Best Cold air intake?

What’s the best cold air intake for 3rd gen Tacoma? Been debating between injen or k&n to help with lag & give it a little bark

 

Quoting my self, this is asked often.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/cold-air-intake-systems.819959/

 

The standard answer to this commonly asked question is the cold air intake that came stock with your truck is the best.

 

WASTE OF MONEY

 

Snorkel
But really factory is already a Cai, your not gaining much of anything but a lighter wallet at the end of the day.
Want less lag get a tune.

 

HE WANTS SOUND

 

Wrong engine to enjoy the sound of. Might be able to adapt one of those fancy ev speakers to it. Have all the sounds you could ever want.

 

Another thread on the topic
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/injen-evolution-cold-air-intake-with-dry-filter.727051/

 

I got the TRD airflow accelerator and TRD air cleaner…kept the rest of the intake ‘as-is’ because it’s already a CAI. Results? A hair louder but not any quicker. Save your money.

 

not only is snorkel cold
but it even gets rid of dirt and water
and looks good

 

OP you might be able to mod the charcoal filter airbox lid and get sound, but read about it first and consider the details on that one.

@tacotime1 @Veet-88
Did you guys notice any difference in sound? I assume you left the factory tubing with resonator intact

also just gonna lunk @3JOH22A 's posting history

 

TURTLES cant bark

 

Best one is the Toyota TRD…….

 

Welcome to TW. Maybe check this thread.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/experimented-with-a-90-air-box-mod.813222/

I haven’t installed yet on my truck, but I can’t justify spending much more.

 

I would recommend going to paper filter. Once I discovered a thin layer of dust in my intake tube, that TRD filter went straight into garbage.

I was a believer in oiled filters for years, boy was I wrong.

 

Best one is HPS 5700-1600 intake tube, OEM air flow accelerator and OEM paper filter.

She roars!

 

intake noise on these sounds really good imo. the exhaust not so much tho.

 

On modern vehicles yes.

Performance K&N “warm air” intake system made quite a nice difference in low end power in my 2007 ford ranger 4.0. Sounded sexy as well.

 

I agree. Love the sound my “poor man’s TRD intake” makes.

I do have Borla s-type cat back and I really enjoy how it sounds. TRD and borla sound good on these trucks IMO, everything else not so much… especially loud and obnoxious MBRP.