DJKOR

Oh boy. Those welds are really shocking.

I drove my car to Morgan Park Raceway today. Didn't race it though. Drove one of these instead: All I can say is it's like a giant go-kart. Bit weird though because every time I went down the straight, I had this urge to upshift at around 5,000RPM even though it could still rev out more. I guess it's something you'd get used to though. Also wish I drove it harder than I did. Something kinda held me back. I think it was the fact it wasn't my car and that I had an instructor in the passenger seat.

This is correct. However the resulting dyno graph is what you get when you try an dyno a car with an automatic gearbox that does not hold itself to one gear. You need to ramp up the accelerator until you can put your foot down all the way without it dropping down a gear. From the looks of things, the load characteristics appear to be different meaning that it can apply it's power down lower instead of compensating by needing to drop down a gear. That is taking into account that the dyno operator is somewhat consistent in their work. Either way, it's not to be treated as an actual improvement. Just something to get me thinking that maybe the intake is not pointless. One way or another, my fastest 1/4 mile pass has been with it plus on top of that when compared to the stock intake, each pass of equivalent time has had a consistently higher trap speed of at least 2mph. So I firmly believe that the intake is not worse than stock.

No need to ask. Only search. Water Leak in Boot

hey mate, can you stop being a smart alec? post something that helps or dont post anything at all. At the expense of supporting him, I read it as if he included the part in red above. That said, now that I have mentioned that, he could easily be like "that's what I meant ". Just saying. People sometimes flare up over their own misunderstanding I have noticed. On topic, dazmaz7: does the front washer work fine. If so, then what CHA54 is suggesting is a good point to start.

So today I had myself a really 'ah ha' moment followed by a facepalm. Recently I had a local member here 'Steven' help me out greatly and modify the y-pipe on my exhaust to see if it helps on the TRD to free things up. Since I put it on, I swear it has been more than the placebo effect and that there has been an increase in power. This I won't know until I go to the 1/4 mile this coming Wednesday the 6th, followed by a dyno run on the 9th. So that then brings me to the reason of this post. Back in April 2010, I dyno'ed my TRD and got my stock (well the intake was stock with one part removed) figure of 196.5kW at the wheels. I was happy with this figure at the time and that was that. A couple of months later, I put in a homemade SRI (picture here) with the intention of getting some more induction sound/supercharger whine out of my TRD. Boy did that sure do it's job and to me it didn't feel like I lost power, so that was enough to keep me happy. Anyways, a couple of months later in August 2010, I had thte opportunity to do another dyno run so I figured it would be good to see if the intake has gained me some power. Unfortunately the best run that day gave me a figure of 194.4kW at the wheels which was quite a disappointment at the time. Since I had all the extra supercharger whine though, I figured I may as well keep it at the expense of losing 2.1kW at the wheels. I was hoping it may have just been the dyno. In that case, I got the dyno graph and slipped it into the glove box and never thought anything more of it... until today. Today while looking up ways to feed my SRI with some cooler air, since I don't really want to go down the path of a CAI just yet, I thought I may as well look at that dyno graph again. 10 months later... I finally realised that maybe I shouldn't have been completely disappointed with the figure. Base dyno run with everything stock except for a restictive snorkel to the airbox removed: Dyno run after putting in my homemade SRI: I'm hoping when I dyno it again next Saturday that I get a better figure.

See what happens when you get a tune.

I edited your post with the correct working link. That head unit you specified will not fit into an Auris. That website has a specific units for a Corolla however and that would be the one to use I'd say (someone may need to confirm that though). Otherwise, you can use a "double DIN" unit that is not make or model specific and utilise a fascia kit to mount it into your Auris.

I find it funny that you think he is agreeing with you when he clearly isn't. An SRI will always pull in warmer air than what a CAI can unless the SRI is completely boxed off and has a dedicated cool air feed. Really? It seems you have misunderstood what has been said.

With the Blitz kit, the bonnet as it is would not clear the supercharger. Having some form of modification to the bonnet is required. Hole plus scoop is one way to do it.

Maybe for you, but I've had no issues putting my hands into tight places with a bit of alcohol in my blood :P

He put it in the wrong space though. That should go at the beginning... or at least after removing the clips.

Plastic sheet and duct tape? Probably will cost you $5 if that. Seriously though... when it comes to something like this, you either go to Toyota or you go to an automotive glass mob or wrecker and enquire with them to see if they can accommodate your needs.

Fine. Be like that.

Ah damn. I was kind of hoping you wouldn't be.

^ LOL. Did you put the callipers back onto the shelf.

Damn. That dude has some nuts. Imagine sitting shotgun in that. I would probably sh** myself. Those spectators are game too... but not quite as much as those rally spectators.

I always follow the recommended torque settings for engine and driveline components whenever possible. According to the service manual which you easily have at your disposal, the recommended torque setting for the spark plugs are 18 Nm (184 kgf/cm, 13 ft.lbf).

Not sure if he is on the forum, but he is a friend of CHA54 That's Danny. You may have seen him a couple of times with Julez. Danny''s Sportivo

Changing them at the rate of 1 per few months or so... you tend to try and cut corners to prevent frustration. Some of us can't keep ourselves composed in such situations. Uncliping the bumper on the side gives just that little bit more room to work with. But yes... it can be done without.

I'll be there as per usual.

Props for that epic writeup mate. This one shall get a sticky.

Keep up the fine work Pete. Looking forward to that extended version eh.

Asking if your replacement (ie. non-stock) exhaust can be lifted higher is pretty much useless without photos. For all we know, it may be possible... but we can't come to that conclusion. Either you will need to provide detailed photos or better still, ask an exhaust shop what they can recommend because an exhaust shop will most likely be the point of call in having such a thing done.