1993 Toyota Turbocharged Pickup 22RTE

yes where is a kit thats $200-300?

Check any enthusiast sites for Toyota pickups or Celica's, low rider mini truck guys. Just look around, I'm talking about used kits. I just saw one a few months ago for $200 with almost everything needed to turbo a stock 22re. Plus screw putting in a 4.3, I'd rather put in a 3rz 2.7 and get the output up to or even past 200hp and still get better mileage than a 4.3. Save at the pump, more money for mods.

you can take off your head and have it machined for a larger combustion to lower compression. lcengineering has that service available.

Sweet, I am sure I can find a local shop for the same service. Is your head a factory unit? I actually have a slightly modified replacement made by "Engnbldr" called the Street / RV head, made with oversized valves and is slightly ported, and I'm sure someone can bore it out. How much space is bored out for each cylinder?

I actually havent turboed mine yet. i have a 22re running na with a lc street head/cam and the dual timing chain conversion. im not sure how much needs to be removed from the combustion chamber but thats a question lc will answer easily actually they might talk you into having them do it for some overly expensive charge

or just tell your local shop you want a compression ratio of 8.5 to 1. thats what 22re's all turbo gas engines want. then they can figure how much needs to be removed hopefully.

as far as the ECU, look into LC engineering up at mooresville, south carolina. they make an aftermarket computer that eliminates the flapper-MAF and supplies a whole new computer that is completely programmable to whatever mods you add to it (cam, turbo, headers, aftermarket head, etc). capable handling up to 300-400 horsepower setups. they're not cheap (nothing there is) at $700-1400 for a complete setup, but they guarantee 12hp gains across the board on stock setups.

Thanks, that's actually where a bunch of parts for this project came from. We're more of a DIY type on this truck however. Megasquirt plug and play kits are only $400 and I have been learning how to tune. We'll see how it goes.

what is megasquirt? sounds like a nitrous kit

Megasquirt is an open-source style standalone fuel injection and ignition system.