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These care were built with fuel economy in mind, not performance. Picking up 40HP is a pretty high goal, and wont be accomplished with a few bolt-ons like an intake and exhaust. Also, because they were built for fuel economy, the transmissions are geared rather high and thus reduce torque and hp at the wheels.
High compression pistons, performance cams, some head work and professional tuning would be required to even start getting near your goal. The above mentioned would be maybe a 25HP gain, and thats being optimistic.
The most cost effective way of obtain a 40hp gain would be a turbo and a good reliable tune.
I dont think there will much available for a good quality turbo kit for this car, so piecing together a custom kit is likely the only option. So figure $1000-$1500 for a good turbo, piping, Inter cooler, waste gate, BOV, MAP sensor, Exhaust, other misc parts, plus fabrication to make it all fit, and then you will need your ECU tuned to make it run right, and be reliable. And thats if its possible to chip and tune the ECU in your echo. A stand alone system may be needed to make it all work. They are not cheap, or easy to install. Also have to question the strength of these these engines. Im not confident it would last long under boost in stock form, for example, breaking a connecting rod, or melting a piston.
Agreed with 21Actual with this one. I am not a Toyota expert but I did do a very quick search on your vehicle and there are no real aftermarket options available for your model and the ones I did find would not do you any good for what you are looking for power wise… sorry. You would have to look into “Custom built” exhaust and turbo kits for this model and $$$ ouch! No point in simply repeating 21Actual here he/she had good valid points.
About the only thing I would suggest is: “IF” you even wanted to give it a shot to see “IF” it gives you anymore performance on the relative cheap side would be to simply get a K&N drop-in filter… I do not believe they have a larger conical type for your car geared for performance, again… sorry, and a “Professional Tune off a Dyno” with a handheld tuner like an SCT or something like that. (Keep in mind that even that dyno tune is going to cost$$ along with the tuning device but not as much as a Custom built Exhaust which might give you 10hp if you are lucky, that even goes for the dyno results as well… and as for the Turbo, forget it.) just my $.02 worth. Engine strength is also foremost on my mind as well, Toyota built that for dependability and economy not going 0-60 or doing laps at the Laguna Seca…. you may end up doing more harm than good for yourself in the long run is all I am getting at.)
If it makes you feel any better I have the same issue with my ’98 Mazda B2500 pick-up. One day I am going to yank out that 2.5Ltr. 4-Cyl. and drop in a 5.0 OHV V-8. Some people put turbo kits on their 2.5 Ltr engines but I say heck with that… I’m putting a V-8 in that bad boy!
Good luck.I know it’s an old post, put I recently buy an 2004 echo and the last owner put performance camshaft, it upgrad your power but yout MPG is the same( if you don’t floor it anytime) sadly he remove it from my car, but I know that he play with the valve( I really don’t know what he do) but you can ear a litle difference when the car is on the idle and feel the defference at an high RPM is a little bite more powerful but not that much
This is a little off topic but it still pertains because it shows the cost of performance upgrades.
I know of a man who decided to build a high performance automatic transmission for his car. He is also in the business of selling performance parts. Therefore, if this venture is a success he plans on turning it into a profit making product.
So far he has spent over $60,000.00 trying to obtain a reliable working transmission. The last I heard he was sending parts back to the machine shop for more work.
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