True Flow XDI Intake

[808toyrundra]

Has anyone else seen this? Checked out their website and it seems impressive. Autoanything.com is selling them. Thoughts anyone?

[TOPSECRETTSI]

It looks good sooner or later somebody will a intake shootout with all the intakes to see which one is the best.

[BigZ88]

i certainly would love to see real world tests of some of the intakes. I contacted Volant and said I would offer to have dyno tests done on my truck if they would provide me an intake to test with. I haven't heard anything back yet. Just seems 21hp from an intake is a pretty big claim.... If it's true, I would love to carry their line of products.

[808toyrundra]

Yep, a real world test would be awesome. I think if the True Flow XDI had a shroud like the K&N, then I'd buy it. It just seems like it would be sucking in hot engine air with no shroud. The True Flow definitely looks better though!

[TOPSECRETTSI]

I used to have a ford escort zx2 s/r and even the zx2 racing site I was on managed to get an intake comparison done. I bought the k&n because their claim was far more accurate than the b/s crap that volant claims. If you want to b/s me from the start I'm not going to be anywhere close to buying your fake intake. Where is their dyno charts?

[sxd45]

me and dbdolan had a real world test, him with the volant and me with the ghetto rigged cone, no box, just sitting on top of the bottom box and we stayed neck and neck, so the way I see it is the gains are probably the same across the board, mileage will vary due to peoples driving style so that cant really be tested, go with what you can afford and what is visually appealing to you.

[BigZ88]

I think we're more talking about actual dyno tests to see how their 21hp claim stands up... i'm guessing it wont get anywhere near that, but I won't completely put it down until I see 3rd party testing...which I have offered to do. If any vendor on this board has parts they want tested, I will volunteer to do dyno testing on those products... Seems like companies would want to back up the claims they have...

[sxd45]

I dont mean to be rude but I read real world tests, and lets see a dyno, yeah thats not a real world test, I want someone to run them on their truck and get some speed times, calculate gas mileage gained and so forth, dyno power and what you gain actually driving on the road are two different things. my two cents thats all, and if you read my post completely two intakes were already tested against each other proving the volant dosent make big gains like they say.

[BigZ88]

take it easy man...all I'm saying is that isnt the best of tests. There are way too many variables involved between 2 guys with similar trucks trying to race to tell which intake makes more power. If that is enough of a test for you, then great. What I am suggesting is real dyno testing, and if we want to add in fuel economy testing, that's not an issue either... There are just more "scientific" ways of going about it... thats all.

[Nukedog]

sxd - realworld test is not 2 vehicles side by side. A dyno or a dragstrip with same driver would be real world. Dyno power is same as what you get on the road as long as you have a baseline for reference point.

Besides the XDI isn't listed to the Tundra on that site anyways (at least not 08 model 5.7)...

808 - even the K&N and shroud filters suck LOTS of hot engine air.

[sxd45]

Again if you read it says " run them on their truck" meaning both of them, or three or however many you want to test, and when you dyno are you making sure the dyno is warmed up, and the outside temp is the same, and the truck is running the same temp as the first run, true there are alot of variables, I just dont believe everything a dyno tells me, and im not mad just giving my opinion. Slap any of the CAI's on the market on your truck and I would put money that they give about the same gains. We arent talking about a super powered drag strip queen, its a truck.

[puulboy]

Originally Posted by 808toyrundra

Has anyone else seen this? Checked out their website and it seems impressive. Autoanything.com is selling them. Thoughts anyone?

I may be getting mine dyno'd with stock and with the true flow. I have to get a few miles on it first. I will post sheets when I do

[808toyrundra]

Thanks Puulboy! We'd all appreiciate it! By the way, is it(XDI) really loud? This is just what I've been reading on the other sites.

[puulboy]

Originally Posted by 808toyrundra

Thanks Puulboy! We'd all appreiciate it! By the way, is it(XDI) really loud? This is just what I've been reading on the other sites.

Yes
WOT it sounds like a jet. I have one on my Fj Crusier...
It seems to have a little more pep .
the biggest selling point would be the filtration. I do lots of rock crawling .. which means I do lots of dirt driving to the rock crawling.. combined with being in the Phoenix, AZ area makes for lots of dirt in the intake.
I tried a K&N drop in ran a trail came home pulled it and saw lots of dirt that got through the intake.. So I cleaned it( thinking th elememts wasnt oiled good enough) re olied it and put it back in. Ran another trail, pulled it to the same result. I immmediately pulled it and dropped the stock back in never to use it again.
I did the same scenario with the true flow and my intake has been clean for the last 20,000 miles
I will be washing and re oiling this one soon but I think I am still breathing much better than a new stock filter.
If you watched the demostration on filter comparison it would give you a pretty good picture why the true flow is better for your engine protection. Have you ever wondered why they recommend a pre filter over the filter if you are in very dusty situations??
thanks

[BigZ88]

SXD, If given the opportunity I would take every precaution to make all conditions the same for the tests. The biggest reason for wanting to do a dyno test (at least for me) would be to check the claims by one particular intake manufacturer, Volant, who claims almost double what others do. Just seems a bit outlandish to me, and I would like to see what people are getting in the real world with any intake. (I come from the 350Z crowd, and there were tons of people doing dynos of every little mod they did)

[Nukedog]

Slap any of the CAI's on the market on your truck and I would put money that they give about the same gains.

Agreed - i'd bet within 2rwhp of each other without question...

[mel1310]

i have an AIRAID CAI for my 2007 5.7 and i contacted them by e-mail and asked them "how much increase am i getting to the wheels?" they replied that with that CAI i am getting an 11 hp gain to the wheels..... so there is the answer for AIRAIDS CAI

[BigZ88]

so you're trusting what a manufacturer says?.... well, at least it's more reasonable than 21hp!

[bezam718]

yeah i'd definitely like more info as far as how this intake dynos, cause it is definitely the one I'm leaning towards. As far as sound the louder the better, does anyone know how it compares to the volant or K&N in this category? Also you said it was on your FJ cruiser do you also have one on a tundra?

[808toyrundra]

Just ordered the True Flow and it should be here in a couple of days! I will definitely give you guys my review on it. I can't wait!