bigpoppagian

So yeah like the Post said im thinking about going down the Turbo route. Only issue is......car is Auto. I have mixed reviews saying auto can go turbo just fine IF your looking to go above 300 HP.
I don't want to change to a Stick since i have an RS1. Thought about doing a tranny swap but dont know if its worth it.

But I digress, cars a daily driver in Sunny/Hot/Humid and alot of times rainy conditions. I wanted to get opinions from fellow Scion-lovers and those that have had turbo on their ride and get a nitty-gritty response.

Any and all info is appreciated.

CarbonXe

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lolwut

The auto trans can't handle anything over 240.

davedavetC

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true, 240 is pretty much the ok mark, any higher and the transmission cant handle it

bigpoppagian

Lol THIS is why I made the post. Great feedback guys. What are your opinions on tranny swap?

jsingh

I'm auto too..and wat to get turbo...my opinion is tranny swap would be worth it but it depends what your goal is for power..if its 300whp..i would recommend a tranny swap...if 240-260whp..just get valve and torque converter upgrade!
i hope this helps!

kmx22

tranny swap is too much work. but if you really dedicate yourself to do it, then props

bigpoppagian

Yeah bro all this is super useful info. I wish I could go higher with an auto. It'd be something not normally seen.

itlstl13

you CAN go high in an auto but itll be too much money and in the end a manual swap is better so you can control your shift points easier

youngflyer

even 240 is pushing it. mospeed and soflo both tore up there autos at that power!

itlstl13

yea soflo went manual in the end

bigpoppagian

How exactly would you be able to go higher in an auto?

Some sort of frankenstein Chevy tranny work?

itlstl13

Yea a built tranny but a manual swap would be cheaper in the end......However a fully built auto tranny tuned at correct shift points would beat a manual tc with the same hp

bigpoppagian

Well a tranny swap on this car cant be worse than when i tried to do a tranny swap on my first car....a 97 Nissan 200Sx

youngflyer

yes but at the same time, a built tranny costs more than a manual swap and a manual tranny can hould around 500+hp np!

itlstl13

yea i know lol... he should just do the swap to manual

bigpoppagian

So say i pull a manual tranny from...well wherever i would find one lol, anyone know a guide or DIY link? Or got a rough est of how much itd run?

ecko04

The best advice I can give you instead of listening to people that say they don't 'think' it would be hard or you can accomplish 'xxxwhp' on the stock auto tranny and making the FAILED attempt to 'build' the tC's tranny is to send a few PM's to SoFloTC and mospeed as well as checking out this thread:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ght=auto+turbo

They will be able to help you out much more than people who aren't turbo'd, don't have auto's and don't even have tC's.

bigpoppagian

Thanx ecko!

CarbonXe

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The easiest way to hit 300whp.

Sell your auto.
Buy a 5-spd.
Boost.

Doing a swap will cost you too much and take too long.

huslindan

corbon maybe he wants to keep his rs1 tho if it wasnt a rs1 i would totaly agree with you with selling it and getting a 5 speed. but rs1's are rare now