Report: Scion FR-S may be getting supercharger kit from TRD
 

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The [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/scion/fr-s/"]Scion FR-S[/URL] was just named the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/31/sema-crowns-mustang-fr-s-as-this-years-hottest-cars-in-the-bui/"]Hottest Sport Compact[/URL] at the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/sema/"]2012 SEMA Show[/URL], and Toyota Racing Development ([URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/trd/"]TRD[/URL]) is apparently looking to make this car a little hotter. According to [I]Car and Driver,[/I] TRD is close to coming up with a supercharger to fit to the car's 2.0-liter flat-four engine in order to squeeze out a little more performance. Currently, the FR-S produces 200 horsepower, but there's no guessing how much a supercharger could improve this figure.

With [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/"]Subaru[/URL] seemingly hard at work on a new [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/22/subaru-developing-engine-for-brz-turbo/"]turbo engine for the BRZ[/URL] and even [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/01/possible-subaru-brz-sti-sighting-on-the-ring/"]possibly a BRZ STI model[/URL], it is only logical for a force-fed FR-S to be in the works as well. Surprisingly, though, the report says that supercharger would be unique to the FR-S, but since the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/scion/"]Scion[/URL] and [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/brz/"]Subaru BRZ[/URL] are mechanically identical, it isn't clear how this would be accomplished. TRD already offers plenty of upgrades for the FR-S such as exhaust, brake and suspension kits, and it offers a handful of superchargers for other models including the 5.7-liter V8 used in the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/tundra/"]Toyota Tundra[/URL] and the 4.0-liter V6 used in the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/tacoma/"]Tacoma[/URL].[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/05/scion-fr-s-may-be-getting-supercharger-kit-from-trd/"]Scion FR-S may be getting supercharger kit from TRD[/URL] originally appeared on [URL="http://www.autoblog.com"]Autoblog[/URL] on Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:33:00 EST. Please see our [URL="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"]terms for use of feeds[/URL].

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