Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior new turbo for GT

new turbo for GT by TOM's
220ps/28kgm at 0.4kg/cm2 boost

I heard it is coming soon...

Might be a stupid question, but who is TOM'S?

Is the intercooler on top of the engine?

TOM's is a highly repected japan tuner of toyota cars

No its not top of engine, if you look closely he they put the engine up and picture is taken facing bottom of the engine. Where its contacting the floor thats where engine meets firewall, thus intercooler is in the front

[ 03-19-2003, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: Mike Lu ]

Ooooh. Any more info on this? Price, availability, ect? I'm saving for rims right now, but if this is affordable (2,000-4,000), I might wait a year and get me a turbo...

no shit? a Turbo for a GT from Tom's? , you sure its not for the GTS? TOM's is a great tuner for toyotas and its probably for both engines, if its true... its time to save up MONEY!

I'm sure its not for GTS.
I heard that Tom's are going to sell this kit around june in japan.

my prayers have been answered

No it has not been answered, but it is a good sign... Still have to crack the ECU. If it is easy to mod to fit U.S. Celica then there would be bunch of Blitz SC GTS running around already

i'm sure since TOM's is a well respected tuner for toyota in japan, toyota will crack the ECU for them... i dn't know, whatever. i just want a turbocharger

Toyota will not do anything for any aftermarket companies (sad to say), so Tom's is on their own. But because Apex has that PowerFC that works well on a GTS should work for GT also, they can use PowerFC for their engine management. I hear AEM is coming out with full ECU replacement stand alone system, if it comes out it could solve Tom's problem also.

fuck the gt! j/k . but seriously, they need to come out with turbo for gts! or trd needs to hurry up on that supercharger.

what about the Denso markings some of our parts? I thought they played a role in the Celica ECUs? If thats the case, couldnt TOMS just go to Denso for help? Well, both are companies that build race cars so I suppose they can do whatever they want with or without Toyota.

If that was true Blitz would have done so and their Supercharger would be out a year ago
Blitz is a huge and well respected company, probably bigger than TOM's so kinda shows Toyota will not help any aftermarket companies.

Toyota never help Blitz s/c kit in japan now.