!!!WANT MORE HORSE POWER!!! but have a 4cyl

Hey guys I have a 2014 4cyl automatic regular cab and the bottom line is I want more power but dont have much cash to spend around $300, I also dont want to loose MPG.
Here are some of my question?

1. Whats the difference between a cold air intake and a better air filter?
2. Should i do a k&N air filter? or a Volant cold air intake?
3. I looked at headers but dont know if that will do the trick.
4. Should I up grade my catalic converter?
5. Is it worth the money for more horse power?
6. Are there any cheep mod I can do?
7. Is there a cheep super charger?
8. ANY OTHERE THINGS I SHOULD LOOK INTO?
Put up pics of how you solved the weak 4cyl problem.
Thanks!!!!!

 

there's not too much you can do to up the hp
people are gonna chime in and tell you "shoulda got a v6"
believe me, i've been down this road before and basically gave up because it would cost entirely too much to get to where I wanted to be

 

Yah a V6 would be nice lol, theres always a next truck.

 

1. Whats the difference between a cold air intake and a better air filter?
A cold air intake will get rid of your stock airbox and tubing in favor of a design focused on not restricting airflow and getting air from a cool place. The stock airbox was designed to keep noises suppressed while allowing the engine to breath cool air so it's a compromise. An aftermarket cold air intake is built just for maximum airflow. They end up producing more noise and often not much more power.

There isn't a much better filter than OEM. The washable filters need to be oiled each time they are cleaned. That oil can foul the MAF.
2. Should i do a k&N air filter? or a Volant cold air intake?
Volant with the PowerCore dry filter. The K & N filter will use oil to capture dirt and if over oiled can foul the MAF. A fouled MAF will need to be replaced if cleaning doesn't work.
3. I looked at headers but dont know if that will do the trick.
Tooter on here had some significant gains from a specific header. Look him up. EDIT The header he uses is a "LCE long tube header". Read his build about lowering the powerband to achieve power earlier and you might find something in there you want.
4. Should I up grade my catalic converter?
??? You can't "upgrade it" since it already does the job as efficiently as it can. You can remove it, but then you won't pass any emissions testing if that matters where you live.
5. Is it worth the money for more horse power?
Always

You are better to save your pennies and go for boost from a URD kit or do headers, exhaust, and intake all at the same time rather than try to do things on the cheap.
6. Are there any cheep mod I can do?
See above. If there were a ton of cheap mods that gave good power gains EVERYONE WOULD ALREADY HAVE THEM ON THERE TRUCKS.
7. Is there a cheep super charger?
DON'T BUY A CHEAP S/C.

1) It'll likely be cheap because you have to build your own custom setup around it. I'm guessing you don't have the knowledge to do that by the questions you are asking. You'd also have to tune the motor for your S/C build which would require a new EMU anyways.

2) In general cheap performance parts aren't worth two shits.

URD comes with everything right out of the box. There price is about as good as it's going to get.
8. ANY OTHERE THINGS I SHOULD LOOK INTO?
READ READ READ every single forum you can on here related to getting more power out of the 4 banger.

Don't believe everything but the more often you come across people talking about something the more likely you will have success getting some more of what you want out of your truck.

Just don't do something stupid like find a Bully Dog or Unichip for your truck. Odds are it'll cause damage and you won't feel any more power.

 

thanks for the info real helpful!

 

+1 for you, we need more people like you here

 

for 300 bucks.... just put it into the gas fund and push on the gas pedal more... bout the only improvement you are going to get is a urd supercharger..... but it would probably be cheaper to sell your truck and buy a v6

http://urdusa.com/store/Forced-Indu...coma-2.7L-2TR-FE-4-Cylinder/product_info.html

 

The key to having a 4 cylinder Tacoma is the realization that it gets awesome gas mileage for a truck. It comes down to the driver-with a 4 you have to know how to use the engine. I would recommend the standard over the automatic.

 

Staying along the same thought process as the title of this thread, I'd just like to say that I WANT BETTER GAS MILEAGE BUT DRIVE A TACOMA!

 

It doesn't work that way. More power takes more gas.

Nothing that costs $300 will help.

 

Best "bang for buck" mod to a 2.7 is a LCE header...period.

 

That's comical.

Don't think you have ever heard of this guy named Torspd eh?
Or Gadget
Or Toon


Get the tissues ready

 

I'm making 320 to the wheels and have the same mpg I started with.

 

Then you aren't making more power very often.

When you are making 320 hp you are using more gas than when you were making stock horspower, simple as that.

 

There is a product for much less than $300 that will give you a boost of 20 mule power !!!

Here are some coupons too.

 

Um, the S/C has a bypass on our trucks. So when you're cruising it only draws a few hp so the results on highway fuel economy are negligible. You lose gas mileage with the TRD S/C when you jam on the gas , but otherwise you get stock mileage. It takes gas and air to make power when you romp on the truck and get all 300 ponies, otherwise the engine operates at stock power. If you want to put your foot to the floor your gas mileage will suffer, but if you're like me and only use the TRD S/C for passing and the occasional blowing off of some steam you can still get +16 mpg on the V6. Bottom line, you can have more power on the V6 and still have decent gas mileage.

 

It is all in how you read his post. When you are just driving with the SC and Not developing the 320 HP you aren't hurting the MPG too much. Then again at that you are not developing 320 HP either.

When you put your foot into it you are developing the 320 HP it is having a massive impact on your MPG.

That is what he is saying when you are cranking out the 320 HP you are taking a huge hit in MPG.

Really hard to keep your foot out of the SC though isn't it?

 

not to be a dick but 16 mpg isn't good a fullsize truck will get that with a v8 and have more power. Most don't buy the 4cyl for the hopes of having a racetruck. Personally I bought mine for mpg because I a lot of cruising around for work

 

Yes Sterdog managed to repeat what I said.

 

You could say that about any truck though. When you're just cruising around you're V6 truck is probably only producing 130-170 HP stock. With the S/C at the same sort of RPM you're still making 30% more power on acceleration when it matters. Who gives two turds what the truck is making power wise when it's holding rpm while cruising lol. So the argument that the S/C only makes power at the top end isn't valid and guzzles gas isn't really valid in any way that matters.

All I heard is "wah wah wah I have no power and your gas mileage sucks" lol. At least I can drive my truck under 3000 rpm . OP asked how to get more power out of his truck. The LCE long headers and a S/C are really the only way to go about getting significant power increases that also more the torque curve into a more usable band. Show me another mod that doesn't involve boost that will give him those sort of results and then give me more of those snarky remarks.