With the TRD Supercharger the tC is going to be push to 200 whp and some people said that is only 40 whp gain, and in my opinion it is more... aprox the tC stock has 140 whp so the TRD Supercharger is going to increase 60 whp... without loosing the Factory Warranty for $3200. I think that it is a good deal. what do you think guys?

 

The tC is rated at 160 hp (even if it is not getting exactly that to the wheels) therefore with a 40 hp gain from the supercharger you get 200 hp, that's how they advertise it.

 

If it sounds too good to be true, than it probably is...

 

I think it is a waste of money. 3200 for 40 whp, that a big chunk of change for just 40 hp. I mean it will make your car faster but the car will still be pretty slow. Just save the money, unless you can finance it i think. Plus its a bad investment, in the end your going to lose out on most of the money that you put into the car

 

i've never seen the dyno.

 

The ads claims 40hp increase but never said it is going to give you total of 200whp, just 200hp at the crank after installation. If you're not in Cali, it is probably not a good idea to get TRD SC, just too much dough for too little gain.

 

my dealer told me it was 200hp at the crank

 

Dont beleive anything your dealer tells you, the fact is that no one knows. Dealers act like they know but they really dont they are just bull s***ing you. Hey maybe in the end they will have 200 hp at crank, maybe the s/c will come out by the time they end production of the TC's, but prolly not

 

dont know anything untill toyota releases info to the public

 

You're not paying $3200 (or whatever) just for those "possible" 20 HP. You're also paying for it to be dealer installed and warrantied. That's worth a hell of a lot in my book. Especially compared to installing some turbo that if something does actually go wrong, could potentially give you a huge, unwarrantied paperweight.

Just my preference though. Not like I'll have the $$ to get it anyways, but it would be nice.

 

Ugh, why not just dig up old dead thread on SC's hp numbers? Why make another?? Mr ED just died again, put the whiffle ball bat away!

 

i thought the 3200 was just for the kit, not installed

 

most intelligent comment in this thread.


the rest: speculation

 

Exactly, for another person to start up a thread about the SC is pretty stupid. Normaly i would never say something like that but use the search (yes in some cases the search is useless here) and you will find TONS upon TONS of SC threads rehashing this exact topic all the way back to the tC's release. Bottom line is what "BrEaK_AwaY" said, these threads are useless and now a waste of space until toyota has a offical release and then anyone that wants to spit ball the SC can do so because the information will be new, FACT, and straight from the horses mouth (if i can compare toyota to a horse for a min), meaning not from what i heard from my friend's friend who works for so and so how travels to japan and meets with top level executives that make the big decisions (you would understand that if you read some of the other thousands of SC threads).

*no horses were harmed in researching the comparison of horses and the toyota motor company.

*EDIT: well except for that one horse, but we put it down so it wouldn't suffer.

 

Not to mention that manufactuers are known for underestimating or under-rating hp for insurance purposes. Look at the SRT-4, it dyno'd consistantly alot higher than Dodge said it would. So even after Toyota does an "official" release on output, I would not be satisfied until an independent dyno was released.

 

i went to toyota today b4 work to kill some time and i was lookin at the trd shift ***** n stuff and while i was flippin to the back i say the SC section in the catalog. i asked the sales person in the parts dept and he said that the "TRD SC wont ever be released" when i asked y he told me that they are havin problems with it not passing emmissions. so im pretty sure it may be a california only thing but thats just what i ko bout the SC.

 

Dyno charts should be taken with a grain of salt. There are a bunch of different kinds of dynos, dynapack, dynojet, mustang dyno...and they all can affect what numbers are being pushed out. Ambient temperature, whether a fan is placed in front of the car or not, altitude, wheel weight, drivetrain all play a role.

They are good for measuring relative hp gain or losses, and thats about it. I have seen an SRT4 dyno 210 hp on a dynojet and that same SRT4 dyno 186 on a mustang dyno.

Also, not all manufacturers are known for understating their hp numbers...case in point, take a look at the RX-8 and the previous Mustangs. Mazda and Ford had to compensate some of their customers because the cars were not pushing out as much hp as they had claimed.

 

I've seen the 205hp rated Chevy Cobalt SS dyno at 229whp stock. The new breed of sports cars are keeping their numbers conservative for insurance costs. It's like the muscle car era all over again.

 

Hey blanco, so what happened to the sc being released this year? even if trd says in september that the sc will be coming out this year, it most likeley wont.
TRD really needs to get thier act together, and stop bullsh**ing.

 

All should take note that TRD has not bullshat anyone other than making estimations as to when they expected release. Obviously, the release date was not concrete and they have missed it their original release date. That said, they havn't said anything else. The rest is speculation from dealers and customers but nothing from TRD or even Toyota.