this guy made toyotas look crappy..., trecel turbo dynoed at 110 hp?!? Options

[easternpiro1]

here in charlotte its known that there will be something poppin on a nice saturday night. last weekend was no different except it was a dyno night. there were alot of nice cars out there! some guy from HIN brought his black emotion nissan z out and there were a couple supras...but what caught my atteniton was a little grey trecel. i go over to one of the dyno operators and ask what engine it is, he says something about a 4e and its a starlett engine swap from japan...uh okay...never heard of a starlett. but anyway, he completes the dyno test and only 110 hp pops up the guy looked pretty disappointed and i was stupified. is it me or is something terribly wrong here? the guy says his fuel was too rich but i call bs. it was a turbo but it was putting the same hp as my car (st)
someone please clarify what a starlett engine is because i would expect more out of an engine thats turboed.

now i want to race him....for sh!!ts and giggles...

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Aug 29, 2005 - 12:17 PM

[Illyont]

110 whp out of a 1.3 litre engine is pretty good in my opinion. And if the car isn't tuned like it should on top of that, it should get kinda quick after a tune-up.. Stock ST would probably loose bigtime.

Going a little bit off-topic, but bare with me.. After switching over to German cars I'm shocked how much power they can produce with very little effort compared to alot of Japanese cars. The 01' Audi A4 with a straight 4 1.8 litre turboed engine come with 150 bhp stock. Use a 500$ racing chip and you have like 200 bhp. Add new turbo, IC, header and exhaust and you will get an insane 500 bhp out of that little 1.8 liter engine.

Compared with the AWD-system Quattro from Audi those cars are fast... I'm swapping my 2.0 litre NA motor with a built 1.8T motor and will get about 300 bhp easy. And the thing here.. We are not talking about the fast Audis yet.. We are talking about the slow Audis (ST, USDM GT style).. And for some crazy reason, you can get a 400-600 bhp car street legal in no-time, as long as it's not Japanese.. They seem to favor german cars and american muscle cars around here.

The fast ones come with 4.2 litre V8 twin turbo, 480 bhp stock and AWD.. Or 2.4 litre V6 twin turbo with like.. 350 bhp stock. The streets are crawling with those cars around here.. And parts are all over the place. Both used original parts, and aftermarket support. I guess living close to Germany is an advantage, but still.. I would have a hard time going back to Toyota after this :/

Back on topic. My point is.. ST 116 bhp, 85-90 whp. That car; less weight and 110 whp, probably 125-130 bhp in a 1.3 litre engine.. It's great