Performance upgrades

by **mixonchik** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:57 pm

im planning to buy a solara 99 but first i want to find out what performance upogrades are there for solara to make it lil bit faster. i dont want to buy supercharger because i cant throw taht much money at 1 time. mayb some less erios but like... good upgrades... lets say a Y pipe or a chip... what mods are ther?
and is there anyone with nos? how it works on these cars... thank you for information...
maybe some uesefull links pliz

by **geminimouse** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:06 pm

i'm guessing ur lookin at the v6. Do u have a price range? solara parts can be expensive. What u can do is look at other members car and check out what mods they have.

by **Hsakuragi** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:11 pm

to make it a BIT faster

1) exhaust
2) intake
3) Y pipe only

+ each trd sticker will give you additional 10 hps .... :drinking:

by **Mole** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:18 pm

there is no such thing as cheap when it comes to modding cars.

prepare to spend a good amt of $$ if you want to make the solara "quicker."

i already lost count of how much i put into my baby.

as the saying goes, "money is like speed. how fast do you want to go?"

by **mixonchik** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:09 am

well, i had lincoln mark viii. stock it ran 15.1 in 1/4 mile. It had 280 horses and i guess because of it was a fast ar i crushed it. the most serios modd i had was the pulley and gears. I had 330 horses by the time i finished modding it. I waisted 900 on gears and few hundreds on pulley. How much horses will Y pype, intake and exhaust do...
anyone tryed Nos?
i see a lot of solaras with a supercharger, but its kinda expensive. 3500 i believe is 2 much.
im lokin for lets say 1500 on most effective performance mods.

thats the only problem which is killin me. i like looks of moded solara with body kit a lot, the competitor to it that i have is nissan maxima 2000. I cant choose. there are tons of mods for maxima but maxima sucks only because in brooklyn, there will be at least 7 maximas on one block...
p.s. you guys have any problems with solaras? are they as reliable as maximas?
thank you!

by **krook** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:37 am

toyotas will last you 10 years plus. i'd take a toyota over a maxima anyday as far as reliability is concerned. if you're gonna NOS it...you'll prolly affect that "10 year" expectancy toyota is known for. but you can try it. do a search.

i bought the S/C for my solara for $1600 SHIPPED. if you wait around long enough, you'll score a good deal on the supercharger.

by **Hsakuragi** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:47 am

hell no i paid my charger for 3500...i got mine off from ebay for 1820 shipped + 450 for installation at dealer..i still saved at least 1g if buy it from the dealer...also check the for sale section, i saw few people selling their charger...(if you don't mind it's used.)

by **mixonchik** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:58 am

i dunt mind supercharger used as long as it will alst as long as a new one should...
what brands of SC are the best for toyta?
and those supercharges come like in kit. everything included and i dont need any other things to buy for solara so supercharger would function properly?

by **mixonchik** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 7:01 pm

btw, how my times 0-60 and others will change after i add TRD supercharger?

by **lupous** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:31 am

check the for sale section...there's a pretty sweet solara for sale there

by **krook** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:25 pm

mixonchik wrote:btw, how my times 0-60 and others will change after i add TRD supercharger?

on my 2000 after i added ONLY the S/C, my 1/4 time was 16 flat. not sure what it was stock. . .

0-60 i imagine would prolly be 5 sec perhaps. . .?

by **Ragtop George** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:17 am

With the stock supercharger and no other changes, you can expect to gain about 20% in power. So if your stock 0-60 time was 8 seconds, with the supercharger it should be 8/1.2=6.7 seconds.

George

by **mixonchik** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:32 pm

do i need to do something to tranny so it will handle the SC

hm..

wait, do u really mean 16s for quarter mile?

STOCK:
"
Body Style: Convertable, Coupe (both 5 passenger cars)
Engine: Front
Drive: Front wheel drive
Air Bags: Dual front airbags, side airbags optional
Engine: 4 cylinder engine, optional (and recommended) 200hp v6
Transmission: available in 5 speed manual (SE Model only), or automatic (all models)
Acceleration: 0 - 60mph acceleration: 7.1s
Distance acceleration: standing (from a stopped position) 1/4 mile: 15.6s/90.4mph
Fuel Economy: 21m/28m (city/highway). Although people have boasted using synthetic oil, and premium gasoline, being able to reach 32m highway.
"

it says 15.6 stock. u mean u lost .4 from SC or i just didnt get it?

thx

by **Yanks0114** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:06 pm

Good luck running a 1/4 mile in 15.6

Realistically you'd run it in 16.1-16.3

as a Supercharged S/E v6 auto, I ran a 15.3

by **all_red** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:10 am

Get V6 5 speed and you'll run 15.4 STOCK!!