Celica Forums General Discussion General GM turbo for VVTL-i?

read this last night from Road and Track. do guys think we can go to a GM dealer and pick one up next year???

they have toyota motors...so they are probably talkin about the TRD supercharger

but on a VVTL-i???

It says Turbo,not supercharger though

weird. but if GM makes the Turbo i dont think we can use it. i dont know shit about Turbos, but thats wut i assume. its just our engine is the engine as that cars(which i didnt even know), but the ecu will be different, and maybe some other parts wont be easy bolt ons.

run down, GM design the body for matrix and vibe, toyota provide the motors...hence, vibe is using the 2zz-ge in the GT model...

yea GM isnt gonna design a Turbo for a toyota product...sorry to tell ya.

GM doesnt have anythign to do with the motor in those...its all toyota..

its the trd supercharge

hmmm interesting...

well if you notice the car looks a lot like the matrix... I think toyota is manufacturing the whole thing...

is it hard to believe that GM is making a Turbo charger ? sure toyota built the motor but GM is improving it so does that mean it is a toyota Turbo or a GM Turbo. either way as long as the manifold bolts up Celica owners will be able to use the Turbo charger parts. just get a suel system and youll be boosting.

The Vibe is a GM badged Matrix.

I don't know what they're talking about when it comes to a Turbo option though.

the matrix and vibe suck. It's a waste to super/turbo charge them.

I beg to differ.

185WHP natually aspirated.

^^^ yuck..

You're one to talk.

I see the vibe/matrix as a entry family wagon. Sorry

wtf is up with the tissue paper on that poor car ?

It's called "tape".

It protects the lights so that they don't shatter or chip or break while you're racing, and cause problems with the other cars in the race.

Broken lights on the track is bad, bad, bad.

Its very common in auto cross, its to protect the lenses from rocks and such on the track

^^^beat me to it

they suck

Are you just mad becuase a Turbo matrix will pull on you ?!?!? plus i dont understand what the big deal is. the matrix and vibe have the same motor as the GT celica. as long as the Turbo manifold fits you should be able to use the same kit on your celica. just get different piping since the engine bays are a little bit different in size. i really dont know what you guys are complaining about.

that article is confusing, they have absolutely no clue what they are saying.

it IS a matrix body..with a few extra design cues gm threw in.

(somebody probably already said this..but theres a lot of reply's to this thread)

ok to clear it up


Toyota and GM partnered up for the matrix/vibe

both share each others parts in the car
for example, the radio in the matrix...is made by gm
while, the motor in both cars...is from toyota...
chassis is the same..
it's the SAME car, with different looks..
mechanical wise..all the same

ghey

The blue one is an XRS with the 2zz, but most of them do have the 1zz.