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Thanks for the replies guys! Those links were pretty useful!

£3,000 would make over $7kAUD!! For that price, I think I'd get much more out of a custom turbo job!

Of course, there's the whole matter about warranty... I think I'd have more luck with a bolt on kit from TTE...

ARGH!!

Oops! Sorry, was just searching through the archives and found this thread. Didn't notice the date.

Hey all,

I'm new here and am looking for some information on giving the 1G-FE some balls.

Let me introduce myself. I drive a RWD Celica with a 1G-GTE. That's the twin turbo version of the IS200's 1G-FE. It makes about 190kW and the car weighs 1220kg with half a tank of petrol.

Now you can see my problem with the 114kW/1500kg IS200.

I test drove both IS200 and IS300 yesterday. If you want to read my driving impressions, then go here:

http://forums.toymods.org.au/index.php?t=msg&th=30083

Now, I love the handling of the IS200 but just can't live with the lack of power, so I'm after some information on getting more power.

I've heard that there's a TTE supercharger kit, and after some searching, also found this turbo kit:

http://www.turbo-kits.com/IS200_turbo_kits.html

Anyone know how much the TTE kit costs?

Any info on power mods would be handy. How strong are the internals of the 1G-FE? Can the computer handle boost? Or will I have to get an aftermarket one that knows how to control the VVTi?

Any other turbo kits out there? Or if I was to go custom, what sort of things will I need to look out for?

I've heard of some pretty big numbers from S15s (Nissan Silvia/200SX) with stock boxes without any problems.