Are these things expensive intakes a fucking meme?
According to this guy i can just blow a whole under my air filter case and it would be the same equivalent.
Are these things expensive intakes a fucking meme?
Charles Cruz
Ayden Walker
I don't know man, I just don't know
Isaac King
depends on the car/engine/mod setup. consult reviews
Sebastian Diaz
Pretty much yes. They're popular because they're a safe, low effort mod.
David Martin
"Cold air intakes" are pretty much a meme considering almost all modern cars have the air intake pulling air in from near the front of the vehicle near the grill or headlight area. Older vehicles that had carbs and pulled air in from right on top of the engine would benefit from cold air intakes but that's really not the case as much these days. Promises of "higher airflow" also doesn't mean much if you don't even tune your ECU to take advantage of the extra airflow because your MAF and O2 sensors will only allow roughly the same amount of air into the engine as before.
So yes, by themselves these intake mods are pointless because you'd really need to modify other areas of your engine to the point that the airflow the stock intake system provides is inadequate before you see much difference. For the most part people add that shit because it's easy and "looks cool" when you pop your hood to show off your ricebox engine.
Charles Diaz
What about turbocharged engines? I've seen CAI manufacturers claim that gains in a turboed engine will be much higher with a CAI but I'm not sure how true this is?
Do you also know if CAIs can actually make more power gains if combined with more upgrades in a turbocharged car like a downpipe?
Brody Hill
It depends on the specific vehicle. If you've modified your turbocharged engine to operate with more boost than stock and have changed the fuel/air mappings then sure, a less restrictive intake will likely give you some easy gains. Again though, just installing a CAI onto your turbo's intake isn't going to make much difference unless you also do some other modifications.
Jason Flores
An intake and exhaust will get you power but only if you tune it afterwards. The tune for the additional airflow is the important part though, or else you won't really see any hp gains
Jace Gray
That makes sense to me
Thank you
Ian Sanders
K&N claims their intake will give 58hp on my truck which is about 15%. Most likely bull shit and their filters are garbage anyway so why should I trust them?