CAI or exhaust
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Exhaust, imo intake does little but more than let it be noisier than stock. I only have a Stock replacement k&n and removed the silencer but I have a Gibson Extreme duels. It was reasonable at like 350 (freefiddy)
BTW why Borla. Take it to a muffler shop and get the exhaust then buy the intake.
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BTW why Borla. Take it to a muffler shop and get the exhaust then buy the intake.
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personally i'd go K&N FIPK. http://www.autoanything.com/air-inta...A1914A0A0.aspx the air flow on a volant is more restricted than on a K&N. ur probably not going to get a good cat back for $200 either
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Get an exhaust. Why? Have one of you friends drive you truck and you drive next to them. Just listen for something that sound like someone is blowing through a straw. Yeah that your truck. Don't get the K&N FIPK. It sucks. K&N sucks!
The air flow is not restricted on the Volant box.
The air flow is not restricted on the Volant box.
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The intake is more than a foot or two away from any part of the engine that will get hot. Drive down the highway at 60mph and you could have a bonfire right behind you, but as long as it is behind you, you will not feel any heat. Granted your truck will sound like it has ***** with a cat back, but if you can't prove it what good is it? you will get more performance gains from a CAI. But hey each to its own. i guess we all have some bad experiences
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an exhaust is gonna run about 500 unless your gonna install it yourself. I have the volant and i have the air box too but since i happen to use my truck in puddles i enjoy having the peace of mind that my engine wont hydrolock cause i have a box. Another tthing you could do is just replace the muffler which is gonna be just as good as doing a cat back. Theres not enough back pressure from the engine for a full cat back to do very much in the power increase department. I'm just gonna replace the muffler for sound quality and run one-in-two-out so i can have dual pipes. HIGH FIVE!
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Originally Posted by mj550
Bull****, it has heatshelds with rubber on the top edges that seal it when the hood is closed, thus making it like a box. A heatsheld is designed to block heat, just in case you didn't know.
K&N went cheap on our trucks. I will be selling my K&N for a Volant real soon.
Last edited by whippersnapper02; 08-26-2008 at 10:42 AM.
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Originally Posted by fddriver02
Told ya. My friends have K&N on their cars. One is a 06 GTO and the other is a 06 Tacoma and both of their kits are more box like.
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Originally Posted by mj550
Yep. lol, sorry if I came across rude the first time. It was a bad day, some idiot let his truck roll out of a parking lot and hit mine in right rear side of the bed. I was all riled up.
Originally Posted by mj550
If I had the 4.0 Id probably go with the Volant. I actually looked into one for my truck, but they don't make it for my year in a 3.0.
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Originally Posted by fddriver02
I should have researched more but I got a decent deal on the intake. I wast a box to seal out the heat and to shield against water and mud and crap.
I want an intake that shields against water and mud and crap too