2000 Toyota Echo

Update November 2015: Car was totaled out by insurance. It was a glorious 280,000mi and it will be missed. Time to move on.

I learned to drive and race in this car. It is in fact the only car I have ever owned. Got it from my mom with about 80k miles on it. So here it is in all its tiny glory, my 2000 Toyota Echo sedan. Over 250k miles on the chassis and engine, although I rebuilt the engine at about 225k for oil consumption. It’s the project car I could never quit.
It is setup primarily for Autocross and just plain fun to daily drive. Turns a head now and then.
Mods are as follows:

ENGINE:

• Flow matched fuel injectors from Five-0 motorsports
• Semi-custom hybrid short ram/cold-airintake. Started as a Weapon-R Dragon Intake and is now fitted with a Green performance filter
• DC Sports Ceramic coated header
• Custom 2.25” cat-back with MagnaFlow resonator, muffler and tip

CHASSIS:

• Tokico HTS adjustable dampers
• Tein H-tech springs (0.6” drop)
• TRD by Hotchkis front strut bar
• Meagan Racing front lower frame brace
• GReddy rear lower frame brace
• Echo RS front sway bar with EnergySuspension polyurethane endlink and bushing kit
  -Whiteline Suspension Rear Sway Bar
• 15x7” +41et Enkei RPF1
• 205/50/15 Falken azenis RT615K
• Upgraded to ‘02 front calipers to accept EBCBRAKES rotors and yellowstuff pads
• Goodridge stainless steel brake lines

BODY:

• Sprayed all the lower trim black as it was all 15 different shades from weather fading
• the roof and remaining Marques on the hood and trunk have been sprayed with black plastidip