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http://paultan.org/archives/2005/11/26/toyota-vios-turbo/
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Reader Kenneth Irwin sent in these nice photos of his Toyota Vios Turbo in Thailand. It’s a 1.5 turbocharged manual version. Even the fact that it’s manual is something we don’t see here in Malaysia. Let’s have a look at the car.
According to the owner, the Toyota Vios Turbo is a limited edition run with only about 600 produced. The car comes with a few enhancements stock from the factory. The suspension is a performance setup and the car is lowered by roughly 30mm. This car uses 16 inch multi spoke rims, wrapped in 7.0J 205/45/R16 tyres.
Brakes are also upgraded to disc brakes on all four wheels, naturally to keep up with the increased power of the car.
Now we come to the juicy bits. The 1.5 16 valve DOHC VVT-i 1NZ-FE engine has been turbocharged with light boost pressure as the compression ratio of the engine is still quite high for a turbo-ed engine at 10.5:1. Normal for a bolt-on setup. The ECU has been upgraded to detect boost and adjust air-fuel appropriately.
This results in 143 horsepower at 6400rpm and 196Nm of torque at 4400rpm. The gearbox is a 5-speed close ratio gearbox for maximum acceleration. This takes the car from 0-100km/h in 8.1 seconds. The car does the 400meter sprint at 15.9 seconds. The car is only available in black, red or silver.