2009 Supercharger Tacoma DC

that fricken awsome man.very nice.congrats

 

damn...

 

that is sweet..i hope to do the same to mine someday soon..

 

i just wish i could find fuel without ethonal in it so I could get some real power

 

damn im jealous, ive been really thinking of installing an sc on my 09' when i get my tax return, i drive a lot of mountain roads to work and back and would like some extra power, does anyone have an sc with exhaust? i have the flowmaster 40 series and would like to see how it sounds with an sc on it as well. you guys think its worth it?

 

Damn, nice setup man. All these SC vids and pics are making me drool and ponder ways to which I could afford one of these.........

 

yeah i feel the same way and im getting a nice tax return and its either save it up or invest in an sc for my baby haha

 

so let me ask you this..... what if one were to buy a new tacoma from the dealer and get the trd blower installed and reflashed yada yada yada..... can the X-1 still be installed w/o problems?

 

Yes.

I had the TRD flash before the X-1 was ever released. The X-1 will work without problems with or without the TRD flash.

 

where do you get the supercharger from and who would you have install it? I thought i read somewhere that if toyota does the install it will have a warranty on it, is this true?

 

You can buy the blower from a dealership. But there are much better deals online. Some of the best deals i've seen have been on eBay.

If the dealer installs it then warranty is for as long as you own the vehicle, and if you install it, then the warranty is for 1 or 2 years.... I believe, but don't quote me on that, as i'm not 100% certain.

 

There is always next years tax return to save lol

 

trust me i know, i did my taxes and getting a pretty good amount back so im really thinking about it.

 

It's 12 months or 12,000 miles if installed outside of dealership.

 

wow so if the dealership installs it, it will be under warranty for as long as i own the truck? Sounds like its worth it to have the dealership install it.

 

cheapest way to do it and retain full warranty is buy it online and then take it to a dealership for install. If you are impatient then just drive into a dealership and plunk down 5k and you'll have it in by tomorrow.

 

that sounds very tempting haha

 

There is a slight difference in the 05 - 08 SC vs the 09 SC in what they refer to as the "fit kit". I had been waiting about 3 months for the 09 fit kit to come out as some items had been moved around vs the previous years models. Some other things that are different is the emisions mapping. As a result there was a delay as the Califonia emissions standards group (someone) had to approve the new map. Once this happened then TRD was allowed to ship to distribtion points around the US and sell it. So I am not sure how the new map compares to previous emissions mapping but there you go.

If you buy your parts and you have an 09, be sure to get the correct fit kit. The dealer or TRD is willing to help you with the correct part numbers.

As far as install goes... well I think I put in my post the time lines... If not I would plan for at least a day of install at the dealer. While the quoted time from TRD is 6 hours my expereince and feedback from others is that its about a full day for a Toyota tech as there are a lot of things to do. I wish I would have grabbed a few pics but the spot inspection I performed showed the entire top of the manifold and just about every attaached part to it... If I am not mistaken I think they even removed the front grill to add the addtional cooler for the Intercooler system.

So the question - is all this worth it... hell yea buddy, its worth every once of power the old girl can muster out of her when you smash the pedal down and make 60 in 6 seconds...

 

I wonder if those numbers are wheel horsepower or crank horse power?

OP, you should find a dyno and take a few pulls and see what type of power is really made. Would of been nice to take a few runs while you were stock to get some good baseline readings.

pretty cool!

 

Those numbers are crank HP. Wheel horsepower numbers range so much based on the brand of dyno, engine efficiency, ambient conditions, etc.

These are dyno numbers from a DynoDynamic dynameter (all pulls on the same dyno). In these particular pulls, they calculate to be about 15% lower then similar pulls on a DynoJet.

Stock: 180rwhp/230rwtq
TRD S/C Only: 229rwhp/280rwtq - 49rwhp/50rwtq gain (27% gain over stock) - 15% Correction: 263rwhp/322rwtq
TRD S/C w/Bolt-ons, X-1, Tuned: 297rwhp & 320rwtq - 68wrhp/40rwtq gain (30% gain over just a blower) - 15% Correction: 342rwhp/368rwtq