Air intake and exhaust.

[dietoremain]

Soooooooo yeah I've decided to invest some money to improve the performance of my truck so i decided Im going to get a K&N cold air intake and a Gibson Performance exhaust(one with no welding necessary just slide on). I just wanna see anyones experiences and improvements in performance because of adding one or the other.. and i am also planning to ask my brothers friend to install them much cheaper than havin a shop do it.

[Daniel Kinder]

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NICE CHOICE FOR PERFORMANCE AND FIRST PURCHASE. YOU GOT A FUNDATION FOR FUTURE ADD-ONS AS WELL! WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A GIBSON EXHAUST FOR MY TRUCK, AND EXPLORER

[cobi]

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I have both an intake and exhaust(header and catback) on my car and love the difference. First change with my car being supercharged the whine from the blower has gotten much louder. Second with the exhaust not only can you feel the power but the sound is addicting.

And if you can I suggest doing at least the intake by yourself its quite easy, and if the exhaust is all bolt-on like you said its not very hard either. Anyways good luck and enjoy the results!!!

[BlueZero]

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What kind of truck?

Edit: I looked in your profile... 1999 Toyota Tacoma SR5???

[dietoremain]

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Yeah not exactllyy a speedy truck but its my first car and I baby it so I figure what can it hurt?

[TeamAllen]

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I did both of those mods to a prior Suburban. I would also recommend a chip upgrade to get full benefit from your upgrades. I used Jetchip. There is also Hypertech.

[photoryan77]

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I did both of those mods to a prior Suburban. I would also recommend a chip upgrade to get full benefit from your upgrades. I used Jetchip. There is also Hypertech.

Just make sure that if you get a chip, you get it after you do the other upgrades. Most chips are dual stage, meaning they are either for normal (restricted) air flow, or high (upgraded intake, exhaust, etc) air flow. If you get a chip and then change the way the air flows through your truck, it will affect the performance of the chip.

[YORCHI]

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the K&N intake is great, but I don't know anything about that exhaust, except it might just be cheaper and more practical if you just take it to a muffler shop and have new mufflers welded in...

are you going to increase the piping size? if you aren't then it would just be cheaper to get new mufflers welded in...

[dietoremain]

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its a cat-back exhaust system. just clamps on. and Im gettin it done for dirt cheap my brothers friend and me are doin it together.. friday or saturday(hopefully all parts will arrive by then they are comin from local stuff around here..) And oh for those of you that KNOW i had stickers on my truck. I finallyy found somethin that works. Goo Gone Sticker Lifter it comes with a little plastic scraper and it works amazin I knocked out a few stickers earlier but it was way too hot so I had to come back in ahha. I am planning to remove the rest later today and clay it real good and probably throw on some #66 down at the garage for some clean up and protection before I do a full detail later...

[Ryan L.]

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In my F-150 (Avatar) I have the Gibson and K&N as well as a SuperChip. The Gibson is O.K., gives the power needed but it doesn't sound all that great. This summer I'm replacing the Gibson muffler with a Flowmaster Super 40, they sound great!! The K&N is great to, no problems there although a little worse gas mileage. Another cheap and good upgrade is a Throttle Body Spacer, check them out, I'm going to get one this summer, after I get a job.

Good luck, and maybe do a little more research on the exhaust, don't know what your looking for exactly, but the Gibson is a little on the quiet side!!

Just my opinion though!!

[dietoremain]

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Honestly they dont make a flowmaster for my truck(im sure they could make one fit) and the gibson eh i dont need a great loud noise but a decent one is nice. Anyway yeah the K&N should be great. Plus the gibson was local and affordable i shall have my input on it soon though..

[Ryan L.]

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Honestly they dont make a flowmaster for my truck(im sure they could make one fit) and the gibson eh i dont need a great loud noise but a decent one is nice. Anyway yeah the K&N should be great. Plus the gibson was local and affordable i shall have my input on it soon though..

Yeah, just thought I'd let you know, if your happy thats all the matters. Wasn't trying to convince you either, just giving my opinion. Let us know how it goes, you'll love the feel of more power!!

[dietoremain]

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Yeah anythings better than the stock exhaust and I need an excuse to get a tin of NXT metal polish . Thanx for the info man. haha.

[Ryan L.]

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Yeah anythings better than the stock exhaust and I need an excuse to get a tin of NXT metal polish . Thanx for the info man. haha.

hahaha, I bought the NXT metal just to smell it, anyways let us know how it goes!!

[dietoremain]

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Update: why didnt I listen to ash in the first place he told me to use a hair dryer on stickers and guess what IT WORKS THEY ARE ALL GONE. 'Cept I spent hours usin goo gone sticker lifter and a plastic scraper(scraper was still necessary to help lift stickers). But yeah haha. Anyway I shall let ya know about the exhaust. I hope it arrives on time thats all I can say.