THUNDR CLOUD
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stevenassco said:to be honest with you, IMO its a waste of money if you are spending more than $20ish on a filter. Its really not going to give you any more power.....its a filter and designed to filter the incoming air and you do want to sacrifice this functionality for a few horses
IF you are looking for power gains, a cold air kit will give you a bit, but again, its going to be very minimal. Plus the kits I have seen for the 4runner thus far keep the filter in the engine bay (hot air), and if they made one that sits inside the fender like on a car I would not want it....its a 4x4 ie water, snow etc
I dyno'd my last mustang before and after with a cold air kit (just happened to be that way when tuning it one day), and I think it was a difference of around 3rwhp
Things like exhaust, heads, power adders etc are what you want if you really want to make more power
my .2 cents
I understand what your saying, but This truck is my DD. I don't need 250HP + to get my butt to work in the morning.
What this filter did for my 4Runner was to make it run the way it should have when it rolled off the boat!
More grunt from a dead stop.
Smoother shift points.
Less downshifting in high gear when going up a hill.
IMO best $50 I have spent. Not everyone would consider it money well spent but if we were all the same it would be a very boring world.