Don’t you just love the first burst
of autumnal cold each year? After a long, hot summer a fall chill can
certainly change your perspective. No longer are you concerned with
trying to find ways to stay cool, instead your thoughts are now
redirected toward changing leaves, pumpkin picking, apple harvesting,
and gathering enough wood before the first deep winter chill settles
in. Somehow the cool air makes your feel better…more invigorated
and less lethargic. You aren’t the only person or object that likes
colder, denser air. Yes, your car thrives on it but only if it could
get enough of it. Let’s take a look at what makes any vehicle a
true lover of cold air.
Your engine wants cold air and it wants
it now! Say again?! Well, your engine can run on hot air, but it is
the colder, denser air that helps your engine achieve maximum levels
of horsepower and thrust. A special device, a cold air intake, is
designed to help bring this needed "food" to your engine.
The current configuration of your
engine plumbing actually works as a drag on engine power. How so? The
stock air box and paper air filter that were placed in your vehicle
on the production line actually causes your engine to "leak"
horsepower. With a cold air intake installed, your engine works more
efficiently as the intake plumbing is directed away from the hot
areas underneath your hood to send air through an unrestricted air
filter and all the way through an efficient intake channel. With a
cold air intake installed, cooler and denser air is sent in greater
amounts and at higher speeds to your throttle body tapping energy
that had previously been lost.
How much more power should a cold air
intake produce? Well, that depends on the make and model of your
vehicle. Typically, quite a few imports with crowded engine bays
benefit the most including Scions, Mitsubishis, and Hondas. When you
order your cold air intake estimates of horsepower gains are usually
supplied by the manufacturer including AEM cold air intake and K&N
cold air intake. In addition to the freed up power your now
efficiently working engine will gobble up less gas. With a cold air
intake installed you save on fuel and get more power.
Cold air intakes come in a variety of
colors and some have paintable surfaces for further customization.
All cold air intakes yield a "throaty" intake note, so you
not only have a part that looks good, but it sounds awesome too!
You can install a cold air intake in
well under one hour and no special tools are needed. Order one today
and soon your car will "happily" be cruising down the
highway sipping in the food that it loves the most: colder and denser
air.
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