more power

suggestion on how to get more power for my 4.7 litre 200 toyota tundra truck?

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aeduchesne
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Boy, now that's what I call an open-ended question...

How much money and/or effort do you want to spend? How close to stock do you want to stay? Do you mind a lumpy idle?

Do you mind voiding the factory warranty? Do you want to have to search out strange things on a regular basis like a gas station selling 108 Octane Racing Gasoline, Octane Boost additives by the drum, or a bulk rate on Nitrous Oxide refills? Would you have any ethical or financial problems bribing the guy at the Smog Inspection Station to get it passed every year or two, because the engine has been modified beyond recognition? (It's probably going to cost you in the low four figures each time.)

Do you mind occasionally blowing up the motor, paying for a long tow to get it to your favorite tuner shop, and having to buy a new long-block and start over from scratch?

The closer you get to the bottom of the list before you started saying "No", the faster you can go. If you wanted to spend enough, you could start running competitively at your local Saturday Night Speedway Races or regional drag strip or road course.

You can get into SCCA Slaloms, where you can spend $800 on a set of high performance tires, spend more to have the tire shop shave half the tread off so they won't chunk, and then go scrub the rest of the tread off that set of gumballs in a single weekend of racing.

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Bruce L. Bergman

I don't want to blow the engine. I have installed an AEM Brute force intake. Installed Magnaflow dual exhaust system. I find it's hard to find performance parts for Tundras compared to Chev, Dodge or Ford.I am looking to add more performance, for reasonable amount of money.

Reply to
aeduchesne

If you've cleared out the intake and exhaust tracts, that's the easy stuff - now it gets harder. You were not very clear on what year and model Tundra you have - 200 isn't a valid date, and if it is they weren't making internal combustion engines...

And where you live - if you don't have to deal with biennial smog checks and 'certificates of compliance' on all aftermarket parts added, it makes modifications a lot easier.

You might check into TRD goodies like a turbocharger or supercharger

- adding a bit of boost is an effective way to wake up the beast. I'd search a bit but I'm not sure what vehicle.

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Bruce L. Bergman

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