96 T100 cold air intake

[riot100]

I am thinking of getting a cold air intake for my 96 T100. Just wanted some imput from you guys if it worth the money or not! If it is worth the money, what brand works the best?

[Vegeta SS4]

inless it is a TRUE CAI like the URD one then it is not worth it. K&N and most of the rest of them are NOT true CAI since the air filter is still housed in engine compartment sucking in heat from the engine bay. And honeslty the stock airbox is already a CAI since it draws air from the fenderwell outside the engine bay.

[knj27]

Not worth the money at all. Leave the factory intake, buy a good quality basic paper filter like a Wix or Toyota filter, clean it occasionally with some compressed air once in a while and you'll be just fine. Just avoid that Fram whatever you do

Those drop in K&N filters you pay 50 bucks for don't give you more than 3hp and let more crap into your engine. I know people say they are reusable so they're worth the money, buy 2 or 3 normal filters will be the same price and will be enough to last as long as you have the truck if you dust them out once in a while and don't get too much mud in them. An FIPK kit is also not a true CAI.

A true CAI may get you a couple more ponies, but it's hardly worth it considering 5 or 6 redline hp is not going to make a difference because usable torque is what you're interested in on a truck. Plus sucking air from outside, such as the fender well, means you run a very high risk of sucking water into the engine, especially if you ever off-road.

Definitely keep it stock and spend your money elsewhere. There are a million threads on this elsewhere on the forum if you're interested.

[Zuke76]

Deck plate mod. Its cost about $10 and you can change it back to stock in 5 seconds.

T100 3.4 Deckplate mod.

There was some dyno test done on a 4runner with the 3.4. The dyno showed a deck plated mod and k&n drop in filter averaged about a 8-10hp gain. A "CAI" from k&n averaged around 6-8HP. I will dig up the web link.

[Zuke76]

Found the link.

He mods the entire air box but using a deck plate is the same idea.

http://www.gadgetonline.com/AirInduction.htm

[riot100]

thanks for the input guys!!

[knj27]

even 10 hp gain will barely be noticeable, especially since you won't have any of that at the bottom end...I still say save your money...

[fourwd1]

Originally Posted by knj27

even 10 hp gain will barely be noticeable...

Say what ??

When you only have 100 or so (if that) to begin with, you'll notice 10 more.
Not that I believe those claims.

[knj27]

In 1996 the engines offered in the T100 made 150 (4 cyl.) and 190 (6 cyl.) horsepower at the crank.

A gain of 10 peak hp (near the redline) on either of those engines would knock .3 seconds of off your 1/4 time at best, which is going to be barely noticeable when you're driving it.

But it doesn't really matter because I highly doubt putting an intake on one of these trucks would ever gain you 10 hp.

[fourwd1]

If they produced a 10 hp gain they'd be selling a lot more.

[Zuke76]

I more or less did the deck plate air box mod to get the supa awesomeo intake sound.

[knj27]

Originally Posted by fourwd1

If they produced a 10 hp gain they'd be selling a lot more.

Heck, I'd buy one...

[SC T100]

[QUOTE=knj27;2862062]Not worth the money at all. Leave the factory intake, buy a good quality basic paper filter like a Wix or Toyota filter, clean it occasionally with some compressed air once in a while and you'll be just fine. Just avoid that Fram whatever you do

I know this is an old thread, but do you mean to avoid the standard Fram filters, their "high flow" models, or all of them? Just curious as i ran across this thread today. If so why?