Looking Into Turbo - Toyota Yaris Forums

RacerFreakXXX · 09-01-2009, 09:01 PM

now i've been comparing supercharger vs turbo cost and this is what i came up with is that for 2-3k i can get the hks turbo kit and for 3-4k i can get the blitz supercharger. My question is EMS, once again... I know I'm going to need a ems for the turbo but i see tons of people running the supercharger w/o. Now I can find a shop that will tune the yaris my question is if it's worth it to grab the hks kit, get some custom piping done with an intercooler and try and tune that or grab the supercharger and play it safe. I just have a gut feeling that a turbo would make my car go boom if something was slightly wrong with my setup and for the little extra the supercharger would be safe and easier to maintain in the long run. Am I just being paranoid and think I should go for the hks turbo? I'm not going to buy it till summer when I have a place to install the turbo.

Also I was comparing weight to power ratio against other cars and I found that with the supercharger you should technically be about as fast as a stock rsx type s or prelude and with the turbo you should be about as fast as a stock wrx( not the 09+ with 265bhp)

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09-01-2009, 09:01 PM	#33
RacerFreakXXX JDM Fred View User's Garage Drives: 06 Mazda Miata Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somers NY Posts: 787	now i've been comparing supercharger vs turbo cost and this is what i came up with is that for 2-3k i can get the hks turbo kit and for 3-4k i can get the blitz supercharger. My question is EMS, once again... I know I'm going to need a ems for the turbo but i see tons of people running the supercharger w/o. Now I can find a shop that will tune the yaris my question is if it's worth it to grab the hks kit, get some custom piping done with an intercooler and try and tune that or grab the supercharger and play it safe. I just have a gut feeling that a turbo would make my car go boom if something was slightly wrong with my setup and for the little extra the supercharger would be safe and easier to maintain in the long run. Am I just being paranoid and think I should go for the hks turbo? I'm not going to buy it till summer when I have a place to install the turbo. Also I was comparing weight to power ratio against other cars and I found that with the supercharger you should technically be about as fast as a stock rsx type s or prelude and with the turbo you should be about as fast as a stock wrx( not the 09+ with 265bhp)