TRD/ Magnuson 4.0 Supercharger Tips, Tricks, and Mods

mine did that on stock tires it still occasionally does it with 35s but manually shift more often than not for hills so it wont hunt in cruise or i drop it out of cruise and ride just under the shift threshold

 

Mine does this at times.

 

Does just pulling EFI fuse do the same thing? Pulls power from the ECU but lets you keep all your other stuff. Radio presets, radio backgrounds and wallpapers.

 

This is my project for today. Not supercharged but it does have a tiny little turbo.



7k miles on it. Needs a longblock. Customer took it to a quick lube place for an oil change. They poked a hole in the spin-on oil filter when installing it. Customer drove it till it was out of oil. It still runs but it makes a lot of aftermarket noises.

 

How the HELL does one poke a hole in an oil filter while installing it?

 

Maybe Skeletor? I could see that with the pointy bone fingers.

 

Ugh.

 

Those filter pliers can do some damage. With great power comes great responsibility. The lube place is paying for the engine replacement. Or their insurance is, rather.

 

I am glad to hear it is being taking care of properly.

 

This is the reason why I've have never payed for an oil change in my life. 'Established since 2001'

 

Yep, basically anything that could be contaminated with metal particles is getting replaced. Long block, breather, turbo, oil lines etc.

 

Same here. Did my first oil change in 1990 on my first car, which was a 1972 Beetle. Learned a lot about maintaining a vehicle from that car.

 

There is no need for pliers on install hand tight is fine......then again maybe my hands are stronger from uh exercise.

 

Growing up, watching and helping dad do all repairs himself there was no way I could get away without doing my own oil changes. Its like a gateway drug that eventually makes you brave enough to doing your own engine swaps, engine modding, heroin etc etc.

Kidding on the heroin I meant crack

 

I use oil filter pliers every day, but I don’t he-man it. Only time I’ve ever poked a hole in the filter is when removing one that’s tight AF.

I have a set of Channellock 480 Bigazz that are great for getting the stubborn ones off.
https://www.channellock.com/product/480/

 

Usually hand tight becomes borderline wrench tight when the time comes to remove it on the next oil change anyways. Can't imagine how tight it would be to remove if it was wrenched on.

 

When you have the wrong person swinging the wrench is when the problems arise.

 

I got a lot of goodies coming in the mail which will all be here by Thursday. Stay tuned.