Just read in one of the car mags that a company called Blitz (?) has developed a Turbo kit for our little Prius.
"This kit is designed to wake up the Toyota Prius hybrid, because while buying green may make you feel good, driving green can be a snooze. The device bumps the 1.5-liter, 76 horsepower gasoline engine to 130 horsepower using an intercooled turbo that's based around a small K2 turbocharger. Combined with the 67 horses kicked out by the electric motor, the get-up-and-go totals 197 horsepower. So far, the kit is just a proof-of-concept -- it will go into production if enough power-hungry hybridheads speak up. Price to be announced, 626-839-8350 for info."
don't flame the messenger
there is a nifty little pic of it installed in an engine bay, the install looks quite good, but I am too lazy to scan it in
"This kit is designed to wake up the Toyota Prius hybrid, because while buying green may make you feel good, driving green can be a snooze. The device bumps the 1.5-liter, 76 horsepower gasoline engine to 130 horsepower using an intercooled turbo that's based around a small K2 turbocharger. Combined with the 67 horses kicked out by the electric motor, the get-up-and-go totals 197 horsepower. So far, the kit is just a proof-of-concept -- it will go into production if enough power-hungry hybridheads speak up. Price to be announced, 626-839-8350 for info."
don't flame the messenger
there is a nifty little pic of it installed in an engine bay, the install looks quite good, but I am too lazy to scan it in