Just wanted to see what you guyz thought about the ad that shows up sometimes on the bottom right the webpages in this forum. Something about the Turbonator and adding as much as 35 hps for like sixty bucks. Is it a real supercharger? If this is a dum question, i'm sorry, i dont know that much about cars.
Don't waste your money. It's a scam. In simple terms, it makes use of the same principle of forcing air into your engine which is what superchargers and turbocharges use to increase power, but executed poorly.
If you wanna learn about forced induction, or anything else for that matter (excpet sex), go to www.howstuffworks.com. The site is filled with simple explanations and pictures. www.superchargersonline.com is good for info on SC's.
Mannnnn, the one mod that any Tc owner should seriously give thought to would be the Supercharger option....for an extra lets say $55 bucks a month (your loan that is) you bought a supercharger from the factory Under Warranty that will kick up your mid- high RPM's by lets say 30-35whp I know they dont do much for low-end power off reseaerch but damn under warrant+INSTALLED for 3k is a no-brainer in my opinion then later on you will most-definatley be able to buy a bigger pulley to pull off some more respectable WHP numbers and not to mention Intake and exhaust maybee some good air-fuel tunning, I cant wait untill the end of this year till Im throwing around the gear-box on some WRX's(190whp) and V-8 stangs(207whp) Because it would seem with a Supercharged model with all the mods and some tunning this Tc has the potential to lay some decsent numbers.
Originally posted by 02RSX90camry ummm...wouldn't u want a smaller pulley?
Ha............my fualt.
I may have been thinking in the Turbocharging univesre, oh well I know how motors work so god ppplleeaassee!!.. dont think Im a moron with no type of knowledge, glad to be aboard here.
Damn I'm Excited too, but is there any word on the price of this supercharger coming out? And is it worth it or should I just wait until a bolt on turbo kit comes out.
jeez, 3300 bucks, you guys are basically talking about a turbo, not just a supercharger for that kind of money, right? And that should put the horsepower up to around 200 i'm guessing????
But that's $3300 installed and with a factory warranty. Although, everyone should read up on warranty info for the car. TRD parts are warranted for only 12 months/12,000 miles. The car itself is warranted for 3 years and the motor/driveline for 5 years. Still, in the end it's not a bad deal. Most shops don't have a clue on how to fully install a turbo or supercharger kit and end up doing more damage than making power (Believe me, I used to own a performance shop and we were constantly getting other shops wrong-doings). Besides, I'd rather take a factory blower opposed to waiting for a year and a half for complete turbo kits to pop onto the market.
yep. that makes sense to me.
I'm glad you mentioned that abou the TRD warranty... but i guess a good thing is that it doesn't automatically void the 5 year just cause its there.
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