Cold Air Intake?
02-08-2010, 12:42 PM
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Cold Air Intake? Im looking for a Cold Air Intake and i just want to know what does it actually do? I heard one on a Hyndai Elantra and a Dodge Durango (my neighbors) which sound really good. But what does this actually do for the cars? I heard gas milage but what are the results?
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Well. A cold air intake should give you a little gas mileage increase, it also will give your
engine cooler air and decrease any restrictions that your stock intake had. So pretty much the cooler and the more air into your engine the better. That's why forced induction guys run intercoolers, to cool the air going into the motor increasing horsepower. This is usually one of the first bolt-on mods people do to there cars, so I would recommend one for sure, as in brand I know there is a couple companies that make them for our cars, make sure it has a heat sheild and the tube will deflect heat.
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engine cooler air and decrease any restrictions that your stock intake had. So pretty much the cooler and the more air into your engine the better. That's why forced induction guys run intercoolers, to cool the air going into the motor increasing horsepower. This is usually one of the first bolt-on mods people do to there cars, so I would recommend one for sure, as in brand I know there is a couple companies that make them for our cars, make sure it has a heat sheild and the tube will deflect heat.
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Ok so first off, a cold air intake allows for cooler and more air to get to the engine. The cooler and the more air you get the better, it should increase your mileage a little bit and should also allow for some top end horsepower. That is why you see forced induction guys running intercoolers which cool the air which will increase horsepower . Cold air intakes are usually one of the first mods people do to there cars, I would recommend one as long as it has a heat sheild and the intake tube will deflect heat, if not it will decrease HP and mileage. There are a couple brands I know K&N which is a little pricey, and I think cold air inductions makes one and also you can make your own. Hopefully this helps! -Levi
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I just wanted to know what it did exactly. I mean on the two cars i've heard them in sounded really good but i didnt know what it did. Im still a newb when it comes to this stuff. Just wanted to get some info from my fellow LS4 brothers
