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Old 07-07-2008, 07:49 PM
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Hi everyone, Im kinda new to this, and i hope to be boosted with the supercharger by the end of next week. Well the dealership wants 1g for the install, but i think i might try to do it myself, and i was wondering if anyone else had installed it themselves or not? I kno i have to get the trd reflash but if i install it myself would the stock ecu handle the drive to the dealership, or would it run super lean? thanks in advance
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call Longo toyota. their installs are much better in price
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^ Longo FTW! they do it for under 600.
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called longo, they said they might install it because i didnt buy the charger from them, but i bought it from trd sparks, so i dont think that itll be a prob, and they want 650 for the install. im taking the charger over there mon for their tech guy to check it out and make sure itll work.
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why wouldnt it?

when i was supposed to s/c my tc, it was 450 for install.
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why wouldnt it?

when i was supposed to s/c my tc, it was 450 for install.
weren't you doing inappropiate jestures to the mechanic to get the better price???


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they need to add a grenade going off

but there should be a thread still somewhere around SL about the price
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haha scott hes too young the mechanic would go to jail
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Originally Posted by davedavetC
haha scott hes too young the mechanic would go to jail
He's really 18

at least that's what the Mechanic was saying
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ok that one was funny
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haha scott hes too young the mechanic would go to jail
He's really 18

at least that's what the Mechanic was saying
haha no thats what the mechanic WANTED to hear
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are we just waiting for chris hanson to pop out?
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"I brought Wine Coolers"

HA ha ahahaa
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lol
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Ok well I got it installed, runs fine, but on start up the idle is crap. i have a feeling that it might be the 4 gallons of 87 octane in there but im not sure. and i kno that u have to use premium, and i filled 10 gallons of the stuff, but does anyone kno y the idle would be soo bad? it dropps to about 400 then stalls.
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well at very first it might just be learning the new trd flash like the new idle the new bigger injectors etc. my idle was messed up for a few start ups after i disconnected the battery to hook up a new sound system . it just takes a bit for it to learn the new settings
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