Toyota Vios Turbo Charged

Toyota Vios Turbo Charged

Yes! Its 2am now... not that we tuned the car until 2am, but talk kok until 2am.

Ok, we took a 1n-zfe engine from Toyota Vios, put in a turbo kit that works, and see what happens.

This ride come stock with 110 bhp, (there abouts), direct firing ignition, VVTi technology and a very light chasis of 950kg.

Sounds good? Well, the owner throw in a 8 pt under-carriage, aftermart suspension which is tuned to perfection and a nice 16 inch rims with nice performance rubbers. The handling of this ride was 2 worlds apart from the factory baked version. Of course, the struts bars, fuly lighten chasis, short shifter and bucket seat also further enhance the driving experience.

Putting in a turbo and have it tuned with Greddy Emanage Blue is really a simple and fast way of adding bhp onto this ride. With the amount of time and money spent, adding in another 50~60 bhp can never be easier than this kind of setup. Given the stability and ease of maintenence, a turbo kit will be an excellent choice.

On one of the traffic lights sprints, we noticed that as we hit the 3rd gear, the cars that was beside us is now at least 10~20 cars away, "... driving this car is like machiam driving a ferrari like that ... " hahaha... thats from the mouth of Sam as we completed our tuning. Seriously, 170~190 bhp on a sub 1 ton car is not something you can chuck aside. As compared to a 1.5 ton car with 220 bhp, I think the Vios will fair much better given all else constant like driving skill and stuff.

Ok, owner's turn to test drive. With a few instructions on how to handle a turbo charged car and also information on how the Vios will react to the turbo, we're off... Even without boosting, the owner is already feeling the difference and remarked that he is not used to this kind of driving. Mind you... thats even before the turbo starts to boost up.

Owner is a fanatic of cars and frequents the track on a regular basis, with the kit in and added bhp, he is now left to relearn the new setup and better prep himself for the tracks next month. Ok, here comes the boost at 2500 rpm and pulls all the way till redline. I saw him smiling hahaha... next gear... puuuuull all the way again... cool. And again....

Verdict:
For those who loves pulling till redlines, this kit is highly recommend. This kit is more for those who are looking for that extra 60 horses to help pull them out of that long corner. Overall, this kit is highly recommended.

On the flip side, you'll need to be briefed on how the toyota VVTi works best which is essential is making the most of the variable cam timing toyota is throwing in this car. Smooth like fark idling and no CEL lights.

Oh! Something's lacking on this ride...hahaha... the mid pipe is too small liaoz... the stock vios exhaust felt a little restrictive after the turbo is in... anyway... thats no big problem anyway. Since we have already customize full exhaust system for Vios before and using 321 stainless steel material to build it.

Ok, I damn sleepy already....

Happy Racing!!