Anyone open up their TRD hood scoop?

it may drop the temp some, but i really doubt it will drop it far enough to gain any sort of benefit from it.

 

the 2nd gen tacoma has been out for what 6 years already? it would be pretty obvious if this was benificial we'de all know about it.
you keep pushing the fact that it will help with heat so why dont you just cut out that insirt and make a thread on how much it helps.

 

it clearly will

 

so if CAI's were a scam everyone would know about that too?

 

ummm what?

 

Do it and take pics

end thread /

 

two pics of an outside thermometer showing the same temp, somehow a pic showing you got the engine to the same temp, and then a pic inside the engine compartment while driving......great plan

 

discussed on other CAI threads and the last page or two of this one, doesnt seem to be any evidence of increased power, and putting an open intake inside the hot engine compartment is an inherently foolish idea

 

this thread is a good 20 mins of entertainment

 

So I FINALLY caught up reading and feel the need to throw in my .02 since I'm bored. Dude, I say open it up if that is what's going to make you happy. Don't do it for heat dissipation, or anything else other than that you don't want to see a plastic piece in your scoop every time you eye fuck your truck before you step in. I personally bought a CAI cause that thing makes my 4-gerbals sound throaty @ WOT. I mean come on man a CAI in AZ?? It's like saying your going ice skating in hell. Yeah I'm sure I get .5 hp @ 5,400 rpms, but that's not what I parted ways with my money for. This mod for you only costs your time to remove it. Go for it

 

I call shenanigans.

 

Don't mind me. Just gonna sit here and watch the

 

happens

 

I am just waiting for the op to come back, say something, and cause more

 

It shows he's viewing the thread. Probably to come up with more

 

Not the worst thread ever started. Just a fail of search. This should have boiled down to cosmetic value, but whattya gonna do?...oh yea...

 

if her top comes off, my temp rises.

 

Something definitely rises with this one!!

 

Pictures like that are why I don't worry about my laptop overheating while it's on my lap