Toyota 4.7L V8 Supercharger

Gday all
Don’t know much about TRD superchargers

With supercharging you have 3 different types of compressor a Roots-type blower which is just a big air pump (but they look really cool sticking out the top of the bonnet thou) thay has been around for donkey’s years, Centrifugal superchargers which r basically a belt driven turbo the turbines in thews spin at 40,000RPM and pump out like 6to30 pound of boost. Then there is a axial-flow supercharger Which has it’s advantages also.

I would say the TRD one would be a Centrifugal compressor running 6 to 8 pound of boost. Supercharging is a easy way to get big horsepower gains.

Personally I am a big fan of supercharging and if I had the option of a turbo or a super id go the supercharger. ( Maybe that just the drag racer in me)

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And so on etc etc ................ The Japs are better imitators than originators.

Cheers

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Hi
TRD make a supercharger system for the 2.7 hilux, 3.4 prado/lux and 4.5 cruiser, which consisys of Eton roots type blower on their manifolding, with belts/pulleys etc....
LP1 in Melbourne used to import them and fit them...they would be able to give you some information.
apparently they work well with gas :-)
Andrew

Anyone have any experience about what a Supercharger does to Fuel Consumption?

Thanks