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This is a discussion thread titled "TACOMA:Cold air intake & throttle body spacer - WOW!", within the Engine & Drivetrain forum, part of the Technical & Vehicle Assistance Forums category.
I just got off the phone with Street & Performance, they go forth with the pics you guys want. Soooo, it will probably be this weekend when I get a chance - but I will get them posted!
We will have a dyno run in two weeks - give me time for plenty of gas mileage checks & run checking.
Be patient - will post all info you guys request.
Thanks
Joe
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First off please post some pics of the setup....Next ask them to ship me over one of there TB spaces so I can test it on my own . BUT bright red??? tell them to make it blue because red will clash with all the blue under my hood....
How can this be a cold air intake if it is going to pull warm air from under the hood? Pointless, tell this company to make the TRD Sport hood scoope functional then they are in business. They can use my truck for testing
The stock intake on this truck is better then anything the after market can come out with IMO. The stock intake is a true cool air intake.....and that big air box they put on there is there for a reason. The only benefit you get from an after market intake is a lil better gas milage.
How can this be a cold air intake if it is going to pull warm air from under the hood? Pointless, tell this company to make the TRD Sport hood scoope functional then they are in business. They can use my truck for testing
You guys and your hot intake therory kill me... Ask yourself this one question. When your truck is moving does the air in the engine stay there or is there a constint motion threw the engine bay? Cause hot air rise's to the top yes but when there is air moving threw the grill and cold air replaceses the warm air. Now if your talking about the engine at a stop I would agree but since you have a grill and more openings cold air is forced into the engine bay now go ponder on that...Aldo the air is always going to be hot guys because the intake man and the TB are right over the engine .
You guys and your hot intake therory kill me... Ask yourself this one question. When your truck is moving does the air in the engine stay there or is there a constint motion threw the engine bay? Cause hot air rise's to the top yes but when there is air moving threw the grill and cold air replaceses the warm air. Now if your talking about the engine at a stop I would agree but since you have a grill and more openings cold air is forced into the engine bay now go ponder on that...Aldo the air is always going to be hot guys because the intake man and the TB are right over the engine .
Sorry guys, my bad on calling the Airmax a "cold air intake", it is actually a high flow intake with a "rifled" insert which increases volume & cools the air - over stock that is.
And by the way - if you will read the original post, you will find that we put the factory intake system on a flow machine vs the Airmax & found the new intake flows over 32% more volume. So one can't possible say the factory one is better - cold air or not, volume is what really counts.
i wouldnt quite say thats true. the cylinders can only accept a certain volume of air. the colder that air is, the denser it will be. if the air is more dense, than there will be more to burn.
and theres no way that intake has cooler air than the stock one in any way. a metal intake which draws from the engine compartment?!?! connect a laptop to the obdII port and monitor the IAT while driving. youll notice that the heat soak affecting the intake is not worth replacing the stock box. when you pull away from a stop light, you will effectively have less power
You guys and your hot intake therory kill me... Ask yourself this one question. When your truck is moving does the air in the engine stay there or is there a constint motion threw the engine bay? Cause hot air rise's to the top yes but when there is air moving threw the grill and cold air replaceses the warm air. Now if your talking about the engine at a stop I would agree but since you have a grill and more openings cold air is forced into the engine bay now go ponder on that...Aldo the air is always going to be hot guys because the intake man and the TB are right over the engine .
You missed one little detail there, where does the majority of the air go through when it passes through the grill? I'll give you a hint, it's a large heat exchanger filled with green stuff...... The radiator transfers alot of heat into the air entering the engine compartment! Even still, thanks to having the engine, exhaust ect ect all right there the engine compartment will always have some pretty warm air! The only way to get cold air is to draw it from outside the engine compartment.
I'm not holding out high hopes for this setup ( or any similiar) until I see dyno numbers prove past experiance wrong.
Rock: Like Nico said, we don't care about volume.... we care about total mass. The combination of volume and density. Unless you are running forced induction the cylinders can only draw in so much air, no matter how much is provided!
If your Taco has the inverter, you can buy one of those cute little electric powered leaf blowers and splice it into your intake hose. P.S. If anyone actually tries this, please post pics for my own amusement.
ROFLMAO!!!
P.S. the reason that is so funny to me it that this redneck friend of mine suggested it and he was serious.
The thing is, more HP goes to the driveshaft if it's easier for the cylinders to breath. Becides, how can the stock system be any cooler if its drawing air from the same place.
The engine bay doesn't get that hot, even after 40 miles of driving. If you ran the truck hard and fast for 40 miles, then placed your hand in the same area the air filter is mounted, it would be relativly cool.
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. BUT bright red??? tell them to make it blue because red will clash with all the blue under my hood....
P.S. If anyone actually tries this, please post pics for my own amusement. 
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