what's the deal on WC GT turbo?

[My2ktoy]

Is there any news on wctoyotasports turbo? What's the ETA on it? My loan just went through for $4k, and i'm sitting here twiddling my thumbs waiting for it!!! Hurry hurry....must have boost...must beat v8's.....lol.

[larryd]

the car they were testing it on was in a bad accident.. information is on www.toyotacelica.org on the forum..

[oldster]

Originally posted by larryd
the car they were testing it on was in a bad accident.. information is on www.toyotacelica.org on the forum..

Didn't someone also say they had a backup?

[larryd]

yeah, but I havent heard anything about it since that..

[Maelfyn]

Think 2-3 months

[ToyoGT]

gsx here i come :D

[David Draper]

The kit is scooting along fine, but because of the accident, the focus has been shifted to the Spyder.

Hey, it's progress, believe me, because getting the Spyder guys onboard means steady flow of income which means it's a LOT easier to talk GM's and others into spending more company money on things.

At any rate, the Spyder is going in on Tuesday, and will hopefully be on it's way to Luke soon thereafter.

And that's about it. Sorry it's not more interesting, it's just been a lot of R&D recently.

David

[Keyshawn]

Any estimates about when it's gonna be done? Summer, you think or sooner? I don't even own a GT but I'm just curious.

[Oo DaRk StAr oO]

Me and David Draper dropped my car off to get repairs the other day. If Davids back-up dosent work... I have a back-up... so no worries we'll get the kit going.

Matt

[kuruptgt]

i need this thing by june. if not im gonna have to go the custom route. not to be a **** to dave or matt cause there doin some good work i am just a very impatinent person so just to make it clear its not you guys . lata

[WillyK]

Hey Darkstar how did your car get wrecked? I'm much to lazy to go looking around on another board for the answer.

[Oo DaRk StAr oO]

some moron in a Chevy Tahoe opened up his door on the busiest street in the United States, Pacific Coast Highway. Tore down the right side of my car.

[gavin]

I'm with kuruptgt on the kit.. june or custom... :)

[oldster]

The latest news from Toyotacelica.org is that the kit is tunable via a serial port and software which will be included with the kit. So evidently the boost cannot be changed but fuel settings etc. will be tunable.

[boardernr]

what kind of 1/4 mile times can we expect out of this setup

[larryd]

i think maybe 16s :) jk.. you cant guestimate on times becuz times is all driver based.. you can put a ****ty driver in a 10 second car and they may run 16 seconds :)

[David Draper]

Originally posted by oldster
The latest news from Toyotacelica.org is that the kit is tunable via a serial port and software which will be included with the kit. So evidently the boost cannot be changed but fuel settings etc. will be tunable.

NO! Not tunable! The ones we're using are tunable, but the ones in the kits will be hard-coded. That's all I need is someone leaning out the fuel mixture! :AF:

David

[oldster]

Originally posted by David Draper


NO! Not tunable! The ones we're using are tunable, but the ones in the kits will be hard-coded. That's all I need is someone leaning out the fuel mixture! :AF:


David

There seems to be some confusion on this point. Matt has said that it will be tunable with software which is released with the kit.
:confused:

[oldster]

ttt

[kuruptgt]

it looks like its getting nowhere

[ToyoGT]

man i want a turbo. by the end of summer or i think i will go the custom route as well :)

[David Draper]

FYI, the ECU will not be tunable. It will be hardcoded, and that's it!

I think Matt was talking about the ECU that is going on the volunteers' cars.

Car's in the shop getting fitted, so there is progress.

I'll keep ya posted...

David