Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance Got a turbo GTS anybody?

curious if anyone has slapped a turbo in a gts...i heard that the engine wont run with a turbo put on it cause efi shuts it down due to compression conflicts

Not true, theres tons of people with turbos on the GTS. I know about 6 people locally.

^^ yup. you should slap who ever told you that

Slap them twice.

the only thin with running a turbo gts is no more than 6 psi safely then if you want to up boost effiantly then lower compression internals must be done to maybe an 8:8:1 i beleive is a good turbo compression ration-does that help?

yeah but then your turbo for life, gts wouldnt function right like that n/a

true i found a turbo kit that is 8 psi tested bolt on for 4700 its supposed to give 90 hp wrp with no mods now i would just like to see one in action...

and yes it helped thank you everybody

good luck i prefer N/A

after looking at what a lot of youy are doing to your cars im starting to think n/a would actually be WAY better...besides its pure ownage

no N/A GTS is going to OWN any turbo GTS at the moment, and the forseeable future. I have a turbo GTS(343 CRANK, 316whp) and Im in love with the car. I too tried going N/A as the 2zz can take the abuse, but after all bolt on's and the PFC, i still was very disatisfied with the outcome. Im running 14psi daily and 20 psi on the track. No issues. If your setup is done correct and you maintain your car afterwards, its just like having the N/A GTS...just a lot faster and a lot more fun. This message was brought to you by the folks over at C2Power, have you driven a STG1 today...lol Good luck!

Oh and 'slapping' on a turbo is not all there is to do...I kind of cringed when I read that for some reason.

how much torque are you running ?

I would love to see a video of a turbo'ed GTS anyone got a vid? or a link they can throw up?

^ would be nice, never seen a T/C GTS in action

LINK?!?!

i have a gts 6 spd..and i wish i had the $$$ to turbo it..and a good shop to do it..a turbo gts must be sick!! for you guys that have em... props to you!

i posted a short clip of my car awhile back, try searching it. Right now im at work and cant get to my FTP to give a link. I would love to make a run now but it snowing here now and ive already had to ditch my car once last week Thank God I have a Kam Kit in the garage to replace the OEM body parts damaged.

still make an effort to post

ahhh is this the vid you talking about c2powergts?? god damn!! this ride sounds hella clean

Damn, thats nice. Someday...

as soon as i sell my truck i will be going stage one c2 gas turbo

ah I just creamed when I saw that vid ... and now for some reason I have it looped and cant quit listening to it.

lol...yea bro thats it, glad you like it! Its even faster now then from when that vid was taken!

well this dyno was a flawed one because of some issues with the car i posted about before, but on this session i was running about 230lbs tq

hehehehhe I couldnt help but keep replaying it over and over lol.

Ooh you got the GTS to go even faster aye Now let's see the video of that sexy beast

why is a turbo so damn expensive-cant we all just be turbo'ed

because toyota has tunnle vision...hehehe...really back in the day toyota wouldnt have thought twice about putting a turbo on its cars, but as its one of the top 3 enjoying a reputable car rating, in the terms of cars being reliable, i doubt they will ever go back to mass producing turbo cars from the factory:( Not that couldnt produce quality cars that were turbo'd but why if they can push off on the consumer a good N/A car cheaper.

i know i know-damn profit margins!

WOW is all i can say, that turbo sounded so bad ass...

what all engine mods did you have to do to run 14 psi? and overall, how much have you put into your engine in order to pull those kinds of numbers...I mean how much $$$ (USD) and what all mods have you done...

thanks!

I dunno why everyone thinks you will destroy a 2zz on more then 6psi. you can boost 9psi daily safely. 11-12 for the track on STOCK internals.

actually, I am boosting @8psi daily

see

so how much does the c2 turbo mod cost?

dunno. staffords kit is about $3800 for the gts.

turbo would be nice to have. ok i got a question. Generally what are we talking here for turbo setup? I know you need the turbo, intercooler? and what else?

all the piping and some type of engine management.

I am looking to turbo my 231 also I am going to try to piece it together slowly with parts I can add and notice a difference I am thinking about running a greddy emanage piggy back system what do you all think about that? Also I am just going to install it with a apexi n1 evolution cat back exhaust and a test pipe cat, I want to make my own turbo kit as it will be cheaper in the long run and I will get the parts I really want. Anyone know who makes an turbo manifold for the gts?

^^ not a generic one. might wanna try stafford. they would be able to custom fab one for ya.

wow thats a cool video, GTS =

not trueeee

new pants are needed for me.. that video was amazing... i want a turbo.. but it's soo much work and so much money