disadvantages of supercharging a 3.4 ????

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May 23, 2005 | 05:20 PM

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DudeBud

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From: WA ,monroe

if you want to up the boost on a sc an easy way is to change the size of the pully

May 24, 2005 | 09:50 AM

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Mudfreak

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From: Kadena AB Okinawa Japan/Home is Ft Worth

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Originally Posted by <96 Runner>

Supra TT's can run amazing amounts of HP and boost without upgraded internals...

Thats because Toyota built that motor with boost in mind. Same thing with the 2003-2004 SVT Mustang Cobra, its supercharged from Ford, and people are making over 600RWHP on the stock motor.

May 24, 2005 | 09:51 AM

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Mudfreak

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Originally Posted by DudeBud

If you are going to run serious boost on anything you need you upgrade the internals. but there are guys running huge amounts of boost on stock 302 rods

Yeah, the 302 rods are decently strong, but the pistons arnt as strong, plus its just a general good idea to upgrade.

May 24, 2005 | 10:13 AM

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Amir904

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Originally Posted by knaffie

I've searched and read all I can over the last few days, but I still don't have a clear answer to my questions. What are the downsides to supercharging a 3.4? How bad does mileage suffer versus stock? What does it do to overall dependability of the motor? How does it affect emissions? How many extra things do you need to buy to really make it run correctly (or is the supercharger alone enough)? Does it hurt the motor any to pull trailers?

I'm very seriously thinking about buying a 1998-ish 4Runner and immediately supercharging it. It would be used mostly as a daily driver, occasionally tow a trailer up to 4000# and of course occasionally be taken offroad.

Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks.

reliability theory says more parts or components in a system = reduced reliability. one of the biggest reasons why i didnt s/c since i drive over 500 miles a week.

May 24, 2005 | 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Mudfreak

Thats because Toyota built that motor with boost in mind. Same thing with the 2003-2004 SVT Mustang Cobra, its supercharged from Ford, and people are making over 600RWHP on the stock motor.

My comment was in response to Dudebud about running serious amounts of boost on stock internals. But if you want to beat a dead horse, we can do that too.