K&N vs TRD air intake

Yup. There is a small red rubber insert that plugs up that secondary intake port. I've never had it open, I didn't see the purpose of it for daily driving. I have it paired with a TRD exhaust, and found the throttle response better but there is no local dyno to see what if any gains have been made.

 

I had the K&N on my 05 and liked it. I have the TRD on my 07 now paired with the TRD catback. I have no complaints on it. Anyone keep track of gas milage gains? With the K&N on my 05 (stick) I only gained about 1-2mpg. When I bought my 07 (auto) the intake was already on there, so I can't report any mileage gains. Im curious as to what the JBA headers and Y-pipe would do for the truck now?

 

I know "someone" that hydrolocked his motor with one of those - fine for an X runner but I wouldn't want to go through ANY water with that one!

 

I'm just going to replace my stock element with a K&N replacement and start there. $45 vs $300. Although everyone contests the fresh air intake, what about the stock Tacoma taking it from the fender well instead of the front in the grill somewhere. As a dusty road frequenter, this is a serious consideration. And with a K&N, I'll be able to clean it quickly, frequently, and quit sending dead filters to the landfill.

jeepmor

 

i put on the TRD CAI myself, and the second i started it up i could hear the difference and feel it in the acceleration too.

 

Neither you get more out of the afe pro dry s air filter alone, so why waste your money?

 

look at the Pro dry S filters, no oil no chance of fouling your MAF sensor

 

Sounds like your priority is the filtering ability of your air filter. If that is the case, then be aware that a clean K&N (oiled cotton gauze) filter has about the worst filtering ability out there.

Might want to do some research on air filter media and filtering abilty vs. airflow. It is a trade off....

Personally I would not run an oiled cotton gauze filter in dusty conditions.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/97128-what-filters-better.html#post1857907

 

URD FTW!!!

I've driven through tons of puddles with no issues

 

I have the URD CAI and I like it. Gains may be minimal but, when you add exhaust and the URD MAF calibrator. There is a nice little gain to be had. I don't expect the Tacoma to run like a race car it is, a truck after all. I just like the fact that it runs and looks a little different/better than 90% of the other Tacomas on the road.

 

Just had my K&N pulled off for the TRD. Night and day difference. The K&N sounds much better but the performance blows. I even dyno'd

 

Wait..WHAT? Our stock intake is a "cold air" intake?

 

yea, its too vulnerable up front like that...imagine what'd happ if you went muddin with that thing

You'd hydrolock for sure!!! To bad too...the design is awesome

 

URD for sure! it sounds awesome, i noticed immediate acceleration improvement.

Sure you cant go deep in mud or driving in lakes, but I never would anyways.

 

I have a K&N on my truck, I just love the sound when I get on it. Little bit of a performance gain from it, but nothing spectacular.

 

I installed at K&N 67 intake and was not happy with it at all. MPG suffered and didn't think sound was worth the $300. Luckily, autoanything had a 90 day return policy. Everything worked out, glad to have my stock intake back in, life is good!