i have been searching all night for some info on how hard it would be to turbo a 4 cylinder, 2 wheel drive tacoma. i can make the manifold, piping, etc.. i just cant find anything on the ignition/fuel/and what the drivetrain can handle... if anyone knows of any sites or anything that could help me out... please tell me... sorry if this is too off topic for this forum!

 

contact SUPER T

 

I just sold a guy 2 sets of pauter rods for a 2.7 tacoma going boost. I;ll post up some pics when his setup is done. should be bad ***!!!!

 

awesome, i want to do it right the first time, im gonna probably have a local engine builder (Moffit and Bratten if you guys have heard of them) sleeve/balance/p&p etc... i want 350 hp + in the end... but who knows what will happen

 

All I can say is SuperT is the guy you wanna talk to


[Modified by Paul_Vang, 1:27 AM 3/5/2003]

 

Hell ya, T's Toyota has like 500whp runnin low 11's. That's a bad little bitch

 

i was at the track and this tacoma came out of nowhere and ran an 11.1!

jacked up on big tires and everything, it was nuts.

 

Chris Rado's Celica runs the 2.7 toyota tacoma 4 cylinder and develops 1000hp or so...The 2.4 tacoma motor is just a smaller displacement version. Alot of power poetential there(as there is with most DOHC engines)

If your goal is 350hp, just swap in some forged pistons and leave everthing else stock...it will be up to the task of "only" 350hp. Put in a standalone(Haltech, AEM, SDS etc) and some larger injectors and a high output fuel pump(walbro or supra twin turbo) a good t3/t4 turbo and an intercooler and 350 will be easy...in fact, witht that large displacement, it will go over 350 with ease, even with completely stock head and cams...

Just my 02...

Dave

 

Hey SuperT,

What about a Nissan Frontier non-super?

Who can I talk to about Turbo on that. Specifically, fuel control and such.

IM me if this is too offtopic.

Thanks,
Randy

 

That was the old 4 cylinderm that ran a 11.3 @ 123mph...I have a 2jzgte in there now, making 700hp and running 10's, soon to be 9's if this damn snow will go away!

 

lol i saw that at moroso too... me and my friends were like eh... high 14's... ****** shot out and ran 11's we were lik

 

that is MUCH better news than i had hoped for! what kind of hp do you think you had when you ran 11.3? would you reccomend rods too? or just pistons? what about drivetrain issues?

 

Mike Self (assistant editor Mini Truckin) has a light baby blue tacoma that was turbo at one point. That truck was fast, thats all i know. you can email him for info im sure, tell him Rob told you that he had a turbo tacoma. You can probably look up his email at mcmullen argus' websit. sorry i dont know it off hand. That truck did haul though


Rob

 

Thats nuts.

 

I want to see pics of it jacked up

 

I think that truck has an older 22R motor, regardless its a sleeper

 

go check out http://www.customtacos.com

plenty of turbo tacomas. many of them run 13 or so psi. with a FMU and a fuel pump. and that's with the 2.4 ltr. btw what motor do you have ?

 

hehe, i dont even have the truck yet, which motor would you reccomend? i am getting a 2 wheel drive 4 cylinder...

 

i know a guy around sarasota here who had one i dunno if he sold it or not but he had a nice little setup i believe he was running the 2.4

or if u get really lucky find one of the rare *** 80s turbo pickups. those would be great to play with.

 

there is one of those turbo pickups at my school, i noticed it today hehe, at first i thought the turbo sticker on the back was a joke