FJ Cruisers of Northern California

TRD supercharger

Who has the Trd supercharger on there fJ is it worth installing.I know the Urd one make more horsepower but to expensive.

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on January 10, 2010 at 11:55am

ping DocME.

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Permalink Reply by paraextreme on January 10, 2010 at 2:06pm

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Permalink Reply by bulldog on January 10, 2010 at 3:28pm

The TRD packaging seems cleaner as it sits on top of the engine. Leaves more room in the engine bay for other goodies, and way less piping going around in the engine bay as well. The URD does seem to have more power and options though.

I think it means contact DocME to get his feedback on the TRD unit.

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Permalink Reply by paraextreme on January 10, 2010 at 5:19pm

Yeah I did see what he says. I hope he says it sucks so I can save my money to get back into powered paragliding.would be cool to be able to fly around. When camping

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Permalink Reply by DocME on January 11, 2010 at 6:52am

The TRD supercharger is great, and I doubt you'll hear anyone say anything different. I now have 32K miles on mine and it's still performing well. I haven't had any issues with it to date. One of the best mods I have made.

URD makes a great package and knows what their doing. I wanted a full warranty along with the piece of mind that Toyota designed this system as a package after learning from their experiences with the S/C for the 3.4L. If I was approaching the end of my warranty, it would be a very difficult decision between TRD and URD. The URD just gives you so much more power.

The TRD S/C has been great, I haven't been looking around for more power, and that's really unlike me. It's reliable 300HP in a vehicle the size of a FJ, what else could you want.

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Permalink Reply by gsgmac (aka Graham) on January 11, 2010 at 10:07am

The TRD is a cleaner install, less expensive and maintains the factory drive train warranty. Bad news is, it will toast your rearend if you drive like me, re-gear to 4.88s and have Mud Tires. I am on rearend number 3. That would be the same with the URD though.

The TRD rep indicated that the supercharger with the TRD CAI is 323 HP.

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Permalink Reply by paraextreme on January 11, 2010 at 11:40am

Thanks guys that was my thinking I want reliable power.I am at 35000 right now and will probably be close to 47000 by the time I save up for it.I. also like if I have probs I can go to toyota I have heard that some people were having probs getting ahold of someone to talk to at urd.alwell I guess it is the trd supercharger for me.I. guess I will have to put the powered paraglider on the back shelf.never had a vehicle with a supercharger but did fly for 9 years.and getting the supercharger will put me really close to tottaly finishing the fj project.thanks again everyone for you input

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Permalink Reply by Stoker on July 16, 2014 at 5:38pm

Any more to the story? did you install the SC?

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Permalink Reply by DocME on January 11, 2010 at 2:25pm

I think folks were having a "hard time" getting a hold of Gaget at URD because they are trying to put the final touches on their second design for the 4.0L system. It's suppose to be pretty powerful.

Again I think URD is a good company to deal with and makes good product. I tend to take my FJ in places that it's hard to come by help if you need it. I chose the TRD because I thought it to be more reliable at the time (whether that's right, or wrong) I feel more confident.