As reported from autocar, and discussed elsewhere on forum. Supercharging is likely... but I'm interested in opinions on if it will be a bolt-on kit or if people think Toyota will only release it as complete model. If it is a TRD kit, does that mean you keep the warranty if you have it dealer fitted to your car? Can it be fitted without reworking the engine internals?
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Toyota is already hard at work evaluating a high performance version of the new Toyota GT 86 sporting coupe. Chief engineer Tetsuo Tada says that not only is a supercharged GT 86 envisaged, test cars have already been made and are being evaluated by Toyota Racing Developments, the Japanese giant’s in house tuning division.
Tada-san favours the supercharger approach because it is simpler to achieve than increasing engine size and doesn’t wreck throttle response as turbocharging might. Indeed Toyota says that turbocharging along with four-wheel drive and wide tyres are what make sports cars boring to drive.
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Supercharging is also a key competence for TRD which has been offering this kind of forced induction as an aftermarket kit for Toyotas since 1998.
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TRD’s most popular supercharger conversion is applied to the American market Tacoma pick up, boosting its 4-litre V6 engine from 233bhp to 301bhp suggesting that a 280bhp GT 86 with, critically, a massive boost in the low down torque the car currently lacks would be easily achieved.
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It is not yet known whether, if approved, the supercharged GT 86 would be offered as an aftermarket pack or as a model in its own right.
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Appologies for chopping up the article, the link to the full thing is
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/260343/
my intention is to just provide core points quickly, not butcher the article.
Last comment from me before I shutup and let people who really know what they're talking about weigh in. How do people think this relates to the debates over D4S "ruining" the engines tunability.