Altezza Pros & Cons

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

yeah i was thinking about heading down the bolt on route - what do ya need to do and how much $$ + effort?

[Dell'Orto]

I disagree with the forced induction on beams.

There are many aftermarket kits (most well known is blitz) for SC and turboing the beams engine with pretty good results using factory internals and cams etc.

Yes there are, but run anything less than 100 octane, and more than 8psi, and your conrods can be mistaken for modern art.
Any high compression motor wont take kindly to massive forced induction...they're just not built solid enough to handle the forces involved.

[SIKTOY]

Very true mmm boost,

but they are no worse than any other high comp NA motor.

As for bolt on kits, why not a bolt in motor?

3SGTE anyone? A lot easier, cheaper and reliable to get a write off and swap all the go fast bits in and convert to FR configuration.

Or am I tired and missing some vital piece of info that will prevent someone from doing this?

[SIKTOY]

Did you think of buying an already turbo'd tezza?

There are a few around and would save you a lot of time and probably $$$ too.

[offensive]

3sgte's are designed to be mounted on a slant i think, not vertical like altezza 3sges, heard of some slant 3sge, gtes been rwd mounted and dying cos of oil problems..... or something

[SIKTOY]

duh, my bad.

You could always make a 3S G/TE hybrid.

I dunno, whatever floats you boat.

Greddy and blitz both do turbo kit, (im pretty sure)
Dunno if you can get it here though.

Have a look round, its amazing what you can find when you look hard enough.

oh, and dont have a man look

[MikeMan]

Look for a TOMS 280T

[anthonym]

Very true mmm boost,

but they are no worse than any other high comp NA motor.

As for bolt on kits, why not a bolt in motor?

3SGTE anyone? A lot easier, cheaper and reliable to get a write off and swap all the go fast bits in and convert to FR configuration.

Or am I tired and missing some vital piece of info that will prevent someone from doing this?

I don't think it's fatigue, you don't have a clue what you are talking about . Some advice: when you find yourself in a hole it is wise to stop digging. In this case a search would be a good start as this topic has aleady been beaten to death.
To reprise, turbocharging the Altezza 3SGE properly and reliably costs >$15,000, anything less is an unreliable bodge and a complete waste of time IMO. There are dreamers who will continue to argue against this but they understand the issues involved only slightly more than you do.

[DJ]

Look for a TOMS 280T

Be looking for a loan also, gl finding one also

[SIKTOY]

I stand corrected anthonym

I was only trying to help on the factory comparisons.
I didnt say I knew anything about forced induction'd altezzaz.

And point taken, I take my cue and shut up now.

[jasestu]

If you want lots of info, surf through HERE

You'll learn EVERYTHING you ever needed to know about altezza's.

Actually you won't learn everything about Altezzas over there. Most of them on the UK forum are IS200s - so info on the 3SGE can be lacking. Don't forget the NZ forums mentined at the start of the thread.

[jasestu]

damn, they are supposed to be in columns, i forgot about that, hope you can understand.

Beams = bloody good valve timing system (basically)

Note: Toyota quotes the RS beams engines at 147KW. (197 HP)

The 3SGE BEAMS in the manual Altezza is 210 hp

[SIKTOY]

Everyone finished ripping me to pieces?

Oh and you are right, about that. my bad AGAIN.
Its 154.46 kw = 207hp = 210ps. if you want to be really accurate

Man, I need to read properly before I post.

Apologies, I know when Im wrong.

No need to be too pedantic though.

I remove myself from this conversation before anyone feels the need to shoot me down some more.

farewell ladies and gents.

[Mr Revhead]

when at rally hawkes bay there was a car yard with 2 altezzas on the yard with big front mounts....

just in case anyones keen for a look.


its not a cheap job... just the other day i priced a blitz s/c kit for one.
if your lucky you can get it on the car and running for under $9k

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

when at rally hawkes bay there was a car yard with 2 altezzas on the yard with big front mounts....

just in case anyones keen for a look.


its not a cheap job... just the other day i priced a blitz s/c kit for one.
if your lucky you can get it on the car and running for under $9k

there is/was (last week) a s/c one here in NP but i havent had a chance to look yet

[jasestu]

Everyone finished ripping me to pieces?

I remove myself from this conversation before anyone feels the need to shoot me down some more.

farewell ladies and gents.

The F on farewell needs to be a capital since it's at the start of a new sentence. Okay, now I'm done.

Just so my post isn't completely useless:

RS200 6M/T
Z EDITION
GF-SXE10-AEFVF

1360kg
18.2km/l(60km/h)
11.6km/l(10-15)
(jasestu: I average 10.7 km/l or 30.2 mpg currently)

Engine
3S-GE
1998L
86.0X86.0
11.5

Power/Torque
210PS/7600rpm
22.0kgm/6400rpm

Dimensions
L:4400
W:1720
H:1410
W/B:2670
Fr:1495
Rr:1485

Gear Ratio
1st:3.874
2nd:2.175
3rd:1.484
4th:1.223
5th:1.000
6th:0.869
Rev:3.672
Final:4.100