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K&N 63 Series Air Intake Kit Review
When it comes to air intake kits, K&N is like Coca Cola. Everybody who’s ever talked about performance knows about K&N. They invented the re-usable cotton gauze air filters that have been the basis of every performance air filter and air intake since they went into business 35 years ago. K&N literally founded the market for performance air intakes and filters, and they deserve a lot of credit for bringing proper engine breathing to the forefront of the consumer’s mind.
We were invited to test both K&N’s performance air filter and their 63 series air intake, and if you follow this site closely you’ll know that the K&N performance air filter passed our tests with flying colors and received our whole-hearted endorsement. Yet it’s hard for us to make the same recommendation about K&N’s 63 series air intake.
The K&N 63 series intake installed in a 2007 Toyota Tundra with the 5.7L.
TundraHeadquarters Request For Links
Are you a fan of our website?
Do you have a website of your own? What about a myspace or facebook page? Do you regularly post on popular automotive forums? Do you post links to Digg, Propeller, Delicious, etc.?
If the answer to any or all of these questions is “yes”, would you consider posting a link to Tundra Headquarters? If you would, we’d appreciate it! You can link to the main page, your favorite post, whatever you want.
Links help us grow and make sure that people find our website when they search on Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. Over the last year and a half, we’ve grown quite a bit. We’ve been able to use the advertising revenue from TundraHQ to reinvest in the site – we’ve increased the number of product reviews we do, hired some writers, etc. We’re also going to add some new features soon (like a marketplace with user generated product reviews, a place to buy and sell trucks, parts, etc., and some other stuff).
In other words, thank you to everyone for helping us grow over the last year and a half.
Thanks for reading – we promise not to beg for links more than once a year!
Signs Chrysler Is Considering Bankruptcy For Profit
I was watching the movie Pretty Woman with my wife-to-be last weekend, and there’s a line in that movie that sums up Chrysler’s future:
Vivian: So whadda ya do with the companies once you buy ’em?
Edward: I sell them.
Vivian: You sell them?
Edward: Well, I
A Toyota Dealership Parts Department That Understands The Internet
Here’s an interesting statistic: There are nearly 1300 Toyota dealers in the United States, each with their own parts department. Toyota and TRD supply every one of these dealership parts departments the same parts and accessories for the same price. Yet, out of nearly 1300 Toyota dealers, only a small handful bother to sell parts online.
You may be wondering why so few Toyota dealers sell parts online, but the answer is really pretty simple. It’s not easy. Online customers expect quick service, lots of information, and a great price. While many Toyota dealers offer solid customer service and excellent information, pricing keeps most dealership parts departments from being competitive online. Except, of course, for the Sparks Toyota parts department.
The parts guys at Sparks Toyota. From left to right: Barrett, Jamie, and Mark. Ken (the camera-shy Internet parts manager) is not shown.
The Tundra’s Acoustically Controlled Induction System
Like the rose, a variable length intake manifold by any other name would still increase horsepower and torque. Toyota’s name for this technological rose, and the system used in all three Tundra engine options, is Acoustically Controlled Induction System. In the simplest terms, the ACIS supplies a blast of air, like a tiny supercharger, into the combustion chamber under specific driving conditions. How sweet.
Here’s a cutaway of the 5.7 V8. Note the tag for ACIS in the upper right hand corner.
