Toyota Yaris GR Powertune: 500 hp for the little three-cylinder

Toyota Yaris GR Powertune, incredible enhancement beyond preprogramming

In Spain we are used to switchboard reprogramming or to tuners like ABT to go further without completely forgetting the integrity of the engine. However, what you are going to see here is light years away from any empowerment you can legally see on our streets: the Toyota Yaris GR Powertune.

The small compact already has the engine as standard world's most powerful production three-cylinder. They are nothing less than 268 hp squeezed into their meager 1.6 liters of displacement. A figure that did not impress the guys from Powertune Australia in the least, because they chose this car to take it to levels reserved for supercars.

Much more than a rescheduling

These trainers from Mad Max country, They've been working on this Yaris for months and until recently they had managed to get 429 hp out of it. An incredible figure in which they were stuck by the limitations inherent in the systems of electronic injection conventional

Toyota Yaris GR Powertune

To solve this, the Australian tuners have decided to equip this car with a petrol pump improved and a new fuel surge tank. What added to an adjustment in the ignition advance and cam timing, has taken the small Yaris GR up to 473 hp. Does it seem like a lot to you? Well wait, because according to those responsible for Powertune this power bank figure reaches up to 500 hp in real maximum power.

A Toyota Yaris camicace?

Considering the incredible increase in power of the Toyota Yaris GR Powertune, one might think that its creators have replaced all components of the small three cylinders. Nevertheless, Could not be farther from the truth. The only mechanical modification to the engine is the installation of new valve springs. Which means that, at the moment, the engine block It is the original, just like the pistons, head gasket, Rods, Camshafts...

Ultimately, everything a scandal for the detractors of the downsizing in the engines and for anyone who thinks about the durability of an engine, although I don't see anything wrong with tightening the CV a bit. Powertune has yet to get this Yaris to a track, but hopes to complete the quarter-mile test in under 10 seconds. A very common test in Australia and the United States. We'll see if it doesn't stay halfway.


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