Silicone intake hose for 2TR-FE

I skimmed the other posts so not sure if you got your answer or not. Anyway I had the full K&N intake on my old taco and it deleted the resonator here is a pic I found online.

It add as much power as you'd expect it to haha but after having the thing for 10 years it got real annoying.

 

Anybody else have pics after swapping out the hose for a WRX elbow?

 

I believe I am literally the only one who has done this so far... but it would be cool as hell to be proved wrong!

 

Point of order here. It is a common mistake but, the hoses are made from Silicone. Silicone, with an "e" on the end. Polysiloxane is actually more correct. Look on a bottle of Rain-X, (which contains Silicone oil), nowhere will you find Silicone listed, but you will find Polysiloxane (Polydimethylsiloxane) listed.

Silicon is a brittle crystalline metalloid. A metal like substance, if you will. The base material of most integrated circuits is made from solid crystalline silicon.

Sorry, I'm a bit Anal Retentive, (OK, a lot), and I spent almost 20 years working in a Materials Engineering department. Next time I'll give you my dissertation on the term "glue". (That term is like fingernails on a chalk board to me.)

 

I know there's a difference but I mess it up all the time. I will edit the title as penance.

 

It's all good.

 

I have a LCE header and a CAI on my 2018 Access 2.7, this is a noticeable improvement in driveability, mpg and power. It's a lot more enjoyable to drive now, pulls hill and picks up speed easier. To me it feels like what it should have been in the first place. For about $600 worth of parts, it's well worth it. That said. I cannot figure out why these stupid fucks have to put this fly by wire shit on a vehicle, if it weren't for this crap, driving would be a lot more enjoyable and predictable! Give me a cable any day, it's almost like the auto manufacturers are educated beyond their intelligence!

 

Fly by wire by itself doesn't bother me- it's just as snappy as a cable but has a much longer wear cycle and saves space/ makes putting a TB in a more advantageous position easy.

What gets me is when they have to start "smoothing out" inputs. Your average driver can't control a throttle to save their life so it makes sense to heavily damp the inputs, but at the same time it makes for a frustrating driving experience.

It's one thing I have learned to live with, but if you gave me the opportunity to install a real direct 1:1 ratio throttle map I would do it in a heartbeat. Pedal commanders are stupid and just turn up the signal gain. I know how to press a pedal harder, I want the vehicle to react linearly.