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Nose drive change instruction in pdf

I have swapped out the TRD ECU for the Unichip about 15months now. I got the motivation after reading on Tundra forum, lots of the guys use unichip with their TRD supercharger. I had an old unichip laying around not in use and I contacted unichip, they were able to reprogram it for my car and...

Hi T4RUSAF, Yes, great to see another fellow charger. TRD also sell a oil change kit if you don't need to change the entire nose drive. It has the oil, locktite gasket and phenolic adaptor minus the nose drive. Before I changed the nose drive, I did not notice any drivability issue. But...

You are welcome. What year is your 4runner? The existing 4th gen TRD supercharger can only work with 2003-04 4runner (non VVTi engine). If yours' is after 2004, then you should be looking into what URD will ultimately offer. Here is a thread from Gadget...

My ride is a 2003 4.7L V8. Added the supercharger in 2006 when I had around 40k miles. It was kind of difficult to find as by that time, TRD already pulled it off the shelf. Fortunately, while browsing on the internet, came across one of the dealership in California and they actually had 2...

All back together. :party:

Ahh, supercharger back together in one piece:D

New nose drive installed. You can see the opening where oil is put in then a screw plug is placed afterwards.

Lubricating oil that came with the kit. Not that much oil as you can see.

Back of the nose drive, showing the phenolic adaptor, which is a part that is replaced with the new nose drive assembly.

Nose drive off. Revealing the internal gears. Lubricating oil drained.

A look into the twin screw turbine that pumps the air:

Supercharger with top plenum off. You can see the gunk around the nose drive.

My buddy and I took 2 days (few hours/day) to get the job done. He did most of the work though :) More pics. Supercharger taken off, rags covering the intake. Took about 2-3 hrs to take off the charger.

Here is a pic of the leak from the nose drive: