SUPERCHARGER ????'s

sp2 · Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 442

so i was looking into supercharger a lil down the road but i had a few questions
i know with the supercharger i will need to get tuned for the air/fuel ratio

but i was wondering if you have toyota install it will they just reflash the stock ecu?
and if u don't have toyota do it can other places reflash the stock ecu? (i read earlier no other place can besides toyota) so was curious

or do i have to get a piggy back system for the supercharger?

miketf1 · Posted: 8/6/08 5:01PM Post subject:

1) yes you need it tuned. running a poor tune will destroy gas mileage and wear your engine

2) yes. there is a special machine that they plug into your OBDII port and it will reflash the ECU with the proper specs.

3) you can install it yourself and i do believe that you can limp it to a dealer to have it reflashed. otherwise i know that places with access to the toyota database has access to that reflash file but that may not mean that they have the means to reflash the ECU properly

4) no need as long as you use the TRD supercharger with the TRD supercharger reflash. if you feel that your local tuner can extract a better fuel map from the supercharger you can probably get them to do the tuning

sp2 · Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 442

Ok thanks i kinda had a idea but jus wanted to get the 100% truth haha
and knowing what i need helps me see how much to be saving up prob $4k

Zsanz · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 1088 Location: new york

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