Anyone successfully installed a TRD S/C on a VVTI motor?
TRD S/C on an '06
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just a fact I learned hard way,
if you're engine has some miles on it (120k ish and up) rebuild it before do any turbo/super charger .
if you're engine has some miles on it (120k ish and up) rebuild it before do any turbo/super charger .
From the sound of his last post, he had a tune issue with the URD ecu. Seems like piggy backs are a no go. I guess you have to drop some more coin on a stand alone unit.
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I wouldn't hesitate to boost a 120kish engine. Actually I should be installing a TRD blower on my 100 that has around 130k. Thats if I get a break from school and just happen to find a way to motivate myself.
Care to share?
I wouldn't hesitate to boost a 120kish engine. Actually I should be installing a TRD blower on my 100 that has around 130k. Thats if I get a break from school and just happen to find a way to motivate myself.
I turbo charged my Honda long time ago , and it had 150k miles on it . I was running a 15psi of boost and by the 2nd month it puked its connecting rods and valves out . I took it to a shop to rebuild the engine and they told me with any engine that’s has 120-130k miles on it owner should rebuild it before turbo/super charge it .
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Not disagreeing but to counter this....
I had an 04 Tacoma. Bought it in 2007 with 70,000 on it. Very first thing I did was slap on the TRD S/C. I also went with the TRD ECU and the URD 7th injector. Problem after problem with the TRD ecu, it was changed out to a URD ecu. No more problems. The engine also received Doug Thorley headers and a new SS free flow exhaust at same time as the S/C went on along with a new timing belt and w/p. I then drove the truck the next 4yrs racking up 65,000 miles. This included 25,000 miles through Latin America. Compression was tested before the S/C went on and about half way through the 4yrs and 65,000 miles. No problems at all and compression was great both times it was tested.
When I sold the truck it ran as good as the day I bought it. During that 65k miles though I cooked a sensor in the throttle body due to heat sink. Had to replace the TB since Toyota doesn't sell just the sensor. At the same time I put on a TB spacer. I had no more issues with heat sink. Lastly, the manufacture of the TRD S/C's recommends replacing the nose cone every 50,000 miles. This was done on my truck at about 50k miles since the nose cone was leaking.
Oh ya and I also ran the URD small pulley from time to time which increased boost to 14psi iirc. It may have been 12psi, I don't recall exactly other than the URD pulley increased boost 4-6psi.
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That much boost on any engine with that many miles and it'll puke something out shortly. Honda's are notorious for eating valves and everything that comes with that if timing belts aren't replaced like they should. That's why almost every bolt on turbo/supercharger kit on the market is 6-10 psi. If I didn't have two rug rats and a mortgage I wouldn't hesitate to put one on my 4.7 with 166k on the clock(but I stopped driving stuff like I stole it a few years ago).
