Cold air intake

i know i know everyone a lot of money not enough gained
i know
I'm over it
i spend over 9 grand a year in fuel so every little bit helps. (i know drive like i have an egg under the pedal, keep it under 2000 rpms, the lift and oversized 33's don't help but humor me in my chase for better mpg)
I'm starting with cai, throttle body spacer, exhaust, then maybe bully dog after after i see some more reviews
I've decided aFe
my question- oiled or Dry?
Have at it.......

 

Dry for sure. Also, don't go K&N.

 

All of the money you spend on that stuff.... Even if there are gains they are so small that they won't pay for themselves.

 

Loved my AFE one. I noted gains, and the sound was awesome. And AFE does a good product.

 

Best thing for fuel economy.... Scan Guage or ultra Guage, that way you are conscious about your fuel economy and can see instant feed back on your driving habits.

Cai might.... Might... Give you a few more hp, and if you had to get one I would go with the URD one, since it is more of a Cai than the others. They won't help with mpg.

 

i don't think the Cai alone will help with the mpg I'm hoping its part of the whole that will, bully dog has the same options of scan gauge plus some perks also almost three times the price

 

Ultra Guage is $60ish and bully dog is what 800 at least? Plus bully dog has very little NA support. I put a snorkel on my truck because of dust and to prevent against hydrolocking. I got a little over 1mpg gain, and I had an ultra Guage to record my 30 mile commute each way. With the snorkel costing 400....it would still take like 4 years to pay for itself. Now add all of those parts you are looking at together, and it will take a looooong time to pay for its self in MPGs, which is assuming you get some measurable gains. It's your truck so you can obviously do what you want, if you like the sound of an intake and exhaust, awesome, but don't fool yourself into thinking it will help much with MPGs.

 

Thanks for your input. I appreciate it and not tryin to be a D.
With the mileage you put on ur truck. It may take you that long. But me if I spend two grand. And get an extra 20 out of the tank. Twenty miles. Out of the 40000 I put on a year. If I can save 20 a tank. I think with my math it's paid for in a year n half. Maybe two. Willing to take that risk. You don't have to agree with me. Nor do I care. It's my truck and my money.
Besides. I hear the tacomaworld sticker if you put it in the right spot adds an extra five hp.
That's gotta help.
Now back to my original question. Not asking brands. I've already chosen aFe. And harassed their tech dept enough. I'm just askin. Oiled or dry. I see one for dry.
Anyone know the diff? Why why not..

 

I had a Bully Dog tuner on my Duramax and their customer support was zero. No answered emails or returned phone calls.

 

I have a volant CAI w/snorkel and it's oiled. The oil will do a better job at catching the very fine dust, but care must be taken not to over oil it, which will cause a CEL. If it's over oiled some residual oil will get on your MAF sensor. Following the directions while oiling will go a long ways to negate that possibility though.

 

Yeah I have a friend with one in his ford n loves it. But he's a lot more mechanically inclined. No tech support would keep me away. And 800. Makes me weary. Rather due the headers if anything else. Thank you.

And oiled. Over oiling.
Jetlander "I have a volant CAI w/snorkel and it's oiled. The oil will do a better job at catching the very fine dust, but care must be taken not to over oil it, which will cause a CEL. If it's over oiled some residual oil will get on your MAF sensor. Following the directions while oiling will go a long ways to negate that possibility though."

Makes sense. Do you keep a spare filter oiled ready to go in when you take the one out being used to clean it and re oil? If not what do you do about down time?

 

I don't. I pull out the filter, clean it thoroughly, let it air dry/hair dryer, and then LIGHTLY oil it. All together it takes about 2 hours.

 

Two hours ain't too bad. I thought the cleanin and oiling would take longer for some reason. Thanks.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/192448-afe-pro-dry-vs-pro-5r-oiled.html

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/196841-afe-pro-dry-vs-ome-totota-air-filter.html


http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/performance-tuning/198730-afe-pro-dry.html

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/performance-tuning/115102-dryflow-vs-oiled-filter.html

No problem and good luck! If you see any mpg gains let us know but I'm still skeptical heh.

 

Obviously the hopes of better mpg is how im selling this to myself haha if any gains at all ill post. And if your right and it's all noisemakers. I'll post that too

 

There won't be.

Every now and then (okay, every week) someone does a simple mod and claims 1/2mpg improvement over one or two tanks, and to respond to that I post:



Same truck, same driver, same fuel (from the same pump 95 times out of 100), same commute. 1-2mpg swing from week to week.

 

I agree with you..... I was just trying to be nice heh.

 

Usually followed by me posting this.

Sorry folks there just isn't any MPG gains to be had with a freer flowing air filter.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/pdfs/Air_Filter_Effects_02_26_2009.pdf

Results show that clogging the air filter has no significant effect on the fuel economy of the newer vehicles (all fuel injected with closed-loop control and one equipped with MDS). The engine control systems were able to maintain the desired AFR regardless of intake restrictions, and therefore fuel consumption was not increased. Closed-loop control in modern fuel injected vehicle applications is sophisticated enough to keep a clogged air filter from affecting the vehicle fuel
economy.

 

I think OP already made it clear in his prior posts he wasn't going to let reason or data get in the way of his snipehunt mods. Most fall within the same variance Rich showed, you can get some great Tacoma data out of fuelly

 

LOL.... better off getting a snorkel than all that overpriced crap http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/pe...gen-ss135mod-1st-gen-ss170hf.html#post2764873

Also I don't care who's filter it is be it AFE or K&N unless you increase the surface area of the filter media the only way a filter can give you "more flow" is by increasing the amount of shit it lets get sucked into your engine.

Take it from a guy with a engine that has silver metallicflake oil after 1,500 miles on Mobil1 DON'T FUCK WITH THE INTAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!