TRD/ Magnuson 4.0 Supercharger Tips, Tricks, and Mods

He came out with one?
Not that I am surprised in any way shape or form. "Some fancy double walling in the high speed merge collector" is my most recent memory

 

https://www.heatshieldproducts.com/

 

It was on FB recently. Possibly on XRU as well, but I haven't been there.

 

I kind of see what you are up against. You have your crossmember gusseted which also raised it so room is less.
I cant reference the amount of room between pan and skid but yeah, no way to fit even an oval (expensive) tube in there and still have enough clearance for engine/frame flex.

You and your buddies have skills! If I were you I'd buy some materials and make what you want to fit your needs. I doubt you would be happy with any of the current offerings for your specific "one off" application.

If you want, you can PM me to discuss your options.

 

He is too late for that party! He will only get the scraps now. He had the opportunity long long ago and his question was......who is going to change their pulley after they go smaller?
Well I have personally tried 4 pulley sizes and of course I am FAR from alone in that aspect.

I wonder when he is going to offer HPtuners and SAI block off plates for sale?

 

I’m tired of working on it. I’m ready to just bolt something on... lol.

I may shoot you a PM at some point for advice if you don’t mind.

 

and he made it red instead of keeping it bare aluminium

 

It only goes to a 2.7 pulley too... lol

 

Absolutely! That's what I was getting at. Please get with me before you throw something in there!

 

Oh its totally awesome!!

 

From my understanding the top tested oils are usually Penz Platinum and Amsoil. That being said if you stick to an aggressive OCI you should never have any issues even with cheap synthetic.

 

Pennzoil uses a lot of detergents, it's a good oil to use if you need to clean out the engine. I always run Pennzoil full synth 5/30 with the little green emblem on it "for modern turbocharged engines", supposedly good for boosted engines that run more rich than N/A ones do.

 

He is SO late to the party. No doubt he designed it because of his near immediate drop in pulley sales from this thread and the dedicated qwikchange thread I made long ago. All those stealth and Supergrip pulleys were getting dremeled, destroyed, and bent for removal and it probably hurt his little heart (and wallet as well) to see it. Lol.

I have changed pulley sizes at least 3 times total since my initial 3.0 pulley. It's fun to tinker and that's what the spirit of this whole thread has always been about and the encouragement in doing so!

The herd moved on to bigger, more fruitful ventures after proper sources had been discovered and now while he will be an option, he will be getting the table scraps of remaining sales left over.

 

I think if he started selling cam gears he could make good $$ on it. And also design a 7th injector kit that does not require the ucon.

 

I know the penz stuff is almost as good as amsoil, and it's price is definitely better for the $$ it kills everything else over the counter currently unless your local wolly world stocks amsoil. That said I was reading about the amsoil transmission fluid and I might have to try that stuff out in my A750, see if it performs any better than the toyota WS.

 

If he waits too long to offer his cam gears, he'll be getting the table scraps for those sales too after this group finds an alternative

 

I run Amsoil in the transmission and my diffs. Always have. In the engine it's either Penz or Amsoil, price dependent.

 

Did you notice any difference with the trans fluid? I know it’s expensive but I don’t mind spending the $$ on stuff I know is good. From the research I’ve done I know it should perform as good as toyota ws, and most likely better.

 

Hmm I can't tell the difference honestly. I changed pretty early on though. I've heard nothing but bad things about most modern fluids. They really aren't as advertised. Companies want you to believe they invented these miracle ingredients to make transmission fluid last forever. Reality is they just put in a higher detergent package and they count on most trucks failing well out of warranty.

 

A lot of truth in this stuff here... if he sold a 7th injector independent to the UCON he would definitely be in for a good hit with us, as 7 injector fueling would always be a nice addition for those not wanting to upgrade injectors but want the additional fueling for smaller pullies or even E85... cam gears are touch and go, as a lot of us who wanted them already have them or are in the process of getting them.

There is still a supercharger market to be had here. If he really wanted to give us options and choices he could make a custom billet tensioner unit with a double bearing idler design which is bolt up right off the gate. I know a lot of you guys still want something as far as a tensioner goes as nice as Roush is, it's still an aluminum unit. Carry a supply of Gate RPM series belts for those of us wanting more belt integrity. Hell he could even offer a replacement billet secondary crank pulley exclusively for the supercharger drive itself... which I would gladly pick up in a heartbeat to lessen the rotational mass... something..