I was just browsing the Scion tC mini brochure and noticed that they have changed the tentative availability to Fall 2005.

Sorry to disappoint, but its true

We'll all just have to spend our money on handling upgrades and custom goodies until then.

 

The SC has been DELAYED since the tC was first introduced.

 

They never said it would be before fall 2005 since early this year. I was hearing sept release (possibly) back in march.

 

yeah, this has been posted several times now.... the release date IS sept, 2005, $3200 installed, about $2700 for just parts

 

I thought so, but I figured I would just keep everyone who was not aware informed on the situation.

Sorry to waste space Admins

 

what now its 3200 installed? not 3200 + install? god... internet msg boards are so fluctuating.. i'll wait till it comes out..

 

Good looking out, even if the news is a lil out dated.

 

$3200 installed with $2700 parts strikes me as less markup than usual. The people that charge you $150 to throw in a subwoofer with a prebuilt harness are going to do the whole supercharger for $500? I wouldn't make out a check for that exact number until it really comes out...

 

I know a GM of a Scion Dealer in LA (my Fiance used to work with him at his dealership), I saw him on Saturday, I inquired with him about the SC for the tC, he told me that they are having tuning (fuel mix) problems with it right now and it still has an unacceptable failure rate. It sounded like it is all related to the air/fuel mixture with the injection system.

He did tell me that they are still looking at the $3,000 pricing range, average for a supercharger... but it was the installed price. One other good thing that you may not know, this supercharger, as long as it is installed by Scion will be covered under your powertrain warranty, yes, that is 5 yr 60K miles... not just the 12 & 12 as customary. And it will also fall under an extended as well.

So, it may be worth the wait, no one wants their car sitting in the dealership with a grenaded motor, now do they?????

 

y am i not surprised?

 

I'm holding out buying the tC until I get the SC installed to keep the warranty in tact. I even brought up the offer to my dealer to buy the car now and get the SC when it comes out to keep the 5 yr warranty and they said no. That's fine - just lost a sale to post on their quarterly report.

Might as well wait for the '07's while I'm at it....

 

Well, I wont judge it untill I hear solid numbers, but the last few people related to scion I spoke with say 200 BHP... if that is the case they wont sell too many of them. I would rather stick with stock than pay $3000 or more for 40 BHP. I could do that NA for less money. But, hopefully they were all mistaken, although two of them heard this at the trip to the factory in Japan. We will see I guess.

 

well whoever gets the TRD supercharge first needs to get it and dyno it ASAP!

 

I am honestly over the whole supercharger thing LOL , its like waiting for something that will never come . I aint sayin the whole idea of a supercharged motor covered by teh warrenty isnt a good thing , But come on its been how long since the SC was originally brought up ?

 

has anyone gotten a number on the hp its supposed to put out. All i have heard is 200hp

 

Don't kill the messenger but rumor from a dealer I talked to says more than likely between 210-220. I don't know, I'll take that "guestimate" with a grain of salt.

 

is that faster than type-s then? i think base rsx vs tc is about a drivers race.

 

Even if it's 2700 for parts and 3200 for parts/labor, that's 500 for labor...500/75 is over 6.5 hours of work. That's more than enough to put in a supercharger made for the car plus everything else, and they won't have to deal with rust!

Also, 200 hp even to the flywheel is enough to make this a quick car. Again, it's the torque that this car will be making that you'll like.

 

yeah but can the get a CARB #... otherwis the largest install of scions wont even see it...

 

what I don't get, and what ____es me off, is how the hell can saturn, cobalt, etc. able to get CARB no problemo with their SCers and release it and scion can't?

Buncha BS.

I was told that when I put my deposit down I was guaranteed the price of 3405.00 installed and that my dealership will eat it if it ends up more expensive to install...

we will see in september....