FoMoCo

Im tired of how people critizize your induction system. The fact is that colder air makes more power. But i dont understand all the BS surrounding the subject. I never understood all the crap about hot air and cool air. first of all, when youre driving 70mph, air is coming from the front of the car. now if you have a box, that means less air than an exposed filter.

Now hot or cold, does it really matter? Carburator engines dont have fenderwell intake kits. Do they get hot air and make less hp?(not everyone has a ram air hood or cowl)

now cold air. How cold really? you have kits now that go to the fenderwell. wow really 15hp? and those are some pretty shiny chrome kits. So shiny that, well, they get hot cause theyre not plastic. So is that a "cold" air kit.

Oh yeah and who really needs cold air if all you have is the CAI kit and some pullies? Maybe even gears...
You will realize that real power is made by the guys who spend the big bucks.

If you want cold air get an intercooled supercharger.

Please everyone clear this out...

5speed GT

when CAI's claim 15hp, its not just the "cold air" that makes that, its also the cone filter... And also there are many carb setups that have fender intakes... cold air is denser than hot air, denser air can burn more fuel thus make more power... are CAI worth the money???? NO, but hey we gotta have something to buy right

88blackgt

whats the question? your stock airbox already pulls air from the fender...

FoMoCo

i just mentioned in a previous post about having a filter attached to the mass air, and some guy thought his cold air kit in the fender would give him NOS-like powers. Oh well, im about ready to do a 351 swap on my car, so CAI kits are not on my performance list.
not that they ever were.....

gspfunk

the only real advantage to a CAI is that it's usually a larger diameter tube and smoother. You'll gain about the same if you slap a K&N panel filter in your stock airbox (w/ air silencer removed).

FoMoCo

THANK YOU.................

94gtcoupe

but not as much air as a cone filter sitting in the filter, stock air boxes are prety restrictive, a CAI won't make that big of a difference on a stock, but take a stock air box on a car that make 750 HP then put a CAI on that and since it allows more air it'll prolly make a 20 hp or so... not that 20hp is a world of difference

I3atR!ce

i would say leave the stock box, put a k&N panel in there and get a C&L MAF with there flow pipe. that way you get all the benifits of a CAI and the same later diameter all the way through.

93 LX FiveO

the exposed filter CAN get more air.. dosnt mean u want ALL of that air (the hot AND cold..) going into ur engine.

i like the mach kits that go under the bumper (heat rises..duh heh) but they need to make a splash screen for those

Ninety5five0

CAI just free up the air flow. Like said above, a k&n panel filter will be just as good as a CAI...