04' xB turbo? NEED Insight/ideas/Help
 

OK, I've decided I think I wanna turbo the xB, Its my daily, and By no means do I think it will be fast, I want to boost her at 4-6 psi max. Mainly for towing I have a very small traylor that I pull my barstool racer and pit bike on, Just want alittle something to take the strain off the little 1.5. I Cannot afford the almost $3000 greddy kit, although its seems to fit most of my guidlines. I'm pretty sure want a cast manifold, and good engine managment. I have no idea where to start. I'm not really conserned about the motor beeing able to handle it because TRD Europe has a supercharger kit from the factory and TRD Japan has a turbo kit, althought it seems to be very rare, And My too buddys that are YODA techs, seem to think she'll do just fine. So I need HMT's help. Im a honda guy and don;t know about yoda's aftermaket support. Meaning, can there ECU's be chipped/programed, is there another yoda car that has the same drive train, that somone makes a mani for ect. Any help will be awsome. ALSO I have seached around and any infomation I have found seems to be very vauge.

ZumCRX1

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why dont you just boost the crx that made you ZumCRX1

if you're gonna boost a toy, boost a real one

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boost that aerodynamic piece of ----

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well the easiest and safest way would be a nice sticker that says turbo on it

if that don't get you what you want i suggest buying 1 of everything they sell for your car on ebay

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??? umm ok, that was helpful I suppose, except all it did was waste bandwidth. but thanks?


Oh, CRX is gone, was a boosted b20 vtec. Now I'm working on a Built, stroked, boosted GSR in my ef hatch, currently has a ZEX fed b18b in it. Not looking for a toy, like I said, I want a touch more pulling power.


ZumCRX1

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it's an xb
which is one of my personal top 10 worst cars out of japan
i mean they are useless, good at nothing,ugly,there is nothing good about them
if it's that big a deal i say sell it and get a truck
or somthing like a 4wd civic to pull a trailor (actually a f20/h22 swapped turboed 4wd civic would be kinda cool and have plenty of oomph, it's what i would work on)

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get a crx

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boost the xB. It's something different and i'm ------- tired of seeing turbo hondas on here (no offense).

I'm actually in a silmilar boat with my Ranger. I use it for towing and its weak as balls so I'm thinking of throwing on a tiny turbo for that.

I would look into the AEM F/IC, figure out what injectors fit - etc. I'm not sure if that's a returnless system or not. Never worked with one but its something you'll want to find out. Should be a relatively easy project.

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So you're going to void the warranty on the Xb? becasue you want more power.

Just sell it and get something with more power.

The best thing a gearhead can have is a reliable daily driver.

Hence my daily is boring as hell.

just my 2 cents.

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Nah... boost the daily. The bus is pretty reliable :D

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Well the warrenty is just up on mine. So thats not a consern. Also Its a toyota, There Petty damn reliablle. As Far as the comments of them being useless I Also have to respectfully disagree, I've towed more than one car thats broken down with my tow strap, packed more into it than any small car should have in it and I still get an average of 33 in city miles per gallon while doing that plus more. I actully had a truck that I sold to buy the xB, and as far as I've noticed You either Love them or hate them, again thats a personal thing. Im not looking for a ---- ton more power, so a the whole "get something more powerful" argument is kinda old, whats the real option?, I mean you move to a SUV or truck, you loose gas milage and ass room. And Like a stated before I don't want/need another peiced together car suck as a swapped civic (that I have already said I have). Im not asking for your opion on the vehical, or what you think I should do, unless its about how to go about boosting it, safe, sound and affordable.thanks

ZumCRX1

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AEM FIC if you have to worry about emissions testing, standalone if you dont. Avoid the e-manage weaksauce.

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make a manifold, slap on a turbo, and find a way to tune it ::) It's the same process as any other boost project, just ------ do it...

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thanks man, I've heard bad things about emanage. I think I figured out that I can use the larger injectors from the TC, as far as everything else, that'll just be some R&D I think.

ZumCRX1

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;D

XB= Scion = Toyota = VVTI = Pain in the ass

welcome in a world that you never wanted :6

the best solution (for me)

additional injector setup +Power Enterprises Camcon VVTI controller

or

swap a B20 ;-) and call it ,,Monster Garbage,, um Garage ;D

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the farthest i would go with a turbo xb would be a hmt sticker on it as myself does. thats the closest mine will ever be to boost

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aem fic is what i would use it looks easy to hook up and all simple to use i would use it on somthing re flash is too exensive or non existant

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---- yeah toyota motors last. My lexus es300 (3.0 Toyota motor) lasted 285000miles before finally starting to burn coolant, and even then I still drove it to school for 2 more months until I sold it. Salvage title, 285000 miles, everything is fucked up except for the stereo for $1500.

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The problem with Toyotas has never been engines, (with the exception of the failure M series) its always the retarded wiring design, and the fact that you will chase electrical gremlins on any toy older than 10 years for the rest of its life.

Been doing some homework on the FIC, and it seems to be a fairly easy thing to wire in, but actual tuning might have a bit of a learning curve. I plan on using one on my 951, just because I want to keep it as 'stock' as possible and retain wiring/sensors for resale.

FIC seems to be the trick for Scions though. No Check Engine lamp worries and such. As with anything not stock though, there will always be bugs.

Poke around here for abit.
http://forum.aempower.com/forum/inde...6eb&board=89.0

Pretty impressive for a piggyback.