Toyota Discontinues TRD Supercharger - PickupTrucks.com
I have an appointment with Ford Service next week I will ask them about that. The 1999 Camry V6 had a supercharger option that brought the output at the crank from 187hp/tq to 250hp/tq. The Tacomas/FJ Cruisers/4Runners (from memory) had about a 100hp gain, the Tundras/Sequoias got about a 75hp gain. I suppose the Atkinson cycle engine would make it harder for supercharging. On a gas engine used off road a supercharger is the better option over a turbo charger by a country mile. A supercharged engine will have oddles of torque off idle. This is where gas turbo engines fail. The gas engine will still work at low idle speeds, but they will lack power and use more fuel than a non turbo engine of the same capacity. Maybe they could use turbo gas engines on highway vehicles, this is the domain of the turbo gas engine. The best engines suited for a turbo charger are diesels, it's as if they were made for each other. Maybe Toyota will follow GMs lead in the US and offer the next Tacoma with the turbo 2. 8 diesel. Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
