Cold Air Intake?

no i got that part. but where were the other things you posted? because i only saw intake.

 

Ha. I said would getting a exhaust help? and you said just look at my other posts?

 

You mean Thread ha. Ha. i was like wait a second you didnt post anything about exhaust but yeah, i kinda like the sound of yours.

 

Hey im a newb on here but i have a 2000 tacoma, 3.4l, i was looking into getting a cold air intake but one of my friends said it is worthless if you don tget the throttle body spacer. I feel that the throttle body spacers are pretty useless, will i still get the increased performance from the CAI without the throttle body spacer?

 

cai's are an over rated aftermarket part performance wise, you dont really gain anything, you lose power in lower rpm and gain power in higher rpm, which in my mind doesnt really gain anything, for me i dont think it was worth the money i paid.

Throttle body spacer is not necessary your friend is one of the types of guys that gets suckered into infomercials by the sounds of it. Your cold air intake is going to give you just as much power with a spacer as it will without, the spacer is just going to add more whistle to the whistle you get from the cai.

 

i have the k&n and it sounds beastly...they do nothing on our trucks so i went with the one with the most noise...just oiled it a while back and no MAF problems

 

yeah thats kinda what i was thinking. I was just gonna see if anyone had a better opinion about it. So do you really thin that CAI are not useful? I have talked to a lot of guys and they all love them, they all say that the biggest differnece is throttle response but they cant tell a difference in power or torque. What do you think, is it worth the money or not?

 

Keep your stock parts. You'll need them to pass smog. Most CAIs are not CARB certified and you'll fail the visual inspection.

 

Nope. It may make it worse. The basic purpose of CAIs is to increase airflow by collecting cooler, denser air. Increased air flow means you can get more power (i.e. burn more gas). Most buy the stuff for the sound. To me, it's a waste of money. The truck has a CAI in it already.

http://fuelsaving.info/power_economy.htm

 

if you can get a good deal on an afe or trd cai then it may be worth it for you. I drive a standard so I have always had good throttle response, maybe automatics notice more of an improvement.