fender250

I did a search and found little info on this. Plenty of info on the bigger yota engines, but not the 22re. Has anyone around here done this to their 4 banger? If so, was it worth it? What size of deck plate did you use?

Elton

just remove the headlight tube

toyota4x4907

One of the previous owners of my 4runner removed the intake tubing behind the headlight and that little tube thats at the bottom of the airbox. I wouldnt say it increases power, but it makes it sound awesome.

fender250

I'd like to have the option of plugging the hole that the deckplate mod provides for mudding/offroading.

lilbroyota

did that to mine awhile back i mean have you seen the little tiny holes there supposed to breath through? and to fender250 i mud all the time heck i have to coming out of my driveway too but it hasn't botherd it yet Lilbroyota

Dgfriend707

Have you personally done it?

And if so can you tell much of a difference?

Elton

i have not

Dgfriend707

Wellp, im gonna go try it lol and ill tell you what happens shortly.

Dgfriend707

Results are: Cant really tell a power gain, But definately made a deep awesome sound...





Im putting a screen in front of the hole.VVV.Because I seem to get a lot of leaves in my airbox...lol



What was in front of the original intake tube...



Again...




I've only driven it around the block...So maybe I will feel a HP gain, maybe not... Who cares? It sounds awesome either way!

MaK92-4RnR

I've done it on my 3vze. it doesn't do anything except add a faint air induction noise. if you want a gain, do a FIPK K&N kit and intake battery swap.

Gregs94Toy

I did this tonight {minus actual deck plate, but with hole like pic above}...it has a strange low pitched rattle at low rpm or idle, almost like something is loose or vibrating...is that just the air pressure as it hits a certain pitch making that rumble?

BigBluePile

iTrader: (3)

Theres not ONE thing you can do to a 22re to make an improvement. It's a lot of things combined that will really make a noticable difference.

combatcarl

Y'know I've got a boring weekend coming, I may just do this for fun and a lack of better things to do. Do ya think you could pipe in a snorkel to that? Not looking at mine right now, but I might size it up when I'm in there... And I wonder if this'll change my PAIR honk on decel...

Dirt Driver

And here I always thought a deck plate was for bolting onto an engine block before it gets bored and honed...

abecedarian

That's what a deck plate is.

combatcarl

Isn't it a "marine deck plate" that's used? (In some cases) But yeah, I thought it sounded like a term I'd heard related to something else...

abecedarian

In automotive parlance the "deck" is the top of the engine block, and "deck height" is a somewhat complicated measurement related to the piston, rods and crank, bushing and bearing offsets and the engine block, though is generally the measure from the centerline of the crankshaft to the top of the engine block.

A deck plate is a physical "guide" used to center boring and honing tools along the centerline of the cylinder bores. It's use is indespensable for blueprinting an engine, and just as valuable when performing over-boring and honing on such a modified engine.

Loosely speaking, a deck plate mod could be anything that changes the horizontal aspects of something.
Changing vertical aspects would be bulkhead modifications.

Dirt Driver

And it allows the cylinders to be bored with distortion and stresses applied similar to when the engine is assembled. I have *heard* that max-effort race teams may even go so far as to circulate coolant through them heated to operating temperature.

http://www.mustangandfords.com/techa.../photo_19.html

a4runnerfreak

Abe....Dirty Dude......let the newbies have their fun. They'll learn.....in time.

combatcarl

Hey now. Not everybody needs a couple thousand posts to know anything. Sometimes, its better to get Abe to explain it right the first time, see? If ya can't contribute...well, ya know.