It wasn't a good experience at all. I might do a dyno run next year or something, but for now I don't have anything planned 😁. I ordered a hood scoop designed for the Highlander, and I'm gonna turn it functional so it can cool the engine bay. A local KZfaqr called Shooting Cars actually reviewed my Highlander. The review will be out in about 3 weeks!

Thank you!

Yup, it was unexpected, and I didn't want to let the community down with inaccurate results. Coming soon though, I'm getting some numbers and runs at the drag strip. Best I run was 5.33 seconds to 60mph and 13.84 seconds in 1/4 mile in the street, so I'm curious to see what it will run at the track.

The thing is, it probably was making even more. I don't think this guy calibrated the dyno properly.

Hey Mez how would you increase the rpm, without any negative side effects?

You can raise the RPM through a tuner like R9K Tuned or VF Tuner. I have the VF tuner software that can do it, but still haven't found where that function is.

@@jrvapor my English is not good. it depends on the engine itself in this case the 2GR-FE can handle 7000 + rpm without any problems just the regular Maintenance

I would never Dyno it. Just take it to the strip and smoke a Supra. 😁 . Nice upgrades.

That's a good start.

Thanks for tuning in man! I'm in Illinois, so that's far away lol, but I'm currently fine tuning this build. My next and probably final goal for now is to install an air to water intercooler to help with the temps.

@@630Cars in school they taught us going from air to liquid cooled is not nearly the efficiency gain or power adder that you looking for. I was a gear head b4 even going to school for HVAC/R, but like u i was just a hobbyist. And i know with a certain amount of confidence you'll net about another 20% over your total added hp gained presently. Here's a rough conversion for u that u may already know. 10hp added per 1 pound boost. Roughly that's in practice though and not considering anything else . Max 30% . Anything higher you're entering Wizardry i don't know enough about. Go to alternate fuel. You'll get the biggest baddest bang from your parts and your tune by going with a fuel like methanol/ethanol. Pump gas sucks. Ethanol or alcohol based fuel is going to give you the pressure and temp drops you need to push the Highlander. Does your Highlander have the Toyota dual fuel injector setup already? Either that or do a 50-100 shot of nitrous oxide or something equal to that. You'll save a ton of money doing that and get better results imo.

I did some research on water to air intercooled setups, and you're correct- the gains aren't as significant as I thought. Methanol is fantastic for its cooling effect and power gains, but I'm not sure I want to deal with it on a daily driven car haha. I'm going to contact my tuner and see if he can tune for ethanol; I don't mind running ethanol on a daily.

Yes, there's a HKS GTS8550. I believe it will fit if you make an adapter plate.

He said he would e-mail the print out, but I doubt it. Either way, don't want to deal with the guy anymore after this incident.

I believe that's the lazy Toyota transmission programming. In order to get this car to move, you gotta press hard on the acceleration pedal. As for things that help, pedal commander help a bit: www.amazon.com/Throttle-Response-Controller-Accelerator-9F-298/dp/B0BTHS7RV4/ref=asc_df_B0BTHS7RV4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=652427587918&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15949947664780785471&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9021543&hvtargid=pla-2008054146651&gclid=CjwKCAjwg-GjBhBnEiwAMUvNW_QkSAO-3BDsK5WjCiS7QYcOMb4jPWC-maVCftVwMZFY9KYR02indBoCkUUQAvD_BwE&th=1

Hi Jason. The Highlander shares the same 2GR-FKS engine as the Toyota Camry, and there's a decent aftermarket for that. Myself, I have a cold air intake from a Toyota Camry with the same engine.

@630Cars hmmm yes I see the code is different, still if I'm gonna ever mess with mine I'd get the twin turbo tundra engine to drop in. I'm a cnc machinist so I have no issues designing n making mounts and adapters....they say it has 389 hp? Still only 94hp more then mine. Mine just broke in at 15k it feels like? Or it's the mobile 1 I switched too? Haha. Joking.... I was wondering how much the just a tune offered you? I know from playing with Hondas there is alot of hidden power in the ecu but that was 1995. So I don't know how much better drivability I could get out of a tune for a new car?

I believe D3 Performance: d3performance.net/index.php/product-category/products/ and VF Tuner offers a tune for these: vftuner.com/collections/vf/products/vforest-tuner-software-flash-cable VF Tuner advertises up to 25whp and 20wtq on 93 octane fuel!

Hello. I bought it on Ebay. Are you looking for the HKS supercharger?

Yea man. I was not happy, but I'm going to the drag strip soon. Gonna get some good footage that way 😃

Hello. I bought it on Ebay. You can look up HKS 2GR-FE supercharger on there.

@@630Cars hmm I'm not having much luck finding any 2GR FE superchargers. Do you have any other sources? The only one I found was a 2016 Tacoma supercharger but I don't believe the V6 on that uses port injection. What about tuning? I can't find anything for Highlanders on R9K or D3.

Sorry, I don't have any other sources. I would keep looking on Ebay. Alternatively there's a TRD supercharger that came with the TRD Toyota Aurion with the 2GR-FE. That one is also hard to come by unfortunately.

Hello. I'm near Roselle/ Schaumburg.