Supercharged Toyota AYGO

[5potTurbo]

Podie said:

The_Burg said:

Shame Aston Martin didn't do this to their Aygo. Possibly would have sold some if they had.

I thought the Cygnet was based on the IQ, not the Aygo.

[geeks]

Well according to the TTS site dyno graph other than much more linear power delivery it looks to be about 118bhp so i am placing my guess there

But this is bonkers and i love it...

Mate has an Aygo in red its a hoot to thrash if a little unsatisfying. Can imagine it would be great fun with double the power and some grip!

Had to double take when i saw the kit price though, ooooff! Labour of love indeed, love always empties your wallet

[Alx323]

This looks awesome, I want it badly! As said they are good fun little cars, and I've seen turbo kits for them too, I don't remember the company but the demo car was a red C1.

[patmahe]

C'mon then op how did it get on on the dyno, how does it drive, is it all still in one piece

[yes i'm mad]

Will be picking up the car tomorrow (I hope) - will find out the Dyno results then.

[PowerfullyBuilt]

I love how, in the Readers' Cars forum, you see the thread title and think, "He must be MAD!"
Then you look across at the author and see "yes i'm mad"

Fine work OP. Do these have the CVT gearbox?

[GokTweed]

Those look like EBC discs and pads! I recommend checking GG for my thread on these wastes of steel

[yes i'm mad]

Okay so the car will be ready tomorrow most likely, a couple of teething troubles. bhp at the wheels is 120+ so i'm not sure what that equates to in terms of BHP at the flywheel but should be about 140bhp i'm guessing.

Dyno and video will be up tonight

[oop north]

Really love this - well done madman!;) That sounds like a rather mental increase in power. I love the idea of a 'sleeper' - well done sir!

[freshmicropig]

Very cool - please post a video when you get it back. This is the sort of lunacy you only normally get to experience in a video game. Thoroughly approve!

[yes i'm mad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjLPeAcUD6k

Dyno vid

Still mapping the car atm

[chuntington101]

Is there an intercooler on the kit? Can't really see from the vid.

[GTRene]

looks and sounds like fun, although I would go for stronger/other engine mounts too now

[722Adam]

Love the sleeper method, and you've stuck to it very well, looks awesome!

[Trtj]

Thats mental. So good. I hoped to do this one day. What are the costs of the kit? Must be mega fun.

Looks like you have some inaccessible power at 6k onwards, hopefully you can bring that down the range a bit with mapping.

[s_zigmond]

any update?

[inman999]

Excellent work and I applaud the effort. I did wonder how many of these kits had been sold.

Did you ever consider something like a Renaultsport Twingo?

[MC Bodge]

Good stuff. A 106 Rallye for the modern day?

[Remagel2507]

Love projects like this, seems like this kit will cost you between £3,500-£4k, this turbo kit http://www.c1gti.co.uk/turbo-only.php will also cost you around £3,500 -£4k, no idea which will be better though

[yes i'm mad]

Well I got the car back...feels like a completely different car. The noise is quite a bit louder than stock but not deafening and has a lovely note which I was surprised by. 0-60 time is less than 8 seconds and it was remapped after the initial dyno and now has over 120bhp at the wheel, and Richard at TTS told me that the car has something in the region of 140bhp at the flywheel. There are a couple of minor ECU issues which will possibly be sorted at a later date but it it's minor. The car is an absolute hoot to drive now and i'm very happy with it.