2016 Tacoma 4 cylinder buyers remorse?

My thought on the AFE is this: if the stock airbox pulls enough air to run 8-10 pounds of boost with the URD supercharger:



then it definitely pulls enough for naturally aspirated duties as well.

I did switch to an AFE dry panel filter in my stock box, and I feel that's probably the best cost/benefit breakdown.

I don't think there's much power left on the table anywhere else without a tune, and that seems pretty stupendously unlikely. Or going forced induction, but then you're opening a can of expensive worms.

 

Damned those sales ploying SOBs.

 

p'bugh has long hills? I guess the place I knew is long gone then. Did my UG at Penn State on a scholarship. ran track. Go Lions. .

 

That's a clean engine bay. Also, wow.. you did a serious number on the truck. Looks great man.
By the way, there was a TW user here who did mention that our Taco's can be performance tuned. There's a certain company that reprograms the ECU. Here's that post
(Corey, don't do it. Nothing to see here.)

 

Surprisingly there is a few, especially on the highway, I go lots of places too lol. Currently up at Niagara Falls NY and heading home today!

 

Not my engine bay, just an example of a supercharged Tacoma running the stock airbox to illustrate my point.

The Orange Virus Tuning looks pretty damn cool but currently my Taco is my DD and my sole method of transport so I can't really send my ECU out for a bench tune. Once they have the handheld flashers available I'll look into it.

My tuning philosophy when it comes to trucks is often at odds with what a lot of people want to do. I'm not seeking a super high peak number, I'm seeking gains that aren't at the cost of compromising utility. Usually this is just by adjusting factory parameters from "over-conservative" to just "conservative." I want to keep it running regular, keep it very much safe and happy to run it's full 2TR lifespan, but just pull a little extra out here and there. Stock is 160/180 hp/tq, LCE header pulls that up to about 175/200, "supposedly" an OV Tune gains you 10-16% which would work out to somewhere between 192/220 to 203/232. I'd be more than happy with those numbers but I'm a little iffy about running 91. Let's say sticking with 87 only gets you 5%, that would land you at 184/210, which I would still be thrilled with.

I'm not shooting for the moon, I'm shooting for reliable miles from here to there.

 

I think after reading that I have decided just now to choose your philosophy too. On my v6, I sometimes feel I already am driving too fast, that's mostly because I am always running late, and rushing last minute to everything in my life. I don't need any more speed or power.