Talk about cheaply turbo-ing a 5sfe, BADDDDDDD Options

[x_itchy_b_x]

at least its a 5th gen owner.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Nice right up CelicaST. With adtvances in electronics, it's very possible. The problems I see is they are marketed as cheap alternitives. To make one work correctly it would have to have a fair amount of RD and money invested. There's so much info out there on superchargers and turboes, that it makes them as easier alternative for most. If the right guy felt like doing a e-turbo, I see no reason it couldn't work just as well. I like to compare it to carbs vs fuel injection. When FI came out, the car guys would switch it to carb right away. Some still do this. It's easier and everyone knew more about working with carbs. Besides that, there weren't many performance upgrades redily avalible for FI. But the problem with that comparision, is that race cars when to FI way before they went to street. And it was known that FI would be better for race cars. No race teams that I know of use e-turboes. This might be because there just hasn't been the desire to look into them yet. I think we'll switch to electric cars before e-turboes are popular. But the fact stands, it is very possible to make one work. Even the ones they sell will do something, just help to equilize pressure. That won't produce much of a gain, but you can't deny it's doing something.

I think this topic will actually stay open awhile. Everyone so far is presenting reasonable arguements and no one has jumped in to simply bash on anyone.