! if theres one thing i know, its about getting the 2az turboed.

[Solara08861]

This is from Urbanracer.com tech column. I this question and here is the answer

I have a 2004 Toyota Solara with the 2AZ-FE 2.4-liter engine. The Solara shares the same engine with the Scion tC. There are a lot of aftermarket engine parts for the tC like headers, turbos etc. I want to keep my motor NA so my question is, would headers for the tC fit my car? If it does fit do I have to modify it.

Your help is appreciated,
Raymond Gonzalez

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Fit is a relative term. It will certainly fit at the cylinder head but the question is will it run into anything as it snakes down to the cat and beyond. I called Kenny Tran of Jotech Racing for some additional details. Kenny, the driver of the Q-Power drag car in NHRA Sport Compact competition, has an ever-growing data base of tC info. He built a turbocharged tC for Nitto that was on the covers of many import magazines. Kenny related that a tC header would not run into any major obstacles. He foresees modification of the downpipe because the Solara is longer so its catalytic converter placement is probably different compared to the Scion.

The idea of a turbo kit fired a light bulb over Kenny's head. He figured a Turbonetics kit would fit with a few mods. Since the Solara is also wider than a tC some of the piping would need to be reworked but he said some of the supplied pipes would fit. The wider track of the Solara would also impact the fitment of the intercooler. Kenny surmised that pipe extensions may be all that is needed to get the intercooler to fit. Also, since the ECUs are identical Kenny expects the Turbonetics Unichip tuning scheme will be a seamless proposition.

For additional support check toyotanation.com, it has a forum specifically for Solara owners and TRD may also be a good resource.

[onefiend]

modding a 2AZ-FE is tough, ZPI is unreliable and don't expect your engine to hold up with a GREDDY.

trade in your i4 for a v6.

[**PoshPepper**]

trade in your i4 for a v6.

+1....

[crispone]

trade in your i4 for a v6.

+1....

+2....



I'm pulling-off on a lot of cars that are SUPPOSED to be quicker than my gen 2 Solara... I feel pretty good about this setup, and I'm not done yet. One VERY IMPORTANT part of performance that gets missed by heavily HORSEPOWER focused tuners, is the importance of TORQUE for truly streetable power that is balanced and delivers satisfying "PULL" when you want it. Ultimately, as cliche as it is.... there is no replacement for displacement.

That having been said... you can gain some good torque from compression bump and a good intake/exhaust setup coupled with some good tuning in a N/A motor... even if you stick with the 4.

(By "good torque", I am meaning several points... perhaps low teens. This, along with the improved RESPONSIVENESS of a motor that breathes better... and it can become a noticable gain...)


-crisp

[RDKamikaze]

Wow crisp, you should write a book. Title it "Turbos and You" or something lol! People like you who know everything help give people like me knowledge and hope for another day of survival in the grousome world of essays, civics, and rice.

In short, +3 to the getting a V6...that I don't have .

[ThatVietGuy]

Go read "Car Hacks and Mods for Dummies" if you want a primer on modding. It won't tell you how to mod, but it will give you basic info on what can be done to a car.

[crispone]

Well, I'd like to add a CAUTION on my earlier post re: bumping compression. As Phreak appropriately pointed out the other nite, (over a hot steaming bowl of ramen...), there are RISKS associated with this type of "conventional" tuning practice... such as one performs with "reckless abondon" on a small-block, or generously toleranced cylinder head. Specifically, CLEARANCE! If you have a motor that uses "dished" pistons, such as may be necessitated by tight "squish" areas, where the valve to piston head clearance is MINIMAL... you don't have much room to "mill" a head and bring those valves any closer to that piston... additionally, many Toyotas, unlike many Hondas, have enough clearance to prevent contact in "OUT OF TIME" valvetrain situations, such as can occur when a timing belt breaks or "skips" very badly... but this "forgiving distance" may be eliminated with milling of heads. BIG head/valve/piston damage risk... potentially a complete show stopper if the piston head hits those valves... you could mill your way to a blown motor on the first crank, if the mod is done wrong.

(Of course, there is compression bumping related to valve timing... but similar risks must be considered... and such compression increasing techniques have their OWN set of technical considerations...)

Point is, you need to do your research, and make sure you don't go "BACKWKARD" with your tuning... LOSING power by being hasty... or WORSE... totally disable or destroy your car...


Thanks for making the point, Brian...


-crisp

[---CAMRAZY---]

exactly. you guys need to do a little research first before asking these questions.

think think.

Some of us need to practice what we preach.........

[s15lara]

^ ha ha ha ha ha

[**PoshPepper**]

LMAO!!!!

[Turbosolara]

exactly. you guys need to do a little research first before asking these questions.

think think.

Some of us need to practice what we preach.........

lol

[hskrsolara]

^^haha, exactly!

[i20solara02i]

when scott had his turbo charge solara it was auto. it wasn't too bad. scott just didn't want to deal with tune up. here my dyno sheet to the wheel that my car is making.