Elbow Mod or Deck Plate mod. Or both!

I have the K&N drop-in with the deckplate mod. DO IT! ~$40 for the filter, and about 10 for the deckplate. Very satisfied with mine, cai does not enhance performance enough for me to spend upwards of 200 bucks on it.

 

From what I understand, the elbow mod and elbow removal mod are two different things.

The elbow mod: remove elbow and air box, cut off the restrictive elbow, reinstall what was originally the intake elbow and then install the air box. Now you have a sealed intake that will still take in cold air from the fender with out the restriction

The elbow removal mod: remove airbox and remove elbow, reinstall airbox. Provided now you may not have the restriction of the elbow, your intake is open to suck in "hot" engine air

Correct me if im wrong

 

depends on how much you want to do. I'm lazy and didn't cut the elbow. Just removed it

 

I did both the deck plate mod and cut the elbow (not removed completely). That way when I have the deck plate closed, I can still benefit from the elbow mod.

 

x2 It just made sense to me to do both while the intake was out

 

allow me to clear the confusion

A) The elbow removal mod: when you remove the elbow.... this peice

(Photo belongs to Rocket on ttora)

B) The elbow mod: when you cut off the elbow


so you are left with just this

(photo belongs to Ridgerunner)

 

I'm installing the TRD Supercharger and TRD 7th injector, one thing I found interesting was that in TRDs installation instructions for the 7th injector they have you remove the elbow as well as the piece that is under your fender, then they have you put a small piece of tubing on your airbox where the elbow used to be and reinstall.

It seems to me that TRD knew the stock air intake was restrictive and this was there solution, of course the supercharger will be sucking in more air.

 

that's a good one!

 

yer hopes and dreams could be dashed some
if water got sucked in thru the wheel well's intake

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I once found a little water in muh airbox,
once when I rolled a little too deep, a little too slow.

But would likely be fine, long as the driver is aware (fender intake level).
Splashing thru shallower waters is not the same thing
as deep water fording. The later I would consider serious.

IMO the only reason to remove the intake elbow...
is to keep water from being sucked into the intake if
you take 'er a little too far (deep)

The 90* intake is not restrictive. Not sure where that comes from.
Performance will not increase because it is removed.
The reason the 90* intakes turns towards the rear...
is so that it will minimize the chance of water pick up when in motion.
the inner plastic fender well liner isn't designed to hold water back.
But it will temporarily deflect that, as long as ya stay rolling.

In other words... keep rolling.
if the junk stops progressing... fubar
and driver would be wishing they'd installed a snorkel

 

An elbow mod Haiku?


-Bubs

 

The only thing your gonna gain is dust and dirt from the huge gaping hole in your airbox.
My 3.4 01 has 220k miles and runs like new.
Spend the 60 bucks and get a kn drop in filter. Change oil every 3k , mobil 1 , and spend the 5-6 bucks each and get the good plugs.
Toyota oil filter not a Walmart shit filter. And mid or 92 grade gas.

 

^ never

 

Not to further enable the revival of a 4 year old thread but 6-10 hp from a deck plate mod? That is pure comedy.

 

That's why you lost 4mpg...