Toyota Discontinues TRD Supercharger Program (1 Viewer)
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There will be no programming support for model year newer than 2015 by the way.
Tapage
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more plastic cars what only work for 5 - 6 years ..
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BUT, the 5.7 is much more FUN with a S/C. !!!
Good money in appliances.
Hasn't Toyota always been boring and isn't that why we like them?
I think there is a big difference between boring and dependable.
Agreed.
And Toyota historically has been very good at blending those attributes together.
The current strong suit is "boring" however.
And Toyota historically has been very good at blending those attributes together.
The current strong suit is "boring" however.
They weren't that great of supercharger kits anyway. Hopefully aftermarket will step up with support and make kits better than trd ever supplied.
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Rest assured nobody will. I'd love however to be proven wrong.
Tapage
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X2 .. thousand times .. how many SC ( or any other " expensive " aftermarket gadget ) they are going to sell ?
And among the mass who can really buy one, there is a section of buyers that like " customization " of the " gadget ...
I'm just amazed every single day with the amount of ( some nice and some useless ) stuff J**p folks have .. fenders, lights, suspension etc etc etc .. and all it's mostly bolt on .. !
Don't get me wrong I'm 200% loyal to Cruisers for the rest of my life .. but damn ! big envy !
Well, at least I was able to get the emblem to make it official...
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Toyota has historically watched other companies develop products (and fail or have serious problems) then come along and provide a reliable, solid, well built, albeit boring improvement over their competitors. The TRD Supercharger was probably one product they provided that other manufacturers didn't. It was probably the "baby" of a big wig at Toyota who justified it's existence even though it probably wasn't profitable. My guess is that that big wig is no longer around and there is nobody left to justify it. I had one on my Gen III 4Runner and loved it. But I won't shed any tears over it going by the wayside. However, I cry every day when I get in my 92 80 with brown tweed interior and know that Toyota discontinued it. Those bastards! 
Probably true but just like the 80 the 200 is not a dragster and the 5.7 is has more than enough power for me. Then again the 80 is somewhat adequate for me also.....at sea level on moderate to flat highways. For off-road it can hang with just about anything.
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Pretty sure I read an article that the new supra will have a bmw engine.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/great-scott-next-gen-supra-boosted-bmw-engine-supercapacitors-awd/
I really think Toyota has stepped off the deep end. I have had my share of bmws and they all have been unreliable pieces of crap.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/great-scott-next-gen-supra-boosted-bmw-engine-supercapacitors-awd/
I really think Toyota has stepped off the deep end. I have had my share of bmws and they all have been unreliable pieces of crap.
Tapage
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Was in doubt about if like your post or not .. it is good info .. but bad info at the same time ..
Maybe, maybe not. Most newer bmw engines are quite reliable, it's always the stuff around the engine that breaks. Like the wastegate, hpfp, sensors, vanos(usually just dirty).......
But the engine themselves are great, although still skeptical of them matching Toyota's longevity.
