S&B cold air intake

[LB'sTremor]

Yeah I have tried the K&N, AEM dry (in now) and WIX oem filter. Honestly, they all feel the same even with the tune.

I know our motors are torque biased, the top end got a lot better with the tune but just looking at the restriction of the Inlet into the lower air box has me curious if the S&B or similar really (mishi?) saw decent gains. I also just put 76 91 gas in the truck rather than cheaper Smiths 91. My neighbor was telling me at Smiths he puts 89 because 87 felt funny in his Tundra so I am curious how that will go.

Being responsible unlike my teens, I did cooling first, Mish reported something like 14rwhp/14rwtq with their intercooler and pipes (did the rad too). Motor was all stock besides those scoops at that point, even wix filter, throttle response got maybe a little better but nothing crazy.

The downpipe was next and wow that surprised me. Turbo spooled way better even though stock tune. Then the tune which really fixed the lazy top end.

At this point, just trying to set expectations for the S&B as I will probably eventually order it. Computer sales have been kinda meh this year so I am being conservative ond play spending.....my kids hockey ain't cheap lol

Other funny observation was how temp controlled the truck is that a massive radiator like the Mishi one didnt really change temps a whole lot. The one area I see the biggest temp drop is when going downhill towing, temps will hit 170F in the summer before the thermostat closes but regular driving will hang out around 200-210F in the summer 100F days. Wish an electric fan was an easy mod.

What downpipe do you have? and is your exhaust modified?

LB

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What downpipe do you have? and is your exhaust modified?

LB

SPD downpipe, stock exhaust (intentionally). I wouldn't mind a higher flow exhaust system but want it OEM quiet. I swear my mustang got me pulled over 2-3 times because they heard me. They never wrote me up but stopped me lol