What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I hate to burst your bubble, you already had a cold air intake from the factory...and they actually work pretty well. The stock system draws air from outside of the inner fender behind the liner. The stock airbox is also sized well and doesn't cause reduced airflow to the engine.

What you bought may look good, but adds nothing to the performance of your truck. You just get a little more intake noise because the resonator is now gone.

 

I have yes, but double wire to a single wire throws me off with their little red clips.

 

Okay I installed a "different style" cold air intake. Happy?

 

TBH, I've got the K&N tube in my truck (stock airbox). My butt dyno can't tell any difference, but the sound is nice. Really, it's no skin off my ass...if it makes you happy, have at it.

 

Watching my IAT's on my phone compared to the air temp on my dash there's only 5 degrees difference when running down the road. I'm half tempted to buy a Rough Country intake if one comes up cheap enough as a return on Amazon just to see how much warmer the intake temps actually get.

 

That "box" that seals against the hood will still suck warm air from the engine bay. And the tube appears to be more curved than stock or TRD.

I'll admit, I did the TRD intake, but it still pulls from outside the engine bay and I put an OEM filter in it. More for looks and dopamine when I open the hood than anything performance related, but at least is it still pulling from outside the engine bay.

But honestly, none of these do anything for performance. On old carbureted engines they might make a difference, but air and fuel is electronically controlled on modern engines. As long as you aren't overly restricting air, it's not going to make a dang bit of difference.

 

Why? Because I hear over and over how these are just sucking in hot air with no data to back it up. I'd love to establish actual numbers.

 

Even when he gives the instructions, he doesn’t seem convinced.

“You see these two wires coming from the turn signal? Take these two wires from the mirror and connect them to the one of the wires.”

not verbatim

 

R4T anytime camera mod. Wish I did it sooner!

 

New wheels and tires

 

OK.

 

Does it have its own screen? Thats pretty cool.

 

It’s displayed on your head unit/nav screen:

https://www.anytimebackupcamera.com/collections/kits/products/2020-kit

 

I like it. Another thing I didn’t know I needed.

 

Yup!! lol. Looks like this on the infotainment screen. Also lets you view your rear camera whenever too.

 

This whole setup was cheap on Amazon, it installed exactly like the K&N. I am not going to say it as nearly as good quality as the K&N, but for the price it is not terrible.

Everyone is going to have their own opinions on here. I liked and wanted it in my truck, so far I am happy with it and that is all that matters.

Niyako Cold Air Intake Kit Replacement# 63-9039 639039 Fit 2016-2019 Tacoma 3.5L V6 https://a.co/d/62iXg8i

 

That’s awesome!

 

Yeah then some other dude shows up and connects it up. Im like, you couldn't have zoomed in haha

 

quite nice!

 

I might grab one to see if the piping will connect to my stock air box.