TTR Yaris Turbo 2015 Updates

[fnkngrv]

We need to take her out and smooth out the tune this week and then hopefully can do some videos. Also may need to deal with a possible boost creep issue. I may need to upgrade to a 50mm WG. I am hoping not, but may have to. The other choice may be to reconfigure the dump tube off the manifold. We think that perhaps the angle for it is wrong and that flow isn't entering it as efficiently as it should. I took her out for a bit today and did a WOT pull which sat at 18psi for a few seconds and then buried the gauge out of the blue at 20+. The good thing is my street tune timing is set safely and the block is sleeved...lol.

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[LTHatch]

Ah, either of those boost creep options don't sound very pleasant. How was your traction with the 20+ psi boost spike? I imagine you blow the tires away at anything below 40mph lol

[fnkngrv]

When I did a couple of the pulls I broke loose in 3rd and 4th

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[LTHatch]

[47_MasoN_47]

Man that thing sounds MEAN!

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by 47_MasoN_47

Man that thing sounds MEAN!

I have been getting a bunch of people locally telling me how much they like it too

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[fnkngrv]

Right now as it stands I won't be buying any more AEM junk. About the only thing they sell worth a damn is their EMS.

Teach me to buy any more AEM parts. Second brand new fuel pump that is defective in under 5000 miles. Never again.

The first one had a higher than normal pitched whine. Sent it in and they confirmed it was missing parts inside it and I was lucky it literally didn't blow up. Had about 4000 miles on it. This replacement was a full new kit. Less than 100 miles on it and the thing just seized. Just had to have the car towed back to the house during a tuning drive. Luckily it was only 5 miles away, but still was a mess around.

Some folks will say "should" have bought a Walboro. I have my reasons why I didn't go with them to include having a discussion with a Walboro engineer about what I am doing with the car and he suggested that their products wouldn't be a good choice plus I have heard Walboro and their are even noisier than AEM.

I have always had solid luck with Aeromotive. I should have just stuck with them in the first place, but was convinced to go AEM by my old tuning shop. I had had Walboro in the past and wasn't happy with how hot the fuel gets on return. Reduces efficiency too much for my build. Even the Walboro engineer I spoke with suggested that I go with their 190 instead of 255 however the 190 doesn't sustain high enough pressure during long boost runs for what I do.

I have just ordered an Aeromotive 11542 which on the plus side is both gas and e85. It will arrive Tuesday so I will need to pull out the AEM to do another return on it hopefully for another new kit. I will just sell the replacement on eBay or Facebook.

As if to add insult to injury while the car was being loaded on the tow truck we saw that my driver's side CV shaft boot was covered in grease. Looks like somehow I got a tear so am ordering another shaft. At least it is easy enough to change myself.





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[sqcomp]

As an AEM user myself, I support your choice in not using their fuel products.

I was going to say Walbro, but Aeromotive is absolutely fine as well IMHO.

For me, using AEM for fuel would be like using AGP for a turbo instead of the big three (Borg, Garrett, or PTE). Yeah they have concentration on the part, but they're just a reseller.

[fnkngrv]

I am really hoping AEM doesn't give me a tough time because it had been over a year since they shipped me the replacement in the first place. I just go the car back together. I could submit shop records and photos with timestamps to prove it, but we all know how manufacturers and storefronts get.

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[fnkngrv]

I feel their FIC6 is junk too. I had nothing but issues with mine.

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[LTHatch]

That's a shame to hear, at least the engine wasn't damaged when it failed. What's your theory on the cause of the CV boot being torn?

[fnkngrv]

There is a small puncture hole so assuming while the car was torn down all that time and the car moving from my place to Dell's to his father-in-law's to Jason's gave a great opportunity for it to happen.

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[Paris turbo]

how much power are you going to make and you sleeved the block? 350+?

[fnkngrv]

Street tune is around 315 on pump gas. No water meth. Race tune we are shooting for as close to 450 as we can get on c12. May go e85 in the future as well.

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[fnkngrv]

Oh yeah...sorry. Yes the block is sleeved.

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[fnkngrv]

New fuel pump is in and man is it so much quieter than the AEMs. Low volume whistle, but very bearable and can't really be heard from outside the vehicle.

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[LTHatch]

Very nice, how was the install vs the AEM pump you had before?

[fnkngrv]

Pretty similar. The Aeromotive unit fits more easily in the pump sleeve. The only noticeable difference otherwise is that the AEM part had a rubber cover that went over half of the bottom of the unit by the filter and the Aeromotive doesn't. That rubber piece kept falling off the AEM anyway and would float around inside my tank. It was a PITA.

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