Why did toyota stop selling super chargers ?

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11:59p, 6/23/18

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In its trd packages ?

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12:01a, 6/24/18

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Because they realized it went against their "always boring" policy

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8:33a, 6/24/18

Because they were effing up 5.7L engines and ******'s...my opinion.

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9:41a, 6/24/18

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The official reason is "long term reliability issues".

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11:36a, 6/24/18

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My 5.7 was supercharged for 135K miles before I sold it. I had it for the last 52K miles and never had engine problems. It ran great and I even towed 10K pound trailers with it. The guys that had engine failures were mostly guys who did pulley swaps without custom tuning. That's a big no no on any supercharged engine. Some guys did have supercharger failures early though. That's only about $900 -$1,200 to rebuild out of warranty though.

I wouldn't hesitate to supercharge another though, the torque is too much fun.

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4:32p, 6/25/18

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would you recommend getting one for a Tacoma or is it just a waste of money ?

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10:07p, 6/25/18

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Why do you need a supercharger if the 5.7 tows the space shuttle?

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In reply to Whitetail • 10:45p, 6/25/18

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Whitetail said:
Why do you need a supercharger if the 5.7 tows the space shuttle?

So you can tow the space shuttle faster

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11:07p, 6/25/18

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My Sequoia needs this...

But my wallet doesn't

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In reply to [removed post] • 6:26a, 6/26/18

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jayelbee said:
ttha_aggie_09 said:
Whitetail said:
Why do you need a supercharger if the 5.7 tows the space shuttle?

So you can tow the space shuttle faster

Make sure you have the trailer brake package, though. Everyone knows that it's not the going that's a problem, it's the stopping, and you'll need those space shuttle brakes when you're on a slope.

Space shuttle has parachutes for stopping.

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In reply to aggie_fan13 • 11:07a, 6/26/18

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azulAg said:
would you recommend getting one for a Tacoma or is it just a waste of money ?

I'd say it's worth the money if you can get a good quality unit off of ebay for cheap and install it yourself. The HP gain wasn't nearly as large on the Tacoma as it was on the Tundra. I think it puts the Tacoma at approximately 300 hp. I haven't really read up on the Tacoma systems or the reliability of supercharged Tacomas, but I've definitely seen high mileage units for sale. I do know that the tacoma used an older Eaton supercharger, maybe an M90 or M122. The Tundra used a newer TVS 1900.

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