cold air intakes
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cold air intakes
Ive been looking into buying a cold air intake for my jeep and had a few questions i thought some of you might have good answers too:
is there any other parts i should consider upgrading if i do install a intake?
what brands would you recomend?
does a cold air intake truly increase horsepower and torque like i have heard?
are they really worth the price?
do cold air intakes improve milage at all?
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is there any other parts i should consider upgrading if i do install a intake?
what brands would you recomend?
does a cold air intake truly increase horsepower and torque like i have heard?
are they really worth the price?
do cold air intakes improve milage at all?
thanks
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The best "cold air" intakes are the factory installed intakes and snorkels. The only reason you would use something like a K&N filter system is to look cool and never have to replace the filter again. Good luck
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ok so there pointless for the most part?
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I wouldn't say they are worthless because company's like k&n spend lots of money designing an intake system that will improve hp and torque. But the fact is it will not give u v8 power and will not give you Prius fuel efficiency. The choice is up to you whether you want to put one on your ride. In my experience I just put a cai on my 2000 Toyota echo and seen a 2-3 mpg increase and it seems not to struggle going up long hills like we have here in southwestern va so in my opinion they are not worthless and is very much not a waste of money
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If you plan on actually doing a cold air go ahead and plan on getting a new throttle body as well. It'll choke off any increased airflow if it's stock. They do work but only a little. After that I suggest you build your own. It's really just some tubes and a filter. It's much cheaper to do it this way. After that make sure it can breath and try to insulate it from the heat of the engine.
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If you plan on actually doing a cold air go ahead and plan on getting a new throttle body as well. It'll choke off any increased airflow if it's stock. They do work but only a little. After that I suggest you build your own. It's really just some tubes and a filter. It's much cheaper to do it this way. After that make sure it can breath and try to insulate it from the heat of the engine.
would you still do this with cowl air induction? you did say any increased air flow so I'm assuming yes..
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if you make your own what do u do with the hose that runs from the valve voer to the airbox and the one on the other side? do they need to be hooked up?
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Make sure its a real cold air though, iff it gets air from engine bay its junk and actually cost you power when you get the engine warm.
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I've seen a few things done with these. The one on the other side, I believe it eventually leads to the charcoal canister, can then be rigged up to the new tube. As for the vent, that's really up to you. You can find mini filters that go directly onto the vent, or rig it up to the cold air. It's easy enough to attach connection points with a little metal set and a drill.