Interesting Article - TTE Turbo available in UK

MR2john · January 25, 2006, 20:14

Came across this article on the pistonHeads site thought it maybe interesting for some s8)

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Hope the link works!!!!!

Slacey · January 25, 2006, 20:19

We are in talks with Silverstone Performance as we speak, look out for more on these guys soon s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Anonymous · January 25, 2006, 20:32

Am I reading that right... They will be able to supply and install the TTE Turbo in a 2 s:?: :?: s:?: So no need to go to Germany??

ninjinski · January 25, 2006, 20:34

Interesting - If they offered TTE turbos without the hasle of a trip across the water - I'd be very very tempted s:D

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EDIT** Seems like they do http://domain936675.sites.fasthosts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59 **EDIT

Just need to get a price now to see what we are looking at?

Anonymous · January 25, 2006, 21:11

When i had my spyder converted in germany, florian bachus told me about an english company going across in the new year, from silverstone, didnt relise it would be this soon though, anybody wanting a turbo i would reccomend this!

Anonymous · January 25, 2006, 21:21

Quote from: "Slacey"We are in talks with Silverstone Performance as we speak, look out for more on these guys soon s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Sean, are you inferring TTE turbo on a Group Buy basis or am I just wishful thinking s:roll: :roll: s:roll:

mrsmr2 · January 25, 2006, 22:04

Group buy, group buy, group buy ....

markiii · January 25, 2006, 22:49

wishful thinking however as with any product the more you buy teh cheaper teh price, so I'd speculate that it's not that daft an idea.

Slacey · January 26, 2006, 05:44

I will be meeting with them in a week or two, I can certainly propose a Group Buy as part of the chat. How many would be genuinely interested and likely to buy?

Anonymous · January 26, 2006, 07:02

Quote from: "Slacey"I will be meeting with them in a week or two, I can certainly propose a Group Buy as part of the chat. How many would be genuinely interested and likely to buy?

Sean, I'm genuinely interested. Infact on the assumption it's a possible GB I'm going to start spending a bit of cash on the mrs to soften her up a little s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

heathstimpson · January 26, 2006, 07:39

Quote from: "DavidM"
Quote from: "Slacey"I will be meeting with them in a week or two, I can certainly propose a Group Buy as part of the chat. How many would be genuinely interested and likely to buy?

Sean, I'm genuinely interested. Infact on the assumption it's a possible GB I'm going to start spending a bit of cash on the mrs to soften her up a little s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

Your not the only one and its only down the road to me s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

heathstimpson · January 26, 2006, 07:42

Quote from: "ninjinski"Interesting - If they offered TTE turbos without the hasle of a trip across the water - I'd be very very tempted s:D s:D

EDIT** Seems like they do http://domain936675.sites.fasthosts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59 **EDIT

Just need to get a price now to see what we are looking at?

I love that front bumper in the link piccy s8)

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ninjinski · January 26, 2006, 08:19

Quote from: "Slacey"I will be meeting with them in a week or two, I can certainly propose a Group Buy as part of the chat. How many would be genuinely interested and likely to buy?

Sean if the price is right its a no brainer for me particularily with waranty and after sale support as part of the deal - count me in!

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Anonymous · January 26, 2006, 08:26

At the Essen Motor Show (25/11 to 4/12) Toyota Motorsport offered a 20% discount on the Turbo kit & installation, list price 6844 Euros (£4750) was reduced to 5500 Euros (£3800).

Lets do it soon..........please, please, please. s:P

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ninjinski · January 26, 2006, 08:29

If we can beat that initial Essen discount price, seeing that the MR2 is going out of production, Im interested!! - Sean we need to get a very competitive price out of them!

James s:D

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aaronjb · January 26, 2006, 09:09

Quote from: "DavidM"reduced to 5500 Euros (£3800).

I've got to say - I still think that's an awful lot for a system that will probably leave you wanting more, is a sealed system (so if you want more boost, there goes another £400 or so on an ECU) and doesn't seem to offer that many advantages - it's not like they're warrantying your engine with the turbo on it, AFAIK..

