Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance TRD Supercharged!

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The upper end is nice. I was more concerned with the lower end which is where the biggest improvement is. I wasnt expecting the power to kick in right when you push the pedal but it does. That thing screeches like a mother and flies. So yeah the upper end is nice but I cant really say what you are looking for. Dont expect it to be better than the lower end though, at least on my car its not.


Do it! I still cant get over the power. I took it out 3 times yesterday just to drive it.

hm..thats weird.

i got in contact with eddie independently...im either doing a 3sgte swap or this

still need to find a 5sfe tranny for swap but hey someone gimme some suggestions

ps

the gains for the trd supercharger were at least 40

SLVCELI only wanted a little hp

you can tune this s/c to get more than 40 though

i found all this info when i typed in trd supercharger specifivations in search bar

and now that im seein this costed 3700
im thinkin itl be cheaper by about a thousand to do the 3sgte swap for 255 hp and nice torque
its an iron block too that comes with turbo

i wish i could find a low mileage tranny 5sfe or mr2 90-93

I doubt your going to be able to do the swap for under 4 thousand. When I heard people talk about that swap I heard around 10-15 thousand . Maybe Im thinking about another swap though.

The supercharger on the matrix added around 30 whp so it is strange that I got 20 whp. I have read all the reviews and looked into just about everything written on it so I guess I was only expected 30 whp anyways and noone else really knew about how the peak horsepower number was not all that great. From the reviews of matrix and corolla sc's it seems as if my low end is much better than theirs but from the dyno it looks like my high-end is not as good for some reason. It really is perfect for my driving style

congratulations man

Might have to look into that sc after I pay off my car.

hope it works good for you

how high can you get the psi on the supercharger?

With a smaller pulley maybe up to about 9 psi. I think the psi is really around 6.5 right now. After I took it for a test drive and was about to leave, Matt said he could easily put a different pulley on but I told him it was plenty of power and I probably wouldnt want to. If you are thinking about this supercharger I would def. contact Matt at MWR.

Actually you should contact Matt for your turbo or anything else you want too.

MWR is in Cali, right? that doesn't help me much (being in Illinois)

does your hood use a scoop? looks like its missing somethign. can you use a vis invader to fit the sc?

no you can only use the hood that he has...

is there jsut a hole in the middle of it. thats waht the pic looks like. kinda funky that they made the hood for it and never acutally put a supercharger in a celica

^^it's not just a hole. the scoop is still there. take a look at his profile pics, you can see better what it looks like.

im interested in more power, you car sounds great,

gives us gt auto owners something to drool over...

Ordering Soon : )

oo i see now. looks spiffy. wonder how it woudl look with raised scoop?

Michigan near Detroit. I drove four hours to get there amd im glad because I know no other place could have hooked it all up. We sthad to wait a whole day to get throttle body and belt (still cant believe he got it so fast) and still finish in time with the results that I feel.


Doesnt fit. I tried it. Its in the for sale section.

i smell custom project.

ah, darn

I was thinking about thinning the sides out to try and fit it but the carbon fiber would go to hell. The sides would be so thin I dont even know if it would look good. But besides that, yeah.

I'm buying your hood in a week.. which means.. S/C hehe don't tell

I was hoping to be the only one with it!! j/p. Good luck. Make sure you keep us updated.

how much was that hood? and where to get it?

Damn I forgot to post it. It is 800 shipped and you can get it from Edrick. Just email Edrick at info@tlsperformance.com saying you are interested.

wow thats so much $ i am very cheap collge student. maybe later in life that and i dont have hte $ for sc anyway

i wanna do it...wud you do first

nice

hmm 40 whp would probobally make me able to beat a 6speed gts... factor in the instant power

sounds cool but for the same money i could trade in and get a FI car. not that im dissing you i think its awesome you stood up and put an end to all the BS talk about people FIing their cars and went the whole 9 yards and did it , but im lokin into more top power.

for anyone's information...a car and driver article called "boost' had THE trd supercharged 5-speed GT. with a widebody kit and 18s it ran a 14.7!!! can you imagine without the widebody and regular 15s?? plus it out ran their 6-speed gts 1/4 mile run at 15.4...

so i have no doubt that silvceli could be running faster than what the dyno tells

SLVCELI,
That's awesome. Very nice work. Are you and the TRD Celica the only ones with this supercharger? I don't think I have seen another one.

umm if your referring to just the TRD SC then no...the pic you posted was during the TMS/TRD Meet...mostly Matrix, MR2, and a few other cars...many people have this SC..mostly the matrix owners.

No, I was wondering if there was another Celica with it. Any idea if there is another?

I had mine installed for about 3 weeks but I had several problems with the piggy back that I was using for the fuel curve.

Yes but not for long. At least one person is gonna buy it soon and a lot of other people are interested. I wont be the only one with my hood

How about your supercharger? Is there another Celica besides the TRD Celica that has one?

...no..not for long. Here are some pics Matt took.

do you have to run the stock airbox with that supercharger?

yea not diggn the stock ari box. look sout of place

TRD says you cannot use an intake with the supercharger. I have heard that it will blow out the cat (exhaust part). If you use it you should at the very least have 93 octane gas and I would say use water injection to get more horsepower on top. I didnt want the intake since I was the guinea pig and we didnt even know if it works. Matrix owners that have it said it added almost 10 whp but the Very low end was not quite as responsive. I think you will like how it looks with all my plastics in their. Isnt the celica and matrix exhaust system completely different though? I dont want to influence anyone to try it but I do think the exhaust system is different in our cars.

u got me. i figured there was a problme with having an aftermaket intake. but if you have a sc you dont need a fancy CIA anyway + you dont want to mess up anyhting esp with you being the first.

GT2112, shouldn't you change your sig (get rid of the c2 turbo thing)?

SLVCELI, canu please tell me where or even how i can put an intercooler on a trd s/c. and what is water injection? thanks for the info.

Mad props for s/c ur car

I talked to Matt and he said the intercooler would not work with this supercharger. I dont know if this would work for the celica but check this out for the water injection http://www.matrixowners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18935&start=0

^^ http://www.matrixowners.com/forum/about33428-0-asc-0.html

Matt said I was running 3-5.5 psi. Matrix owners have said the supercharger makes 6.5 to 7.5 psi so I am gonna check my bypass valve and make sure its working right. Apparently a few matrix owners bypass valves needed to be adjusted so I am gonna check mine.

HOLY CRAP!!! no wonder your numbers are low...bump it up to 7.5

thanks for all the info man!!!!

i need to rebuild my engine and make it street legal at the same time, thanks again

I am gonna adjust the bypass valve either tonight or tomorrow and see if that works. If not I heard I could just buy a 60 dollar replacement part and get it up and running. If it really is running that low, then the supercharger is only running around 70 % right now


Thats what ecelica is for