TOYOTA SUPERCHARGER DELAYED ONCE AGAIN!!!!!

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Sep 18, 2005 | 03:55 AM

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I saw the TRD SC in person last night at Scion Night. The guy said it's coming out in two months and will be $2900 without labor. He said it puts out 203 at the crank. He also said that they originally had it pushing out 230 at the crank but it would not pass smog. I know you've heard it all before, but I thought I'd let you know.

Sep 18, 2005 | 05:27 AM

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203 at the crank.... doesnt sound like much at all....

Sep 18, 2005 | 06:53 AM

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103? They really were yankin out chain when they said 200+ hp

Sep 18, 2005 | 06:54 AM

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we can do that cheaper going NA. My intake-header-s-pipe gets me 155whp so thats like 175-180 crank. If the zpi numbers are true, a head package would bring it past 200 @ the crank.

Sep 18, 2005 | 05:05 PM

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Re: not to beat a dead horse but...

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Not to beat a dead horse but... As OF Sept. 14th 2005 I called TRD @ 4:57pm EST and talked to the rep on the phone. I then inquired about the TRD supercharger for the tC and had told him of the Email i recieved from them about 2 months ago in reply to my original inquiry about the S/C to which they replied ETA is Sept. Well the gentlemen on the phone from TRD said that he had just finished installing one a day ago and that the S/C will indeed be released before the end of the month (sept.) I then proceeded to ask him how much power does it add if he knew and he replied that he didnt have concrete numbers but that his butt o meter was saying that a substantial amount of increase in power was produced and I then asked him if he knew the amount of boost that would be produced from the system to which he replied that he hadnt had a boost meter/guage hooked up but that the system runs between 5 and 7psi of boost. my final question was for a part number if they had one avalible to which he answered that he hadnt had one quite yet, but to check back in a couple of weeks. For all those who doubt my story .. here is the Phone number that you may call yourself to satisfy your curiousity. (800) 688-5912

This is word for word what I was told in May. Still vaporware.

Oh, I seriously doubt you will get an additional 20 hp from headwork without losing something. Besides, header, exhaust, and S-pipe are not smog legal, the vaporware SC will have to meet the most stringent of smog standards AND survive warranty. That's a totally different egg to crack.

Sep 18, 2005 | 09:48 PM

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we can do that cheaper going NA. My intake-header-s-pipe gets me 155whp so thats like 175-180 crank. If the zpi numbers are true, a head package would bring it past 200 @ the crank.

camcom as well.

Sep 18, 2005 | 10:13 PM

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Re: not to beat a dead horse but...

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hmm well see.. so many dates and and so many promises...... only 2 weeks left so we will all see the truth...

This is word for word what I was told in May. Still vaporware.

Oh, I seriously doubt you will get an additional 20 hp from headwork without losing something. Besides, header, exhaust, and S-pipe are not smog legal, the vaporware SC will have to meet the most stringent of smog standards AND survive warranty. That's a totally different egg to crack.

Sep 21, 2005 | 02:31 PM

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THE VORTECH WILL B OUT WHEN ITS OUT AND WHEN IT DOES, I'LL HAVE 5Gs TO SLAP DOWN ON THE COUNTER FOR EVERTHING I NEED. DID I SAY 5, I MENT 6. NO TIME FOR BS. AND STOP CALLIN IT A TRD SC. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DESIGN FOR OTHER CARS. OH, AND BY THE WAY CAPS R MY SIGNATURE

Sep 21, 2005 | 02:48 PM

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no one cares about your signature, get rid of the caps. and we all know trd rebadges other companies parts.

Sep 23, 2005 | 07:36 PM

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a break_away u seem real bold on sl. u might need to meet me at white marsh cuz u keep halkin me. right now i'm just waitin to see u ridin around b-more in that offroad tc of yours.

Sep 23, 2005 | 07:47 PM

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a break_away u seem real bold on sl. u might need to meet me at white marsh cuz u keep halkin me. right now i'm just waitin to see u ridin around b-more in that offroad tc of yours.

uh oh we got some eThuggin going on

best be strapped werd up y0 or i kickz yo aazzzzzzzzzzzzzz

forgive me i'm bored at work.
mods feel free to delete this bulljive and the bulljive i'm responding to.

Sep 23, 2005 | 08:02 PM

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I'm trying to find out if FLINT is 28 or 8

Let's take it out to the playground yo....

Uh Oh, now I done it, he's gonna bust a cap in my a$$ too.

Sep 23, 2005 | 09:36 PM

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It's called "vaporware". The computer industry has been using this approach for a long time to acquire and keep customers. Anything you might want in a product will be available with the next upgrade Real Soon Now.

Hey, it works. Folks bought tCs even thought they didn't like the power, because they knew that the fix was the SC. Now that they've sold the cars via vaporware, why should Toyota bother with the actual SC hardware? They've already got your money!

Sep 23, 2005 | 09:53 PM

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repeat buyers?

Sep 23, 2005 | 11:30 PM

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FLINT, i have no e-beef with ya man... its just hard to read them damn caps.... and you did it on EVERY post. but you stopped... so its all good

and yes... its all to get a hype up, and ill still probably get the sc

Sep 24, 2005 | 04:04 AM

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its all good BA sorry about that yal. a matty, i see your a tc genius and

u might find out how to get more power out of the sc b4 some of us will

Sep 24, 2005 | 05:20 AM

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i'm a tC genius????

i'd be happy to see good #'s from the s/c but honestly i'd rather see businesses like dezod and zpi make the tuner market for the tC