Matrix/Vibe Supercharger

[jaman]

This might belong in off-topic.

I was considering buying the Vibe/Matrix 'cause I knew that a supercharger would be coming out. Well here it is, and boy am I glad I got a 2003 P5 instead.

http://www.matrixvibe.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3567

Summary: 7.5 psi with 166hp @ 6800rpm and 145 lb.-ft. @ 4000 RPM, $2640 (includes injectors and ECU flash). By the way, these are not power ratings at the wheels, it's all at the crank!!

 

[BSN_mt]

Just my two cent, but when I was looking at the Matrix, the XRS (What ever) that had the variable timing system was making like 180 horsepower, is the supercharger only available to the lower grade models?

 

[Captain KRM P5]

the supercharger is for the 130 hp Corolla engines in the lower model Vibes/Matrices only. Wish they would have made something for the 180 hp Celica engine in the GT/XRS

 

[tonkabui]

seeing as how the msp got from 140-170hp, this is the same thing, i think. well, minus the niceness of the protege line. most manufacturer performance parts are very conservatively tuned.

 

[Darin]

IMO, It'd be fun to swap the 180hp Celica GTS motor into a Matrix.

THEN supercharge THAT one.

What turned me off from EITHER car is, to get the AWD model, you have to take the slow engine, AND ATX.


Side note:

Those numbers are 8hp MORE, and 15ft-lbs LESS than my Probe GT had AT THE WHEELS - with only a CAI and GReddy catback!

 

[ddogg777]

The standard engine has 10:1 compression whereas the xrs engine has 11.5:1. You ask why they don't supercharge the higher compression engine!? You wouldn't be able to run much psi before you detonated...

 

[Darin]

The standard engine has 10:1 compression whereas the xrs engine has 11.5:1. You ask why they don't supercharge the higher compression engine!? You wouldn't be able to run much psi before you detonated...

so?



11.5:1 IS a boostable CR, with the right systems in place. I can promise you, 5psi on an 11.5:1 CR engine, is MUCH better than 6 or 7 psi on a 10:1 CR engine.

 

[ddogg777]

...with the right systems in place.

You said it...$$

 

[Captain KRM P5]

IMO, It'd be fun to swap the 180hp Celica GTS motor into a Matrix

the matrix XRS and vibe GT already have that engine

 

[Darin]

the matrix XRS and vibe GT already have that engine

derp! I got confused - which happens easily

I was thinking MR2 + GTS Motor....

Thanks for catching that!