7A-FTE made in Germany Options

[Hafkai]

Hi, after over a year of gathering parts my Celica finally is in the garage and gets her custom header, exhaust and some other stuff.
Yesterday we fitted the big Evo9 intercooler, i had to get the ST205 crash bar because the stock one is to tight, intercooler piping was done too and i'm very happy with it. I will use the stock ST205 air filter box, since there is not much space between the filter box and the engine, the IC piping is a little bit tricky but it looks like we found a good route.









The header will be done in the next days.



Short list of parts i'm using:
- Garrett T25 Turbo from a CA18DET
- Mitsubishi EVO 9 Intercooler
- E-manage Ultimate
- Innovate LC-1 Wideband
- ST202 3S-GE Injectors (372ccm)
- ST205 Fuel Pump
- Bosch Blow-Off from a Audi S3
- Custom Header and 3" Exhaust
- dozens of other small parts

[FunkySR]

OOBE, i've only taken 1 degree per psi of boost. I'm running at 9 psi.

[OOBE]

OOBE, i've only taken 1 degree per psi of boost. I'm running at 9 psi.

Well, my mechanic/tuner refuses to have an engine blow because of detonation. He's too proud and people here talk smack with a quickness if you screw up. He doesn't trust a piggyback, so he went really rich and safe on my tune since I'm on stock internals. The timing was retarded to like last year, LOL, and I still made good power. He said that with forged internals and the Microtech LT10s, which is what he runs in his car, he will feel safe and be able to run a leaner mixture and also not retard timing so much. Right now he has the fastest MR2 in the island...with a stock head to boot. He knows his stuff.

That is crazy...I had no idea. This is why I'm researching a few years ahead of time...thanks man!

Now, would this also be necessary on a 3S-GTE swap?

On ANY engine. And yeah, tuning is expensive. Here in the island the cheapest I've seen is $300, which is what my tuner charges. He charges less to me because I helped him with something when we met, so now he gives me good prices.