TRD supercharger

So, another question: wouldn't it be easier/cheaper to have a shop build a new Y-pipe or is the URD one the best deal?

 

Depends on the shop. You could probably go to a shop and have one built. BUT, it also depends what you're looking for...most shops bend up exhausts like this


whereas the URD Y pipe used mandrel bends to prevent any sort of restrictions...

 

So the URD comes with two bungs on one side? I was wondering about hooking up the existing bungs + a wideband and if you could get all of that with the URD pipe.

 

Yeah it comes with bungs and plugs

 

Sigh...more stuff. Installed the Pop-n-lock tailgate handle today, ordered a hard tonneau, and then ordered the pulley and the gauge pod. Now I want that stupid over-priced Y-pipe.

 

Just FYI, I priced getting a pipe made. Problem is finding a shop that does mandrel bending, then if you are lucky to find one near you, they charge will probably charge by the bend plus the pipe. Before it's done you have way more than the URD. Helps when a shop already has all the measurements and they make a "lot" to sell instead of one time custom jobs. You need a fuel pump upgrade, too

 

What he said ^. Fuel pump is kinda a touchy subject, but I think most agree if you're going past just a blower with upgrades, a fuel pump is cheap insurance. I reaaallly need to install mine lol

 

The smaller pulley wakes the charger up in low rpm's and the fuel pump seems to wake it up in the higher rpm's. I guess the comments to rock lobster about him needing a fuel pump are true. Hard to find truthful things in all the BS of TW.

 

Yeah agreed, I notice a bit of a cut out/power loss when I'm in the higher RPMS. Gotta be the fuel pump at max output. I need to get off my lazy ass and change it out already. sigh, and I just filled the tank too.

 

It's well worth the $150 and the hardest part of the job is the quick couplers for the fill vent and the vent to the charcoal canister. They were both aligned so the part you squeeze wasn't where you could even remotely get a finger on.

 

You dropped the tank?

 

Hey guys, so I wanted to make sure I'm covering everything from the start....

I'm planning on going with the Magnusson re-release of the supercharger, 2.85 pulley, headers, y-pipe and Flowmaster 40 or super44 and potentially a fuel pump... Anything else you guys would recommend straight from the start?

I'm on the fence about the new fuel pump
Also on the fence about just going straight for an IPT shift kit...

Probably going to be using this pretty casual (won't be racing it). I just need some better power to handle a heavy truck and towing

 

Nothing to it. You have to drop it to get the bucket out that holds the pump. The instructions say you can lower it enough, but they lie. The evap hose to the charcoal canister was pretty short and wouldn't even begin to let it lower enough to get the bucket out of the tank. Plus, the retainer was REALLY tight.

 

The stock pump can barely handle much of the NA engine believe it or not. Adding a supercharger with its stock 6PSI boost only exacerbates the issue. The stock fuel pump cannot handle the additional volume that a supercharger and the injectors require and that is just the truth of it all. If you want to add a blower and especially start modifying it, prepare to replace the stock pump or pay the price for it later down the road.

 

I'm curious if the magnusson will come with a fuel pump included? Makes sense if you get bigger injectors you need a pump with more flow. I thought the the older TRD installs actually came with a pump? Other forums have way better tech info than TW without all the BS.

 

Thanks, I'll have a look around...

I was actually under the same impression that it came with a pump but all this recent talk makes it sound like it doesn't... I'm not new to the idea of upgraded FI systems and the concept of bigger injectors = bigger pump is a pretty common one... I'm surprised that wouldn't be taken into account on the kits off the shelf.

 

With just the magnuson blower and even tuning, there isn't a solid need for a pump. Its when you increase boost and start adding other performance mods that the fuel pump starts reaching its limits.

 

This is mine, early last year if I remember right. I was NA at the time btw. Like I said. Prepare to pay the price if you don't.

 

Btw, none of the prior kits have included pumps, but the 1st gens suffer from inherent lean issues without heavy needs for correction hence the 7th injector deal they got going on.

 

That's why your pump volume starts cutting out towards your upper rpm huh? Lol.