A friend of mine advised me not to buy a s\c

[Dawgz]

He said, that it would comprimize the reliablility of the car, that ill slowly be killing the engine.


is this true with the trd supercharger? if i run 4psi (stock trd boost).



its giving me second thoughts about supercharging.

[hskrsolara]

that is true with any forced induction on a na motor, it is just a risk you assume when you put extra stress on weak internals.

[cklinh]

Haven't you bought it already?

I sorta got the idea that you're the one buying from DatSRboi...

A bit late to back out?

Since it is TRD... I'd assume that you're better off right off the bat...

[Dawgz]

Haven't you bought it already?

I sorta got the idea that you're the one buying from DatSRboi...

A bit late to back out?

Since it is TRD... I'd assume that you're better off right off the bat...

thats what i told him, that its from trd, its made specifically for this engine.


eh, i guess stock 4psi wouldnt hurt?

[DatSRBoi]

Haven't you bought it already?

I sorta got the idea that you're the one buying from DatSRboi...

A bit late to back out?

Since it is TRD... I'd assume that you're better off right off the bat...

thats what i told him, that its from trd, its made specifically for this engine.


eh, i guess stock 4psi wouldnt hurt?

Any boosting of any car will result in shorter car span. But with the our cars Ive seen a few members hit pass 200K in thier life time. My cousin has a toyota tundra with 12 psi trd supercharged and its lasted him 160K miles. No issues other then blown struts from off roading.

And another thing. Itll last for ever if you take care of it just like anything else in this world. You can back out if you want to anytime. It has never failed me nor even thought about it.

[Dawgz]

nah man, im not backn out

[SC V6]

boosting does do that.. but this was manufactured by TRD and was ment to be able to put on the car and not void the warrenty... Toyota warrentied this supercharger... its not a "true" aftermarket Supercharger since you could at one time get it from the dealership

[JMSinMaryland]

I haven't even considered this nor do I really care. Toyota's last forever and I've never run over 4psi. If I had an automatic I'd save my money though, don't know what you have. Jon.[/quote]

[Dawgz]

i have the auto....im gonna buy it...

[JMSinMaryland]

I'm assuming you are buying it from Dat. Where do you intend on getting the EGR for an automatic transmission from? The EGR from the manual will not fit.

[Dawgz]

the guy spadwaller sold his s\c to has the auto tube, and he wants the manual tube, so im gonna trade with him

[vinrock]

I don't totally believe so. A little, maybe.

My original engine went at around 160k. I threw on the blower at around 100k & all of my cars are maintained religiously.

I did notice the engine had started eating oil from about 140k on. Did some research, and found out about the Toyota TSB mentioning reports of some V6's burning oil & crapping out. I was suspicious of this (symptoms fit the bill) and eventually she went.

Of course, the car has it's legs stretched regularly, but can't say it's been abused in any way.

However, one thing that i do attribute to the blower was a dead tranny. 85mph on the highway and suddenly goes into neutral. That was the end of the tranny at around 130k. I believe that if the car was newer when I added the blower it might have possibly made it through the warranty period. I do think it'd eventually die with the way I drive without having the torque converter beefed up. And I do think that the current transmission will die once more.

That is when i'll part the car off and move on to another compfy sleeper.

[Turbosolara]

yes it is true, but if it is been nicely tuned, it should be very reliable. turbo/supercharger does not kill the motor, bad tuning combination with lazy owner causes problems

[crispone]

yes it is true, but if it is been nicely tuned, it should be very reliable. turbo/supercharger does not kill the motor, bad tuning combination with lazy owner causes problems

You tell 'em Turbo!!!

I run 16psi on a well set up Mk III Supra... (Turbo Engineering Corp. "H3" trim hybrid prop staged HKS 8+ etc... see avatar...)

This car out and out hauls. YES, I've replaced the head once, and now run a 3-piece stamped sheet steel HKS gasket & ARP chromoly studs, etc, etc... some parts have been replaced, as with anything... around mid 80k... and it was NOS blown w/2x10lb bottles thru fogger before I got it... (Okay, so it's on the 3rd turbo... but mainly by choice...)

Stuff wears, but Toyota stuff wears longer because it is very specifically and deliberately over-engineered in so many respects. I pulled 227k miles out of my first Supra (no boost...), but I beat the livin' tinkle out of that thing... REDLINE all the TIME!

Anyway... I wouldn't think twice about a TRD S/C myself... especially if you are looking for some performance. YOU gotta decide what YOU want. The rest will all fall in place.


my thots


- crisp

[Fletch]

Engine will be fine @ 4psi. Don't know how the AT will hold up over time though.