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Old Apr 22, 2001 | 11:50 AM
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i just want to know who is making a supercharger for the is 300 and how much does it cost
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Old Apr 22, 2001 | 12:01 PM
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area51 ($5500)

SRT (predicting around $3500)
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Old Apr 22, 2001 | 02:17 PM
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3500 approx. for stage 1.. can go up too 15k for stage 4
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Old Apr 22, 2001 | 05:20 PM
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what is the differance between the stage one and the stage four i have an srt intake with ecu can you still run it together
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Old Apr 22, 2001 | 05:59 PM
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Originally posted by racerx
what is the differance between the stage one and the stage four i have an srt intake with ecu can you still run it together
dramatic difference between stage 1 and four. different computers, pulleys (boost), transmission (built up), pistons, and such probably. no the srt intake will not work with the supercharger, but if you think abuot it, you get 50% of wat u paid credited towards your supercharger and on top of that you can sell it and basically get what you bought the intake for back.
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Old Apr 24, 2001 | 07:45 AM
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Thats what i want... the srt turbo ....
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Old Apr 24, 2001 | 02:29 PM
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lexus-is knows alot listen to him...and the srt is supercharger..
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Old Apr 24, 2001 | 11:17 PM
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Originally posted by fairuza11
lexus-is knows alot listen to him...and the srt is supercharger..
but i only got "rookie" under my name. hehe so did you order the sparcos yet? damn, i was going to try to schedule a flight out to LA at the same time as you today, but schools not done...and i want to go out to the east coast once this summer also. i dont know...maybe we'll schedule something..
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Old Apr 26, 2001 | 09:31 AM
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my lease is about up on my GS400, and i was considering an IS300, because the salesguy said they can install a TRD blower on it, and it will have the full factory warranty. is this true ? anyone else seen one of these actually dealer installed? thanks
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Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:37 AM
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your source is half-way correct.

the increase in the sales of the IS would warrant factory or TRD to bring out a suoercharger for the IS, just like what they did to the 4 Runners for toyota.

the question is when will such be available? i might be wrong, but i have not seen them yet. most importantly, you would need to have the dealer install them for you in order to stay within warranty.
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Old Apr 26, 2001 | 03:02 PM
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ALL TRD products are warrantied by Lexus themself. your local dealers do not make calls on warranty or right up the rule on it. TRD supercharger for the IS300 is under development and from what i've heard wont be ready till end of this year or beginning of the next. due to reliability reasons, the gain of a TRD S/C is minimal (50hp) from what i hear. the IS300 Pace car DID have a TRD S/C on it and the motor on it blew, so TRD went back to testing for more reliability issue which caused the push back date the the released of the supercharger.
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