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Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006
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Was that the T-shirt you used? Now Garm can sell them as actual performance accessories :-D
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08-11-2012, 01:26 PM
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Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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 It wasn't all we used. We also used the stock Yaris plastic manifold I bought from 90tsi to make sure everything matched up right, the flange cut off from the Corolla manifold for the port configuration on the other side, a 3 bolt Corolla throttle body gasket, as well as both stock yaris Oring gaskets. This way there was an actual physical representation for everything that needed to be fabricated. Driving the car yesterday confirmed what I had suspected from the beginning but had no way of knowing for sure. That unique reverse-collector "exhaust header" plenum-less design inherently works as good or even better than the plenum "log" style manifolds. It was just a lot more expensive for the factory to design and fabricate the convoluted runners. I was stunned at the superb tip-in response just as the butterfly opens off-idle when your first taking off from a stop. It's better than the stock manifold. This really got me excited because I was the most concerned with low rpm driveability because that's how my wife and I drive. We're more hypermiler than hotrodder. Now if the tooter is that good at the bottom, it can only mean that performance is sacrificed somewhere else, because you can't have everything. This is why I'm really eager to hit the dyno just to see how much is given up, and where the compromise is made. You know, this is going to sound silly, but it is honestly what got me going on all of this. I thought the manifold looked absolutely beautiful. To me it was like a work of art. It had that really neato formula 1 racing freeflowing "bundle of snakes" tuned exhaust header look that I've always been fascinated by. I enjoy intuitively following what genuinely captures my interest just to see where it leads. It's like following a shiny slender mysterious silver thread of causality... 
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08-11-2012, 01:35 PM
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Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007
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08-11-2012, 02:10 PM
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Drives: 2008 Yaris HB MT Join Date: Jan 2009
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Congrats man, it'd been fun to watch this thread. Glad you finally have it running! I can't wait to see what the dyno says.
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08-11-2012, 02:12 PM
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Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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Last edited by tooter; 08-11-2012 at 02:55 PM. |
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08-11-2012, 04:27 PM
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08-11-2012, 04:36 PM
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play every day
Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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08-11-2012, 05:53 PM
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Drives: 2008 Black Sedan Join Date: Oct 2008
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08-11-2012, 05:57 PM
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Drives: 2005 Toyota Echo Join Date: Aug 2010
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You know what I love most about boobs?
Boob.
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08-11-2012, 06:20 PM
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1NZ-6spd
Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008
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Mmmmm, Booooobies
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08-11-2012, 08:07 PM
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Official thread jack! Sorry Tooter....you're out!
Boobies FTW! 
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08-11-2012, 10:00 PM
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play every day
Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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Boobs obviously trump cars.
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08-11-2012, 10:22 PM
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play every day
Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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I just couldn't resist driving the car more...
 So I doubled up the T shirt over the velocity stack, and did some 4,000 rpm test revs while watching the shirt for signs of exess suction, and all was good to go. The air was quite still with no blowing dust so I took it to town again to run some errands. starts right up  idles smoothly very responsive no CEL. 38.9 average gas mileage So far, the tooter manifold has been a rousing success for my driving style, because it is performing so well under regular low rpm driving conditions. All that remains now is resolving the air filter issue when the 90 degree coupling arrives and then generating some horsepower and torque curves. After that I think I'll just enjoy running it as is for a while, then later I'll decide on the aesthetics of what finish to put on it. |
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08-11-2012, 10:25 PM
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Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008
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We NEED a vid. Even if it's just idling in the driveway.
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08-11-2012, 10:48 PM
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Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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I'll post a video both idling and running on Monday.
My camera has no sound, and my wife has the good camera. |
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08-11-2012, 11:03 PM
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Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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I figured that air filters use cotton fibers, so I did too.
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08-11-2012, 11:45 PM
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08-11-2012, 11:58 PM
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Drives: '10 PW Yaris Sedan Join Date: Feb 2011
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The best thing about boobs...is when they bounce...
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