Cold Air Intakes

So lets speak about the entire theory of an intake and in specific
of a cold air intake. We all know that an engine mixes air and
fuel together, compresses it and then ignites the concoction,
that creates a small explosion in your cylinders. So in the digital
world the engine personal takes care of this concoction to the
best of it’s ability. Here is another piece of information, the
colder the air is, the denser it is. What does it mean to you? The
denser the air in the mix with fuel, the larger the explosion in
your cylinders, the larger the explosion in your cylinders, the
more hp you get. So we desire to take advantage of
this and put in as cold (dense) air as we can in our cylinders to
create more horsepower.

Now to make a clarification of what a cold air intake really is and
what it is not. There are intakes that are called short or ram
intakes, and these are not considered cold air intakes. It is a
better performing air intake system since it involves a improved
breathing filter and an intake tube that has less turns and kinks
to improve the intake of air to your engine. Yet, think about where
the a short or ram intake is placed; right next to the engine.
Well, if you have not noticed the engine produces heat and that
heat is kept in the engine compartment, thus when those short
or ram air intakes suck in air they are sucking in the hot air in
the engine compartment. Since hot air is less dense than cold
air, you might not be getting the ideal possible performance out of
engine.

Coming out of stage right, the cold air intake. Now there are
thousands of variants as to what a cold air intake looks like,
there is no real apaptation for what it does. The filter is put as far
away as possible from the engine where it can suck in ambient
air, which in most cases is colder than the air inside your engine
compartment. They are done in many ways, some have longer
intake tubes and are put either inside the fender or downwards
towards the ground to suck in fresh air. Some use a box that
prevents air from the engine compartment to enter so that in
can suck in air from the outside. Which ever company you
choose to purchase this item from, purchase from a reputable source. A
good reputable company invest plenty of money in research and
development to give you the ideal possible product and while
some might look the part, they do not do the part.

This has been a short introduction to a 1 of the favorite auto
accessories in the market: The Cold Air Intake. We will be
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