floyd

OK..give it too me straight...can you feel a difference after adding a SRT Intake? Realy 30 hp increase? What is the best bang for the buck guys?

Don't lie to a brother..........


Floyd
2004 GS430

ps...yea i will be in Lauderdale on Saturday.

DaveGS4

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Floyd,

Please try the search feature on our forum - this has all been discussed MANY times before. Nobody here is gonna lie to you . Well, except for that one thing.

In short... SRT intake, IMO a great addition, but you can also get similar gains with SAFC + other intakes such as K&N + tuning. The SRT after all that is I think more cost effective. Only a couple of folks have dynod to come within the 30hp increase. The others are more moderate (half that).

Best bang for the buck - high stall (2800) torque converter. Stealth mod, great increase off the line.

floyd

What 2800 TC is the one to buy? How does that affect everyday driving? I am just nervous..my first 50k dollar car...

thanks for being patient....


Floyd

DaveGS4

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The Precision Industries (PI) TC is the one I've had since 1999 with no problems. Get a tranny cooler with it for extra insurance that the additional heat gets dissapated (cheap insurance).

Put torque converter into the advanced search on the GS forum and you'll find lots of info! Same thing with transmission cooler.

rominl

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i second the tc

WhiteTiger

Question, how does that compare in relation to getting the Rod Millen Valve Body. I know the VB is about $1000 and I'm sure the TQ Converter is probably less. But the complaint I've always had with mine is the muffled shifts sometimes and I've heard the aftermarket VB is much better.

DaveGS4

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I don't have the valve body upgrade done (yet,lol) but I can't imagine it would come anywhere close to the off the line punch the TC has. I've never really felt I was losing a lot of momentum between shifts on mine. Most people with the VB upgrade have also done FI.

TC makes a MAJOR difference. I've lined up with another GS with exactly the same mods as me sans the TC and he couldn't believe how hard my car pulled on his of the line. On the highway we were dead even.

ChuH

Floyd:

Be advised that several GS430 owners with a higher stall TC installed have problem having the Check Engine Light on. This is not a problem with GS400 though. I really wanted to get a TC also but was discouraged by the Check Engine Light problem reported by several GS430 owners.

Chu...

GS430 GUY

I have placed about 16K miles on my car with no check engine light. I really think it comes down to who does the install of the TC. I had SRT install the TC on my car when I got the air intake as well. No problems and love the way my car shoots out of the hole now. But some have had the check engine light problem, no denying that.

JPI Racing

True... it's come down to the installer !
JPI

WhiteTiger

Thanks Dave for the answer. I guess I will switch gears and look at the TC.

LEXISM

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a little piece of black tape should take care of the check engine light

Tranman

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Which code is setting off the check engine light?

bluelex

thats funny....

Guru

The reason it lunges between shifts is not the valve body but rather the ECU pulling timing a LOT. Like 25 degrees. I've datalogged it. It is done to make it feel smoother but Toyota never disabled that features at WOT for some reason. It goes from 20-22 degrees to -5 degrees of timing. No way around that unfortunately. I wonder which code is being triggered by the TC?