Worth the Mulah? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

randomman84 · 02-18-2005, 10:14 AM

So the air filter needs to be replaced so i decided to go ahead and spill the mulah for an intake. Wanna know if this will be worth it. I am not lookin for major gains, its just a begining start to something bigger. Lemme know if its worth the money.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

jhbhatia · 02-18-2005, 10:15 AM

intake = a lot of noice and not a whole lot of power gains...but you will save on your gas as you see your mpg go up a little!

whocares04 · 02-18-2005, 12:19 PM

that would be cool but u might wanna look into a cold air intake before u buy....just keep options open....

randomman84 · 02-18-2005, 12:32 PM

is a cai a pita to put on the gen 4 i4?

CamryPunk · 02-18-2005, 12:39 PM

^ Nope... takes about 30 mintues. You just have to have basic tools.

Brujo · 02-18-2005, 12:44 PM

I see that as being a bit too expensive. Why not go with a knock off for a third of that price?

alex86 · 02-18-2005, 12:46 PM

for that much you could get a CAI if there is one that price range. i bet there is. look around a bit more you can probably find some for a good deal

randomman84 · 02-19-2005, 01:19 PM

true, another q? is an injen for that much, much different than the matako one they sell for 50? i saw someone on here had it racer rodney i think.

Terriyaki · 02-19-2005, 02:01 PM

i have a gen 4 4cyl and there used to be obx cai for liek80 but i can't find it anymore. There is one guy on the forums that might his own cai, kind of ghetto though. the fuse/relay box is boxing the hole to do a cai, so i don't know how obx got around this. But the guy on the forums that did it, extended his short ram, and used like a rubber spring thing, looks like the thing on the back of a laundry machine, and attach the air filter to it. Not sure how good it works. I'll tell u his name which i figure it out lol.

terrastrife · 02-19-2005, 05:15 PM

long length of flexible tubing = ghetto cai... no one said that a cai has to be solid metal :P

thakidd · 02-19-2005, 05:18 PM

there is no true cai for the gen4 u can get an extension piece that fits the injen short ram.and then it will be a cold air

dna59 · 02-19-2005, 06:59 PM

I would look into a CAI or into an extension to make it into a CAI.

Erbe · 02-19-2005, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamryPunk

^ Nope... takes about 30 mintues. You just have to have basic tools.

takes a little longer than that..especially if you dont have a dremel (like me)

expect 4hours til you paint it and remove all air box components

randomman84 · 02-19-2005, 11:45 PM

ok, ill look into that. so should i spend the mulah and get the injen and look for the extension or should i just go for the cheap one. ill take care of the cai later i just need to replace it for now. im thinkin ill go with the injen that way in the future i can go cai.

CrawlingEye · 02-20-2005, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erbe

takes a little longer than that..especially if you dont have a dremel (like me)

expect 4hours til you paint it and remove all air box components

paint it? he meant buying a CAI, not building one.

Building one takes some time, but it's not too hard really. the hardest part for me was removing the old intake that routes itself through hell and back.