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11-06-2012, 11:35 PM | #26 | ||
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Which made it the most expensive Subaru ever built. That is, according to what one of the engineers responsible for it's construction told me. I also got to see it in person and they took the SC off because he said it was too torquey(is that a word?). I was very sad not to get to see it. Now, too torquey for a heavy car like the ST-X/Baja with 240hp. What would a SC do to the BRZ/FR-S?
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11-06-2012, 11:38 PM | #27 |
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What are the chances it would fit on a Crosstrek?
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11-07-2012, 03:23 PM | #33 |
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That's just what I remember from when I worked at a Toyota dealership a few years ago. But the warranty I was referring to was for the TRD parts themselves. Perhaps the cars themselve (and the stock components) still retain the original warranty.
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11-07-2012, 06:18 PM | #34 |
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TRD's website states the superchargers carry a warranty of 12-months regardless of miles or the remainder of the factory powertrain warranty when installed at a Toyota Dealer. This also includes any factory parts that were damaged or caused the failure. I would think if you purchased an extended warranty this would be covered with the stipulation that a Toyota dealer installed it and not other modifications were performed to the supercharger kit (replaced pulley, ecu mods, etc.). This is actually a pretty good warranty but it does come at the cost of the product and dealer installation.
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It wouldn't make sense to run much boost in the motor without lowering it's compression ratio, right? I seem to remember that when I first visited this site there were people putting turbos on their GC8's running ~5 pounds of boost because any more would make them go pop.
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When they mean exclusive to the FR-S, I'm sure they mean it would fit on a BRZ but Subaru would deny your warranty if something happened.
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TRD Supercharger for FR-S (split from FR-S convertible thread)
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The release of that super charger pick certainly has me contemplating. Depending on power and other things changed as well as the overall price, I would love to finally be in full swing support of this car. It missed the mark originally but I think if the trd comes with super and other performance bits and is priced like an STi (dreaming that it could be a bit cheaper) I'd actually just start parting out the s, selling all I could on it and scrapping the chassis. I love the car, but I want something I can own from the day it was made. That means much more to me to be able to have that special relationship.
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it's a TRD add-=on you order/install through the dealer, yes. However being a TRD part, it still covers a (most likely) 3-year 36,000 mile warranty. Same deal as slapping the SVO supercharger kit on a Mustang GT.
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I'd hope that when the trd package comes out it would include this as well as better internals. If it doesn't I'll go right back to not caring, because slapping a super on a car and running it at 4psi is stupid if you drop 5 grand on it.. The STI is a considerably different animal from the wrx and is only 8 grand more, with better suspension, interior, engine, and drivetrain.
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I don't know their reputation in terms of how much they differ from normal trims other than the celica, which was pretty much wrx to sti step up levels. I also know trd is toyota's sti.
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