Gas Mpg

[wiscdave]

My AFE CAI actually took away a couple of mpg comparing it to last summer when I ran it, vs. this year stock

[Tacoma4Life]

Crazy Question. Why bother to change to an after market exhaust kit when it seems their almost entirely identical to the stock ones, why not just change out the muffler. Wouldn't you get the same performance that way, or are the pipes a different size?

[MRCapps]

Originally Posted by Steve762us

He's showing a 2004 four cylinder model in his info.

OH!!! Well what is leveled anyways?

[TacomaGus]

Originally Posted by MRCapps

What do you mean leveled? That is really good gas mileage!

I have the Bilstein 5100's on the front of my truck that raised it by about 2 inches so now my truck sits "level" but by doing that it creates more wind resistance= less mpg

[TacomaGus]

Originally Posted by Tacoma4Life

Crazy Question. Why bother to change to an after market exhaust kit when it seems their almost entirely identical to the stock ones, why not just change out the muffler. Wouldn't you get the same performance that way, or are the pipes a different size?

I didn't replace any piping just the muffler, which is a flowmaster 40 and i love it, i didn't really see any improvement in anything really i just like the sound haha. But with something like a magnaflow exhaust kit, it's the same size piping, but the pipes are mandrel bent and overall better quality than the stock tubes, thus the let the exhaust escape smoother and quicker resulting in better performance

I'm going to get a set of Doug Thorley shorty headers around christmas time, and i think i'm going to get my after muffler piping like the cat-back replaced with better mandrel bent stuff but keep my flowmaster