Thanks for the info folks! Where did you all get your CAI from? As anyone found the "Best" deal?

how did you handle the pulse wave tuning? Surely the old honda that you scavenged the parts from did NOT have the same intake tuning as your engine? It may sound great (mostly because it's louder than the stock airbox), but it won't perform nearly was well as it could if you did the pulse wave tunin...

Based upon your experience, which CAI is best for the Vibe GT? I've tried searching and found that alot of the folks here like the Injen CAI, but nothing that compares against other brands. Any feedback would be great!

That's true, but they wanted to us an all-in-one engine management system because they could not play with the timing maps inside the stock ECU. They DID only use the Power FC to manage the fuel, but if they had their choice, the would have use a TecIII (wasn't available at the time) or somthing sim...

I've got one phrase to sum my feelings up: 8100 rpm redline.Life just begins at 6800 rpm.

True, true. I haven't heard that about short stroke / wide bore being more prone to detonation. I would think that the 11.5:1 compression ratio would be the biggest detonation attractor... But what do I know.. until age 10, I thought girls had thingies just like me.... Yup, the Power FC units seems ...

How many miles have you put on your turbo kit? Do you really need a boost controller?

I don't quite understand why the Blitz kit would go low boost at lift, unless it has something to do with applying too much air to the engine, possibly causing a super-lean condition. A few holes in the tops of your pistons can really screw your day up!On the other hand, a good reason from running t...

Bad news for all those of you who were hoping to supercharge the 2zz engine with Alpine's supercharger. A forum member over at matrixvibe.net apparently e-mailed Alpine and they replied back that they were not planning on doing a Supercharger for the 2zz. Here's the link.

Well kiddies, I'm not sure if someone has already posted a link to this, but a forum post over at matrixvibe.net has the scoop on the XS engineering Turbo kit for the 2zz-ge engine. Check out the link HERE 250 whp on stock internals is incredible. Although, I'm a little suprised that they did not in...

That's true. You know, I just read that article recently... I shoulda kept that in mind. I hear what you're saying about the BOV. How does the Blitz S/C "go low boost" at lift? How does it know that you've gone into lift?

Something just occured to me: Is it a good idea to use the big cam life AND turbo boost at the same time? Think of it like this: Excessive torque is what usually kills clutch packs and transmissions. If you are spooling up at 2500 rpm, hitting full boost at 3800-4000 rpm, what happenes when the big ...

If you guys start looking around at specs on Cams and things, you can probably find out the differences between the 1zz-ge and the engine in the AWD model. Probably the main difference will be the lift/duration of the cam, and possible a smaller throttle body... but I would bet that the commonality ...

So that means that the celica was pushing 223 hp at the flywheel (assuming 14% driveline losses). Not bad for 1.8 liters!

Isn't the HP increase more than 30HP? I mean the stock Vibe GT is only putting down about 156 hp to the wheels, so 196 would be an improvement of 40hp, right?

Just FYI... After some more digging on Newcelica.org, another person posted that the actually HP number for the blitz kit on a 2zz was 250 whp.

CORRECTION: The Biltz supercharger listed is actually the one for the 1zz engine. A 13HP increase for $5K is hardly worth the effort, is it?

While I admit that pumping a ton of power out of a V-8 is alot cheaper than turboing a 1.8L 4-banger, that isn't the point, now is it?Are you going to squeeze a 327 V-8 into a Vibe? If so, I'll be the first to sign up for that kit. If someone could figure out a way to squeeze the 3.0L V-6 from the T...

If I remember correctly, the turbo kit @ 5psi was putting down nearly 260hp at the wheels. I think that torque was in the 230 ft/lbs. area. I'll dig the website up and post it as proof. 70 horsepower for $3500 isn't really that bad of a price. Considering that it would cost over $6,000 plus a compel...

If that's the case, then why are the guys in England selling supercharger kits for the UK version of the celica GTS (or they call it the Celica 190). It uses the same 2zz engine that we have with 11.5:1 compression ratio. The high compression ratio doesn't make it a good candidate for forced inducti...

So is anyone actually building a Supercharger for the 2zz engnie? I know that I could by the base Vibe and have a much better turbo platorm, but dammit, I just like the GT better. How do I go about supercharging it?