Now Ive been considering buying a REAL intake system from a company for my car for some time now. I have been researching the different intakes for some time now, which maybe a little unhealthy. Now my question to you people out there, what do you think would significantly improve the performance of a Cold Air Intake.
Some intakes from various companies claim whatever HP increases but the 2 real differences are a Hard Metal/Aluminum Intake pipe to the fender-well, and others use a soft plastic material, similar to stock yet less-restrictive.
Now the goal of a Cold Air intake, is to get cool fresh air from the outside into the motor? Now if you have either of these two kinds of pipes how can one benefit over the other? When you have an engine thats being heat-laped during a racing event, the heat would generally stay underneath the hood and create high-tempertures.
So In theory, if theirs hot air in the engine, the intake is taking in so little fresh air, and mixing it with hot engine air, correct?
Now a metal pipe would generally got hot in this under-hood enviornment and would possibly heat the inside of the pipes along with this "cold air". But would a plastic pipe do the same, that the temperatures on the inside would match the temperatures of the outside?
So does cold air just not exist?
I can understand that the systems make the actual intake system less restrictive over factory, but how will it gain these 5-10 hp gains when the engine doenst get the fresh air it deserves?
Just some examples of current intakes for MY CAR :
SLP & GMPP
K&N Moroso & Ligenfelter
Current Home Made:
Any opinions, helpfull comments, or suggestions?
P.S all new intakes generally cost $150~