Dyno Numbers:  94.45fwhp and 93.17lb/ft at ~6000rpm

55% Humidity at 73 deg. Farenheit

ENGINE: Currenlty running a basic setup with a modified Weapon-R Dragon Intake with AEM filter, DC Sports header, and custom Magnaflow 2.25" exhaust. 

FOOTWORKS: KYB GR-2 shocks, Tein H-Tech springs, TRD/Hotchkis Strut Tie Bar, Megan front H-brace, GReddy Rear Lower Frame Brace, 9.5lb 15x7" +41 ET Enkei RPF1's, 205/50R15 Toyo Proxes4 tires

BRAKES: Brake Performance Dimple Drilled and Slotted Rotors and Cerametallic Pads

ELECTRONICS: Scion factory blue under-dash/cupholder illumination

SOUND: Pioneer DHP-2900 head unit (for now), Pioneer A-Series speakers in stock locations

IN PROGRESS: Gude/Bullfrog Performance Head Pkg., GT-Spec Rear Sway Bar Link, Hotchkis Sport Front Sway-Bar, Tanabe SUSTEC PRO S-0C Type II coil-overs, Internals upgrade via Import Performance Parts.net, Crankshft Knife-edge and rebalance, 5-spd transaxle swap to Scion xB C50 trans, Power Enterprises centrifugal Supercharger

October 2008

The Echo got vandalized in late 2007 and the punks stole the Toyota emblem off the trunk so I completed the debadging by removing the Toyota badge from below the left taillight, leaving a clean balanced look with just "ECHO" across the rear and I have added a TRD badge to the lower right corner of the lid.   If you didn't notice the exhaust tip, that's the point.  Its a 3" tip but the muffler is tucked back in the stock location so it looks as if its just an aftermarket clamp on tip.

My mom bought this car originally in Feb. 2000 brand new,  I was discharged form the Air Force in late 2006 and needed a car so she was nice enought to sell it to me.  I figured since I knew all the history on the vehicle and its condition it was a good deal until I could get somthing else.

Looked and looked for something else but nothing could match the price and conditions I was looking for so I kept it.  I stated taking Auto classes at community college and started finding things I could do and started simple with an Intake System.  The rest is history.

Unfortunatly the Echo was not as widely recieved in the United States as it was in Canada and in Japan as its counterpart the Vitz/Platz.  So parts are hard to come by and I've run out of bolt ons so its time to finish the suspension and start machining.....

Most of the available engine modifications are sold here for the xB and xA but were originally meant fot the Echo and Vitz in Canada and Japan respectively.