MAF intake fiting problem.

[2008tc]

hey everyone im steven i just joined while i was looking for a solution to my problem. ill tell you about it... well i installed an intake for 06-08 scion tc. i have an 08 tc. well i got the part.....but the MAF fiting on the intake itself was to big for my sensor. i rigged it to work but not in the smartest way.. aka ill have to buy a new sensor in the future. anyways the screws dont line up with the sensor and the whole is to big and has to much interferience for the tc to stay running. i dont understand i baught the right year part. can anyone help? i can post a pic if needed unless similar situations have accured. well looking forward to feedback a future advice with other problems/reccomendations with the future project. thanks everyone

steven.

[Kid Morbid]

Hi and welcome to the site! What brand intake is it? And yes please post pictures it will help.

This should really be down in the Engine board though, it'd get more responses as far as solutions.

[2008tc]

hey thanks. well unfortunatly right now i do not have any pics but i will post in a couple days when i take some. the thing is it was a cheep part. i should baught a more relyable/legit part with more info. learning from mistakes though. here is the link to the same part i baught a while ago from ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230465267710&viewitem=&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2&category=38634 check it out and tell me what you think.

[Oznium_com]

You are super cool. :welcome:

[2008tc]

able to get a look at the intake?

[Kid Morbid]

It's hard to tell looking at those pics since they are so bright. I'd need to see the MAF actually on your intake. It looks like it's shaped right but that doesn't mean the one you got is. Hard to trust a no branded cai from ebay. Fitment is always an issue usually.

[XD2O]

Welcome to Sciko Land! :up:

Try posting for help in this area of Scikotics. This is an introduction area and you won't get as much of a response here.

Here's the link!

http://www.scikotics.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=110

[2008tc]

hey thanks i appreciate it alot being new and all. great help! ill take some pics this weekend. im also in the market for a new intake if any suggestions for a good intake for a good price. money is some what of an option right now. but i love learning and working my car. also i need to buy a new maf if i plan on replacing my intake. so if any good suggestions to find a descent priced maf for 08 tc. thanks again looking forward to hearing future advice. still curiouse on current setup though. talk to you later...

[dropzone]

The intake you have fits 06-08??? That's a typo on the sellers part if the MAF doesn't fit. Intakes for the tC are made for 05-06, then there's 07+ because the MAF was changed. I'd try a MAF adapter, Randode makes/sells one and then there's Spectre(don't know of anyone that has run this adapter, I might try it if I get a friends 05 K&N CAI).

[2008tc]

ya well i also baught an adaptor.... for 07 to 08 fiting. must of been another typo because nont of the adaptor fitings worked! bothers me so much. i even talked to the guy i baught it from and he said maybe i installed it wrong. unless there is more than one way to install and intake.... i think not that wouldnt make sense. he said it was the right part for the right year! i don't thinkso. im guessing im SOL on this one.

[E-Dub]

If you go ahead and post in the tC first gen section someone ought to help you out!

[Kid Morbid]

Sounds like you really are sol.. You have some options for other intakes. The cheapest and closest to the price you paid would be the Raceland CAI. It's $79. I own it myself and it works great.

There are some others in the $100-$150 range, then the name brands like K&N, AEM, TRD, and Injen that are generally around $300.

[DeadCannon]

Welcome from CKY.

Yup, 05-06 engines are set up a little different from 07-10. You get 1 extra horse power!

[The 1 2 Die 4]

Welcome from the ATL!!!

And thats more like a .5 HP once it gets to the wheel.. lmao.. (08+ has the extra 1hp)

As for your CAI problem.. There is an adapter..
http://randode.com/store/product56.html

Dont know if I trust the ebay one.. but its cheaper!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160273901834&crlp=1_263602_263622&ff4=263602_263622&viewitem=&guid=33a8b3411280a0aad574d274fe640600&rvr_id=&ua=WVI7&itemid=160273901834
Google is your friend..

[Da_Evil_Boo]

Welcome from the Beaumont chapter

[taktc]

Welcome to the family Steven! Hope you are able to get the MAF mounted correctly. Sometimes getting things on eBay is a "you get what you pay for" type of deal. I would be very cautious in the future when looking at items on there that aren't name brand. Name brand are going to be more expensive, but you know they put research into their products so that they work right.

[Tim@TRDSparks]

Welcome to our family!

[aalbertson3]

Welcome!

[muzachead]

Welcome from the ATL!!!

And thats more like a .5 HP once it gets to the wheel.. lmao.. (08+ has the extra 1hp)

As for your CAI problem.. There is an adapter..
http://randode.com/store/product56.html

Dont know if I trust the ebay one.. but its cheaper!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160273901834&crlp=1_263602_263622&ff4=263602_263622&viewitem=&guid=33a8b3411280a0aad574d274fe640600&rvr_id=&ua=WVI7&itemid=160273901834
Google is your friend..

wish i could have found that a few weeks ago....went through the hole thing of switching and all for the 08 trd not 05


and welcome....get out and enjoy some cookies

[ParkJotC]

:welcome1: from the Nashville TN/ Bristol Chapter!! :Vache04: and yeah take a pic of the maf area.. cause alot of times they could have done the wrong maf weld on the pipe. maybe even backwards. but i got a Fujita CAI and it fits great.