st 204 turbo Options

[thorshammer]

Hi I have a st204 Celica with 5fse engine and am wanting o turbo it. I have read 1bwilson's and Shid's posts on turboing a 5sfe and list of components needed and this seems to be the best way to go. In my neck of the woods CT26 turbos are hard to come by, T3/T4 turbo is easier to sourc.e My question is what T3/T4 do I need and other than a CT26-T3/T4 adaptor is there anything else I need. I live in Australia so Mustangs and other American cars are not common here but plenty of Japanese sources. Thanks

[presure2]

trust me, instead of getting the emanage ultimate, get the megasquirt.

the emanage is just a more advanced piggyback, i had it for a few years on my 5sfte that made 300+whp. (read my thread like smaay posted, its worth the read to go thru both our posts, as well as syaoran's build thread he is working on.)
the megasquirt will give you full control of fuel and more importantly on the 5sfte, timing.
the stock ECU is setup for n/a, and has alot of timing, especially in the low load areas, too much for a boosted application, and that will cause issues, no matter the piggyback.

unless your ultimate goal is only 220-250whp, i would skip the ct-26 and at least go 20b. the '26 creates tons of backpressure at anything over stockish boost, and with that comes heat.
that extra heat is bad, especially on a 5s, even more so with a piggyback.

if your gonna build a t3/4 based setup, check out supershannons thread that i made, its got alot of details and pics that will show you what needs to be done.

the crank sensor bolts to the oil pump housing, and the crank pully for the timing belt has the trigger wheel built into it.
you cant use that with the stock ECU (in a 94-95, all the 96+ 5s had em)
its not absolutly needed, especially for a budget build, but it definetly allows more accurate timing information than the stock distributor.
rods i wouldnt worry about unless your looking to make 400+whp, or looking to raise your redline.

really have a serious read thru my build thread, there are alot of details in there that your totally missing, that would cover alot of the questions you seem to have.

ill have to do a podcast on the 5sfte in the next couple weeks.
if you havent yet, i suggest checking out the podcast thread in the general disscussion forum.