Cold Air Intakes Mythbusted

Informative video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCi2yo4UqPI

 

Old video, CAI sounds cool, don't care about a couple hp gain or loss.


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Having not watched the video I can tell you that if you put a cold air intake on, then add a cat back exhaust, you will see no gains... until you take it in and have it tuned.

Air=HP. The more freely it flows, the more hp you can make, but it has to be tuned... the fuel/air ratio adjusted to optimum for that setup. Then it DOES make a difference.

 

Hold every thing ... I don't care about the cold air intakes - did anyone notice that at 2:16 one guy totally palms another guys' ass??? WTF?

 

FYI.... after a 600mi trip of doing some testing with the stock intake etc.... the stock intake produces temps right at ambient temp... no more than 2*F above ambient when moving.... purchasing a CAI for our taco's is about the dumbest idea ever as the stock one already does the job perfectly.

 

Giggity

 

Snorkel is the real cai

 

I haven't seen power gains but my my snorkel did net me 1 to 2 mpg more than stock. It's sort of a cold air intake heh heh

 

Lmao

 

Not a fan of the video because the small engines result in smaller gains with bolt on mods like CAI and exhaust. Do this same test with a v8 and you will see at least a small gain in HP. Now I understand it's not actually taking in cold air, so I don't really understand why they call it that but I've always been a fan of the sound. The point of the CAI is to take in more air faster resulting in more horsepower, but I've never personally seen a dyno run where it produced more power. Nonetheless, it sounds great and looks good under the hood. Never personally had any problems with them either.

 

the problem is that they cost money for generally nothing but a little sound

 

True, but I personally feel that it is money well spent because I enjoy the noise and see a 2-3 mpg increase also so that makes it seem a little more practical. They are probably more hyped up than they should be, but my thoughts after riding in a car with one was "I want one!" But that's just me...

 

well that sucks...not hp but your wallet lol

 

On a diesel a cold air intake will net you some gains and tuned it will really net you gains.

 

How's that?, your throttle is a greater restriction at anything less than full throttle. Snorkel can't change that.

 

Small kine ram air? So I had the same 30 mile one way commute 5 days a week and I was always tracking my fuel economy with my ultra gauge. After the snorkel install (no other mods at the same time) I collected data for a few weeks and it showed a 1 to 2 mpg gain. There are tons of factors the influence fuel economy but my commute was long, consistent, and I had plenty of data before and after the snorkel.

 

here we go again, repost...sigh...

 

Just fill the air box with ice before making a pass. .. Should be colder air?