My 2001 Corolla Sportivo Levin

[Baboonezz]

Hey guys picked this car up in December for what I feel was a great price. It has 150000 on the clock and is pretty much stock except for exhaust and turbo timer added by the previous owner. It is number 57/110.

Pics uploaded to imgur because they were too big to attach.

http://imgur.com/a/Qc8aU

Just thought I'd share it with you all!

[trentmeyer23]

Nice purchase. Welcome.

[Hiro]

Things to look out for:

1) These have a reputation of killing the ECU, which is a custom $10-15k TOMs unit. They also tend to crack the exhaust manifold

2) Changing the intercooler piping to a more "direct" routing (as opposed to doing a complete loop of the engine bay) can free up some ponies, as can changing out the turbo (it's a tiny IHI unit similar to the ones used on twin-turbo Subarus)

[Baboonezz]

Things to look out for:

1) These have a reputation of killing the ECU, which is a custom $10-15k TOMs unit. They also tend to crack the exhaust manifold

2) Changing the intercooler piping to a more "direct" routing (as opposed to doing a complete loop of the engine bay) can free up some ponies, as can changing out the turbo (it's a tiny IHI unit similar to the ones used on twin-turbo Subarus)

Thanks for that info Hiro, I'll look into rerouting the piping and swapping out the turbo, possibly get a custom exhaust manifold made too. With the ECU all I can do I suppose is pray I don't kill it!

[trentmeyer23]

With the ECU all I can do I suppose is pray I don't kill it!

Or, go aftermarket if you do.