And a Toyota dealer still won't know what to do with one, should you ever have the misfortune to need to show him it.. s;)

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dreambackup · January 26, 2006, 10:58

I do agree!

if only they offered a good warranty... but no, not if you have already used the car.

I'd say for that price, you can either go C2 or Hass and have spare change for a new engine in case things go very wrong s:? :? s:?

more over, as you said, Aaron, I am sure that my usual Toyota will freak out when he sees it. actually, they freak out when the see anything without "Toyota" on it (even "TRD" or "TTE" is scary to them s:lol: :lol: s:lol: ).

I'd love to know if their header can be used with a stock (or TTE s:lol: :lol: s:lol: ) exhaust... and the price for the thing...

I can't wait to read from the guy(s) who bought it s:idea: :idea: s:idea:

TommyD · January 26, 2006, 11:14

Exactly my thoughts. The warranty is only useful if your car is still in warranty. If the turbo blows up your engine after your car is 3 years old... s:cry: :cry: s:cry: Yes the cover on the turbo probably lasts 3 or more years but who will know how to repair it? The ecu unit is sealed and set at very safe and very low boost levels, we are only looking at 40HP over stock. Turbo systems like C2 and Hass are servicable and really are simple systems to run for anyone who looks under their bonnet, no bias here at all s:wink: :wink: s:wink: Having said that, it does look nice and I believe it fits the TTE exhaust fine.

Silverstone Performance · January 26, 2006, 14:17

Hi Guys (and Girls)
Price and warranty were/are both issues we wanted to be clear on at the start of this project.
The kit has a three year warranty on parts for cars not covered by factory warranty, for cars under manufacturers warranty the kit and any other defects are covered as normal. Having seen the way the kit is engineered and installed, there really shouldn't be any need for the warranty s:wink: :wink: s:wink: Part of TMC's original criteria for TTE was that the turbocharged engine ran at full load for 100hrs without failure, which it did!
Toyota dealers will be able to work on a TTE turbo in exactly the same way as a standard car, the kit comes with a service manual and a list of special service items, which they can order in the normal way or from us.
We are actually finalising the price with TTE as we speak.
Our demonstrator will be available as soon as we finished the other mods...

Anonymous · January 26, 2006, 14:26

Quote from: "TommyD"Exactly my thoughts. The warranty is only useful if your car is still in warranty. If the turbo blows up your engine after your car is 3 years old... s:cry: :cry: s:cry: Yes the cover on the turbo probably lasts 3 or more years but who will know how to repair it? The ecu unit is sealed and set at very safe and very low boost levels, we are only looking at 40HP over stock. Turbo systems like C2 and Hass are servicable and really are simple systems to run for anyone who looks under their bonnet, no bias here at all s:wink: :wink: s:wink: Having said that, it does look nice and I believe it fits the TTE exhaust fine.

IIRC reports I've read say it increases the bhp from 138 stock to 189 turbo'd, which in increase of 51bhp (+35%).
Regarding warranty the system is supposed to have a 3 year warranty and it must be possible to extend the Toyota 3 year car warranty witth a TTE turbo fitted. So really no warranty issue for people still under warranty.

EDIT
Took to long responding and there is the answer...before my post s:oops: :oops: s:oops:

Anonymous · January 26, 2006, 14:38

Would love to be the Demo car for this, get it done on the cheap and they can plaster my car with stickers to promote. normal thing that happens with this type of thing

Anonymous · January 26, 2006, 16:53

Having read the article, i have to say that the thing that jumps out at me is the torque figure, 255nm.

What are the Hass/C2 guys getting as a torque figure?

Anonymous · January 26, 2006, 17:09

I'm getting roughly 254Nm@10psi! s:shock: :shock: s:shock:

heathstimpson · January 26, 2006, 17:14

Personally I prefer higher torque than power at the end of the day; it's more usable s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

markiii · January 26, 2006, 17:15

in which case unless they have changed it since teh test car I drove there is no way that figure is correct