can someone describe to me in every detail you can think of, what a cold air inake would do to my car, horsepower, performance, sound, ect. im mostly inerested in how the exhaust would sound. i have a 2000 grand am, not that the type of car should matter.
2007-05-21 04:54:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
the best this about a cold air intake is when to hit some water and sucks in thew motor and you then pay me big bucks to replace it.
2007-05-21 05:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often people say "cold air" intake when the mean "short air" intake. They are not the same. Cold air intake has longer pipe works to suck air from outside of the engine compartment (like near the bumper). Short air intake just has shorter pipes and therefore lowering the Resistance of the air flow, but mostly allows you to use lower resistant air filters (the round kind).
Unless your car runs really hot, you don't REALLY NEED a cold air intake. Both would increase the power slightly. You say you are interested in exhaust sound, but in general these are INTAKE mods so it would make no difference in exhaust sound. I have a 94 civic with short air intake mod. The car sound absolutely stock when just idling or cruising. BUT when I rev the engine high, the car sounds like the sky just opened up and I have a V8. That's mostly because stock air filter are "boxed" to block the engine intake noise from escaping but the short intake allow that noise to be heard.
Short air intake mods are fairly easy mod and looks great under the hood. They are also fairly safe mod. If you add performance exhaust headers (pipes), you'll definitely notice an increase in power.
2007-05-21 06:42:17 · answer #2 · answered by Lover not a Fighter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cold air intakes merely allow the car to run on colder outside air which is more dense than hot underhood air ---can support more fuel charge and should increase horsepower slightly and performance because of this. Intake noise will be louder but exhaust should not change that much.
2007-05-21 05:04:03 · answer #3 · answered by paul h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a cold air intake does is suck in more air to keep the engine cooler, basically your stock intake just sucks from the one opening and gets the minimum air required to keep the engine cool. The Intake will suck in more cold air from 360 degrees (the cylinder shape). Horsepower maybe 5-7 more. Performance it sould accelerate a BIT better it wont be alot though. Sound it should make it more of a louder rev sound. but not alot louder. Just make sure you buy a good one. K&N has good ones a bit expensive but worth the buy. And dont forget to buy a recharge kit when you buy it.
2007-05-21 05:01:51 · answer #4 · answered by hackraver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
save your money, use a good K&N Replacement air filter instead. the concept of cold air intakes is that the cold air drawn into the fuel rail gets a colder charge of air with less restriction and the denser the fuel, the better the engine runs. Most of this power will come under WOT (wide open throttle) or top end. But it looks good under the hood! gl......
2016-03-19 09:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why they are called cold air intakes. Almost all modern cars draw cold air in via ducting.
No difference in exhaust sound. Slight difference in sound when hitting the throttle hard.
Very, very slight gain in HP. IMHO, not worth the money without other extensive mods.
2007-05-21 05:04:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