MotocrossFirst

FIRST.. I wanna say thanks for all the feedback on my suspension questions... I went with ICON(donahoe racing) Extended Travel Coil Overs up front with CHAOS FAB uniball upper control arms, and Sonoran Steel rear setup.. Its being shipped now!

SECOND.. I've been debating this whole "supercharge my 4runner" idea for some time now.. I have a 99 SR5 automatic V-6 4x4.. I tow a trailer very often, and honestly i'd like more power all together. I'm at about 148,000 miles too.

>>> For those of you who have driven both supercharged and non-supercharged V-6 runners.. Do you think its worth the $2400 bucks?? Also, what are some other options to get a noticeable ammount of power out of my vehicle?

kmcaprice14

Is the added power really worth it to put stress on a not so young engine, plus restrict yourself to buying premium fuel for the rest of the trucks life and to settle with decreased fuel economy? I thought about a supercharger for all of 2 minutes before deciding that it wasn't the right choice for me. You could give me one for free and I wouldn't take it. Maybe I'm just bitter to have to put premium in the IS. But honestly, if you want a bigger, stronger faster truck for towing, maybe you should just go buy that in the first place....

MotocrossFirst

I don't appreciate your negativity.. If you don't have anything helpful to say, don't say anything at all.

kmcaprice14

What are you talking about? I am giving you an honest opinion about superchargers. If you don't want the other side of the coin, why even make a thread asking for opinions? That doesn't make a lick of sense.

I have been in MANY supercharged and turbocharged cars and trucks, and more than a few supercharged toyotas. Sure they have a bit more pickup, but to really exploit the extra power, you take a fuel economy nose dive. Two friends of mine have supercharged tacomas, and while they enjoy them, they both regret the decision to supercharge due to some of the maintenance issues that developed with putting stress on an older engine and the added cost of fuel. In the midst of all the pro-supercharge threads as of late, I was simply trying to play devils advocate for you.


And at the end of the day, if you want a strong powerful truck to be used for tons of towing, the 4runner is not your best bet.

No need to take offense to an honest reply.

Texas_Ace

Well i debated this same question for quite a long time myself. I have always WANTED to supercharge my truck but just didn't have the $$$$.

In my case i had decided that i was just going to leave it NA and get an RX7 to play around with. But then i came across a supercharger for dirt cheap and could not help myself.

The only reason i am now Supercharging my truck is becausei will be spending about $1300 for both the SC and fuel mods to boot. Then a little extra for toys to make everything better but those are optional.

The 5VZFE was designed to be FI'ed by toyota. So it holds up to the Supercharger quite well with a proper setup. Relibilty on a properly tuned and fuel modded SC 5VZFE is about the same as an NA engine.

MPG also is about the same between an NA and SC engine as long as you go easy on the pedal.

Power wise, although i have not driven a SC truck yet an extra 75hp can't be too bad.


The only real downside i am looking at is having to buy preiuim fuel. But around here it is only a few extra cents over regular at at these prices it doesn't make much differnce.

If you are going to do a Superchager though, you need to do all the supporting mods as well. Like the URD 7th injector kit. www.urdusa.com

ozziesironmanoffroad

speaking of superchargers... is it worth the money to put the LCE supercharger on the 22re? or is it a complete waste of money? on the 3.4 its a big diff, but on the 22re? i dont know. anyone?

Texas_Ace

Well from what i have read the 22re is a lot cheaper to turbochrage then supercharge. Though the supercharger will give you more tourqe and be better off-road.

As a whole i seem to remember the gain being about 50% - 75% which is pretty good.

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iTrader: (1)

I don't think that kmcaprice14 was being negative at all. You asked for opinions so he offered it up so just be cool about it bro. As for yeah or neigh it depends on if you can afford it. I already, and have always, used premium gas in my vehicles so that's no problem. If you can afford it then definitely do it, I plan to. My 4Runner has 220K but I bought it with a bad engine which has a documented 63K so when I can afford to I'm going to SC it. I did hear about a different kit than the 7th injector kit but can't remember off hand. Dude I'd say go for it, other guys have put an SC on it with comparable miles so if you have taken care of it and trust your ride then do it.

ozziesironmanoffroad

hmm.. interesting.. so with a hi performance cam, header, flowmaster, and a supercharger, my 22re would be pretty mean, huh?

Texas_Ace

You might be thinking of the TRD 7th injector kit. It costs more and is not programmable like the URD.

Texas_Ace

Actually from what i have read, the 22re can be built up pretty easy and cheap. And get some desent power to boot.

ozziesironmanoffroad

that would be nice... the 22re stock is gutless until you put it into 4lo, then its very strong.

kmcaprice14

Not to be an ass, but you might want to take this discussion to another thread before this thread gets too directionless.

ozziesironmanoffroad

true, sorry.

nc994run

Realistically, you probably shouldn't supercharge a higher mileage engine unless you can afford to do it right ... including the valvebody modification ($600) for your auto tranny, a URD fuel kit, larger injectors, etc. You would probably spend about double the $2400 for the supercharger itself, plus you have to pay to have it tuned.

If you can afford to do it properly, I say go for it. If you can't, considering you are at 150k, I would say save up until you can.