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SuperCharger Questions and Problems

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by headbasha, May 14, 2013.

  1. May 15, 2013 at 5:27 PM
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    Ouch. I paid $40.
     
  2. May 15, 2013 at 5:47 PM
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    Yeah it sucked. Especially when I expected less than $40.
     
  3. May 15, 2013 at 5:59 PM
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    You can try a rebuild yourself. But I second the vacuum leak. Could explain pretty much everything.

    http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/267610-3-4l-trd-supercharger-rebuild.html
     
  4. May 16, 2013 at 11:51 AM
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    Update time.

    Cats are delete, so no more restriction. Boost gauge is bad. Swapped it out and it reading 7-8 max boost. It's just dog slow. I've been driving around a 2005 prerunner with the 4.0l and I guess I've been use to it. It will just smoke the tires taking off. My 03 with the supercharger and TRD 7th injector is barley spinning the tires and just has no get up and go like I expected. Are they just naturally slow like this? Is it just not tuned right? I am not running 93 octane ATM. Tank is still on 87. But I wouldn't think it would matter. Maybe I'm just use to this 2005 and my other car is a 2013 ford edge sport with 310 hp.
     
  5. May 16, 2013 at 12:32 PM
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    My truck runs like a raped ape.
     
  6. May 16, 2013 at 12:35 PM
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    At wot from 1st to 2nd it feel like the trans is going to fall out. It's shifting hard. It's an automatic.
     
  7. May 16, 2013 at 12:36 PM
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    Can't comment on the automatic transmission...except I think they suck.
    Mine's a manual.
     
  8. May 16, 2013 at 12:48 PM
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    Just out of curiosity have you checked to see if the check engine light wasn't removed?
     
  9. May 16, 2013 at 1:16 PM
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    The cel is there. When you start the truck it will light up.
     
  10. May 16, 2013 at 1:28 PM
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    I'd be more worried about detonation given that you're running 87 octane.
    The 7th is great for eliminating high gear low rpm lean out, but it's not a miracle worker. The owner still has to do his part. There's a big fat ass disclaimer to run premium fuel only for a reason.
     
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  11. May 16, 2013 at 1:42 PM
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    You need to revalve the valve body on the auto when you add a SC or it will fail pre-maturely.
    Thats probably not good.
    This. Get some 93. Also TRD 7th injector kind of sucked. URD is way better.
     
  12. May 16, 2013 at 2:28 PM
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    There is no cel. I'm saying the light works is all when you start the truck you can see it. Just like every other light.

    So use 93 octane only?

    Also the trans has a cooler on it.

    How can you tell if the 7th injector is working?
     
  13. May 16, 2013 at 3:42 PM
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    Yes.

    Its not about the cooler. Something on how it shifts. Take it to a good shop and tell them you need to rework the valve body for the SC.

    Not sure. Its not a good kit though. If you have some extra cash, URD is the way to go.
     
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    I got the TRD Boost gauge working. It has a hole in the line right where it goes into the SC. Ive got the 93 octane fuel in there and it seems to be breathing new life into it. I guess i need to get a O2 simulator sensor from URD because my CEL came on since i have no cats.

    I googled tacoma valvebody and it has me on a thread reading about ITP valve body upgrade. Has anyone done this upgrade recently? Those posts were from 2005-2007. I was wondering if they still do the work.
     
  15. May 16, 2013 at 4:30 PM
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    Yes, this is what you need to do.
     
  16. May 17, 2013 at 9:33 AM
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    I don't have the 7th injector, but I was also disappointed when I drove my SC truck first. The stupid auto lot put 87 in it. Not only did it feel sluggish, but it felt like a 4 banger. The 91 fuel was the kicker. It is still a heavy truck so it's by far fast. With the automatic transmission you can't wind up the engine before take off so it still feels sluggish from a dead stop. I have found that manually shifting helps with speed. Still you have to roll and build up boost to about 2700rpm before you feel the SC. So what I do is stick in 1st, engine break, then take off and run it all the way up to red and shift to 2nd. 1st goes to about 35mph, 2nd I don't know (haven't ran it up all the way before shifting due to speed limit. I run about a 8 sec 0-60 I think, or close to it. With the 7th injector I don't know if I could do much better and I think a smaller pulley would be the next step. Most cars now days are running 6 sec 0-60 times now so we still get beat up by stock 30mpg cars. But for something that weighs this much with almost 10 year old technology you really can't ask for more. I mean now the v6 engines are making 300 hp stock, example camaro and mustang.

    Usually when I fill up I just focus on the fact that my truck as a DC can haul people, haul some stuff, 4wheel, is relatively quick, and I can still park in a compact parking space. The only thing I'm lacking is MPG which would have been solved if they would have just let us Americans have the diesel.
     
  17. May 17, 2013 at 3:16 PM
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    I talked to my tranny shop that rebuilt my allison trans in the 01 excursion today. He said he can drive the truck with me and see if it needs more than just a valve body job. So ill get that lined up this weekend.

    My mechanic also has alot of experience tuning on drag race cars and his brother actualy owns a tuning shop and build them from ground up. So i was talking to him and just getting info on does he think this thing is tuned in correctly. So he said IDK, put it on a machine and have at it.

    So he hooked up one of his diagnostic tools and did a custom loadout so i could see throttle position, short term and long turn fuel banks. I made a few hits on it from about 1-80 and then 50-80 and so on. It seems that whatever my defualt AFR is, its trying its hardest to keep it there. Does anyone know if the TRD 7th injector kit changes it from the ~14 that its suppose to be? I was reading on project sport runner that he tuned his to be ~11 accross the board. I was wondering the hp gains you get from the difference of 14 to 11.

    I was also wanting to do some custom tuning but i would need the UDR 7th injector kit instead of this TRD. So is the upgraded $700 kit, plus the 2.2 pulley worth the extra HP? Especially if i can get it tuned in right?
     
  18. May 17, 2013 at 3:21 PM
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    That's the shitty part about the TRD 7th....no fuel management. The factory ECU does everything electronically possible to keep the fucking thing in closed loop.

    Get the URD and never look back. You can play the fuel injector and timing as much as you want and get the AFR to your liking.
     
  19. May 17, 2013 at 3:24 PM
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    I don't have a lot of additional input from what was already said... but I will say... a slightly modified N/A 4.0L Tacoma will easily keep paces with a supercharged 3.4. So, just for reference as you mentioned you had an 05+ before and felt like it was faster.
     
  20. May 17, 2013 at 6:21 PM
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    With the pulley, URD 7th inj, and a nice tune, you can see up to 300HP. Headers/exhaust can give a bit more.

    This is a good read from start to finish (start from bottom to top):
    http://www.speedysgarage.net/sportrunner/

    I doubt it.
     
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