Comments on: Product Review: aFe’s Tundra 5.7L V8 Air Intake

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:14:56 +0000

Nick
the squeak is coming from your crank seal the AFE system is creating a extreme vacum in your crank case, with the enginge running pull out your dipstick and see if the noise goes away. I have the same problem and don’t know how to fix it.

By: Volant CAI installation - Tundra Solutions Forum

Volant CAI installation - Tundra Solutions Forum — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:21:22 +0000

[...] Re: Volant CAI installation I have an AFE on my 05. You should read the attached. Second paragraph after video explains that its necessary to have a gap since the new intake needs to pull in more air than stock inlet can provide. They are talking about AFE here but I would guess similar reasoning for Volant as well. An intersting read to say the least. aFe Air Intake Toyota Tundra Review with Video Sound Clips | Tundra Headquarters [...]

By: Noob From AZ - Page 2 - TundraTalk.net - Toyota Tundra Discussion Forum

Noob From AZ - Page 2 - TundraTalk.net - Toyota Tundra Discussion Forum — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:13:44 +0000

[...] there are also video clips of the installation and sound. good luck with your decision bro! aFe Air Intake Toyota Tundra Review with Video Sound Clips | Tundra Headquarters __________________ is this thing loaded? 08 Tundra 5.7L DC 4×2 slate metallic mods completed: [...]

By: which afe air intake should i get - Tundra Solutions Forum

which afe air intake should i get - Tundra Solutions Forum — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:17:53 +0000

[...] Originally Posted by skidoo so from all the forums i read i decided to get a afe air intake kit. but there is 2 versions. the first one is. Cold Air Intake System Stage 2 Toyota Tundra- 07-08 V8-5.7L 54-11172 – aFe Power for $313 and the 2nd one is Cold Air Intake System Stage 2 Si Toyota Tundra- 07-08 V8-5.7L 54-81172 – aFe Power for $425. not sure if the enclosed one will give anymore performance than the other one. I have the open style one. Mine is an 05 so slightly different than for your truck but basically the same. I like the open style better because it is cheaper. The only reason it is less money is because you are not paying for the enclosed box. It is not lower quality. Lots of guys will slam CAI’s but just make sure that if you buy one, its for the right reasons. Truth is neither one will provide a lot of power and true, most of that is at wide open throttle. But ask yourself what you want it to do. Personally, I like mine. I like how it looks and how it sounds. I would think the open style would be louder but as for which one gives more hp not sure. I can tell you for a fact that the oiled filter pulls in more air as opposed to the Pro Dry filter that AFE offers. That right from AFE. Its on their web site somewhere. Just search around and you can see it for your self. As for pulling heat into the engine and whether they work or not. Read the attached and judge for yourself. The second paragraph after the install video explains about pulling in warm air from the engine and why that may not be a big deal. Ultimately though Gorilla is right. If you want true bolt on big HP gains, buy a super charger. If you want to spend less than a grand for a little bit of power and some nice sound, do the CAI and a cat back exhaust system. If you do buy the AFE let me know and I will give you some info on the install. Their directions are garbage to say the least but the install is pretty easy if you are somewhat mechanically inclined. Good luck aFe Air Intake Toyota Tundra Review with Video Sound Clips | Tundra Headquarters [...]

By: admin (Jason)

admin (Jason) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:26:10 +0000

Nick – I’ve never heard of a squeak, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. The solution is to put the stock intake system back on your truck and see if the noise goes away. If not, they’ll have to get off their you-know-whats and figure it out.

By: Nick Busta

Nick Busta — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:11:41 +0000

I have a 5.7 with an AFE filter and my truck has a very annoying squeak and my dealer it is b/c of the airfilter. There is now way this is possible and they say Toyota wont let them try and fix it. They say they have seen this problem many times and I want to know if any of you have ever seen or heard about this because I feel like I am getting shafted.

By: admin (Jason)

admin (Jason) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:07:47 +0000

Josh – According to their website, they only offer intakes for the first gen 4.7 through 2004. Since this is outside our scope (the second gen is our cutoff), we won’t be reviewing it. However, to answer your question, I like Injen’s stuff. It’s good quality…but I have no idea about power. My guess is that it will offer about the same amount of performance as any similar design (also true of all the intakes we tested).

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:19:37 +0000

INJEN???? does anyone know how they stack up?

By: admin (Jason)

admin (Jason) — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:41:27 +0000

John – We had contact with aFe, but they weren’t present for testing. We did communicate the instructions problem to them, but I think that’s par for the course with after market accessories. With only one exception, none of the parts we reviewed had solid instruction. As for your power gain (or lack thereof), no idea. No one has told us about a mid-range loss. Every truck is different, but my guess is that the kit shouldn’t be hurting overall power. Perhaps the engine needs more time to map. The RPM range we tested in was fairly limited simply because it’s hard to get the 6-speed to stay in one gear on the dyno. Our data wasn’t very useful until about 4000 RPM or so.

By: John

John — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:28:38 +0000

Jason,

I also forgot to mention that like most people, I found the directions to be terrible at best for my model. Not to mention some bad fit problems with the hoses. I called AFE and told them about the directions and they said no one has ever called them to complain about their directions before. When you did your testing I was under the impression that someone from AFE was there with you or you had contact with them. Did you ever tell them how bad their directions were? Just thinking that we can all complain amongst ourselves how bad the directions are but if no one tells AFE it’s kind of point less.