Hi There
After recently fitting a Safari Snorkel (for which Chippys thread was consulted many times. Thanks Chippy !!), I was less than impressed with the supposed better breathing characteristics of a Safari Snorkel over the std air intake set-up on my '06 1KZ-TE - no real improvement was noticed. Now I know that you don't fit a snorkel to get better performance but I still expected some improvement. I was a bit disappointed to say the least. As my truck was also due for a 45k service at the same time I asked Toyota to take extra care to clean the air filter, and they blew it out etc etc - a small improvement was noticed. Anyway, I decided to shell out $60 on a new air filter today, and me truck is now like a different beast! Heaps more throttle response, revs out harder, more apparent power - all of which is to be expected really. Anyway my point is that in NZ Toyota do not specify replacement for the air filter until 90k's, which leaves me wondering why? IMHO it should be done every main service. Its the best $60 bucks I've spent on my truck so far - apart from the Safari Snorkel, Arb portable air compressor, Bosch wipers, Nokia car kit........ :twisted: The only trouble now is I can't really qualify what sort of improvement there has been in fitting the snorkel, apart from the looks. I may have just wasted $600 on a snorkel :evil: Hang on, is there such a thing as wasting money on a snorkel?
Snappa
After recently fitting a Safari Snorkel (for which Chippys thread was consulted many times. Thanks Chippy !!), I was less than impressed with the supposed better breathing characteristics of a Safari Snorkel over the std air intake set-up on my '06 1KZ-TE - no real improvement was noticed. Now I know that you don't fit a snorkel to get better performance but I still expected some improvement. I was a bit disappointed to say the least. As my truck was also due for a 45k service at the same time I asked Toyota to take extra care to clean the air filter, and they blew it out etc etc - a small improvement was noticed. Anyway, I decided to shell out $60 on a new air filter today, and me truck is now like a different beast! Heaps more throttle response, revs out harder, more apparent power - all of which is to be expected really. Anyway my point is that in NZ Toyota do not specify replacement for the air filter until 90k's, which leaves me wondering why? IMHO it should be done every main service. Its the best $60 bucks I've spent on my truck so far - apart from the Safari Snorkel, Arb portable air compressor, Bosch wipers, Nokia car kit........ :twisted: The only trouble now is I can't really qualify what sort of improvement there has been in fitting the snorkel, apart from the looks. I may have just wasted $600 on a snorkel :evil: Hang on, is there such a thing as wasting money on a snorkel?
Snappa
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