Does a 300 dollar supercharger sound crazey?
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Does a 300 dollar supercharger sound crazey?
So a kid i know offers to sell a trd supercharger for just 300 dollars. Its only the main part no hoses, tubes, mounts etc. said his buddy pulled it out of his wrecked car.who thinks its possible and worth a shot getting a hold of all the separate parts needed to install it. Am i the crazey one?
#3
It might be a deal, but much more likely it's some sort of scam... Remember, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
And can you afford to be wrong? If it is a deal, then whoops, you missed out. If it isn't and you buy it and find out it's damaged, stolen or otherwise problematic, you're out $300 at a minimum and more if you've installed it and then have trouble.
In other words, I wouldn't touch that thing if I was paid.
And can you afford to be wrong? If it is a deal, then whoops, you missed out. If it isn't and you buy it and find out it's damaged, stolen or otherwise problematic, you're out $300 at a minimum and more if you've installed it and then have trouble.
In other words, I wouldn't touch that thing if I was paid.
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Originally Posted by Atticus
good point
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I see this as a golden opportunity...if we get 10 people to throw down $30 we can buy this thing to send it out to Ripp mods and have them take a look at it...hell, I can hand deliver it to them cause Im only about 1 1/2 away from the shop. I dunno guys, I dont think we are gonna get much better of a chance to get this crap taken care of. Plus, its pointless to buy it cause you will never get replacement parts from TRD so the blower is useless unless you plan on custom fabing up everything else for it.
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trd parts bought separately would probably cost more than the set up new
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yo tell him to sell it to us for like $200 for R&D...he would be doing a huge favor to the Scion Community if he did...besides, its uselss to him anyways right now
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The supercharger unit itself could run around 300 dollars. What you pay for is CARB approval, ECU reflash, and R&D. The supercharger has already been researched and developed by Vortech.
If you want, you could probably do a custom supercharger setup. Running lines in and around everywhere may just nickel and dime you to death.
If you want, you could probably do a custom supercharger setup. Running lines in and around everywhere may just nickel and dime you to death.
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Originally Posted by Simplyscion
I see this as a golden opportunity...if we get 10 people to throw down $30 we can buy this thing to send it out to Ripp mods and have them take a look at it...hell, I can hand deliver it to them cause Im only about 1 1/2 away from the shop. I dunno guys, I dont think we are gonna get much better of a chance to get this crap taken care of. Plus, its pointless to buy it cause you will never get replacement parts from TRD so the blower is useless unless you plan on custom fabing up everything else for it.
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Originally Posted by kungpaosamuraiii
The supercharger unit itself could run around 300 dollars. What you pay for is CARB approval, ECU reflash, and R&D. The supercharger has already been researched and developed by Vortech.
If you want, you could probably do a custom supercharger setup. Running lines in and around everywhere may just nickel and dime you to death.
If you want, you could probably do a custom supercharger setup. Running lines in and around everywhere may just nickel and dime you to death.
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Originally Posted by IchijinMikomi
Originally Posted by kungpaosamuraiii
The supercharger unit itself could run around 300 dollars. What you pay for is CARB approval, ECU reflash, and R&D. The supercharger has already been researched and developed by Vortech.
If you want, you could probably do a custom supercharger setup. Running lines in and around everywhere may just nickel and dime you to death.
If you want, you could probably do a custom supercharger setup. Running lines in and around everywhere may just nickel and dime you to death.
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Originally Posted by gjpjr84
it sounds to me that the parts that were failing are not even going to be on this. the failed seals are on the shaft, not the blower itself....