Do Cold Air Intakes Work? Watch and Find Out
In this video I am going to explain why you should buy a cold air intake or should not buy a cold air intake. Are cold air intakes a scam? Do Cold Air Intakes Really work? Are they a Myth that needs to be busted? Are Cold Air Intakes a bad mod? I will explain everything to you.
Please Consider Supporting My Channel at : https://www.patreon.com/RnW
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ratchets2015
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ratchets15
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ratchetsandwrenches
Disclaimer:
Due to factors beyond the control of Ratchets and Wrenches, it cannot guarantee against unauthorized modifications of this information, or improper use of this information. Ratchets and Wrenches assumes no liability for any property or personal damage that may arise from doing a repair on your vehicle after watching any of my repair video’s. Due to factors beyond the control of Ratchets and Wrenches, no information contained in this video shall create any express or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Again Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not Ratchets and Wrenches.
What is a good affordable brand of cold sir intake i can choose frome? (Anyone’s opinion is welcome)
Excellent video. It’s critical to isolate the filter side of the cold air intake. To do this, you’ll have to make modifications to the car including cutting holes in sheet metal.
what you think about intake chinese? for rav4 3.5 ?
proof on dyno. pure bs. if not, prove it
My 2c, not that I’m an expert, more of a ‘dabbler’ 🤣
Ecu tuning isn’t mandatory.
On NA gasoline engines >3.5L (or >2L turbo) simply replacing a dirty filter with a stock clean filter will result in measurable bhp gains of around 2%. Free flow drop-in filters with the stock airbox boost the hp by ~3%, more importantly provide a ‘snappy’ throttle response. Complete CAI kits are a bit of a gamble. Stock airbox resonance is tuned to match the peak torque rpm, so changing the box and pipes can (and frequently do) result in ‘peaky’ feeling engines which aren’t very satisfying to drive every day, except, maybe on a racetrack.
On smaller/slower car engines (<2l Naturally aspirated) the filter swap needs to go with a longer (than stock) inlet air hose to maintain tuning and noticeably boost the all important mid-range.
show dyno results and keep hood closed. thats another trick.
The real deal cold air intakes are old school for old school cars and it’s called cowl induction. Had it on my 88 and it worked really good.
I put cold air intake, spark plugs, 6 puck clutch and straight pipe in my altis 1.6 manual transmission. Its acceleration increased significantly but after 4 days 7 out of 16 of the engine rockers were fallen. What could have been the problem? Is there a permanent solution to the rocker falling thing? I never experienced this before in any of my car. The engine is 1zr fe dual vvti and driven 220k kilometres. Can you tell what is the permanent solution and should i go for ecu reflash
I need my cold air intake because where I live it gets hot AF and I’m worried that my engine is just receiving hot air all the time during the summer. Is it reasonable to consider a cold air intake if I want to increase engine longevity perhaps?
”im gonna assume that your car you want a cold air intake for is a sports car”
uhhm… a kia rio 1.4 na 109hp 😛
You’ll gain some horsepower until your CAI gets heat soaked. Open air element CAIs seem to be better suited for when you’re already moving i.e. on a track. Drag racing, not so much, unless you don’t give it a chance to heat soak.
At 29 degrees outside, my GT350 intake inlet air temp was 96 degrees at idle. Once I drive around a bit? Goes down to 34 degrees. Faster you go, the faster the temp goes down. Closed airboxes don’t have this problem. Wish someone made a lid for the 350 CAI…
97 Chevy Silverado 5.7 added high flow k&n filter into factory housing and it definitely had noticeably better throttle response and a bit more pep. Kept the factory cool air..did away with it’s restrictive filter. It worked.
good info. thanks
I have a 2015 Chevy Silverado 2500hd can I put a cold intake kit S&B cold intake kit
especially if you have a ram air intake like that audi, just get a reusable air filter instead of a disposable one, if you wanted to get fancy you could even add more routs into the air box with excess piping, that would do a lot more than a CAI system, especially if it was designed to look good first, and preform second.
Most top level modern racecars use ram air intakes anyways
Cold air intakes and Short Ram intakes by design do potentially perform better if your air box is very restrictive. This is dependent on the design of said vehicle. Not all vehicles are the same. The only way to really get cold air benefits on a short ram intake is by customizing the front grill so as you get up to speed air can blow directly through, onto the filter itself. Personally I like this method better than a long tubed cold air intake because the cold air intakes even though they are placed farther away, the pipes still get very hot all the way up top to bottom so the main benefit from a cold air intake is that it runs more efficiently but still doesn’t guarantee much colder air. If you want the coldest air possible you have to have that filter sticking either outside the hood or very low to the ground where it’s nearly scraping (Bad for Rainy days) for air to blow directly on it. True cold air comes from air blowing right onto the filter. Other things to consider is use some heat resistant tubing for your piping as most aluminum can get very hot in summer which can almost guarantee hot air regardless of placement. How you configure your setup is really what counts. For maximum efficiency it takes some custom work if you want the coolest air for your intake.
My setup I chose is a short ram but it doesn’t go directly across. It hangs more down, plus I added my own custom heat shield and I cut a portion of plastic off the front just behind the front grill so air can flow through and blow directly onto the filter itself as you get more speed. Overall I really liked my setup as I live in an area where it gets really hot in summer time.
Weather is also a huge factor.
If you were to compare the performance of a regular Short Ram Intake in cold weather vs a Cold Air Intake used during a Hot Summer. The short Ram would more likely perform better. Customizing to get the most out of your setup is the best thing you can do if you want max performance.
A cold air intake can improve performance if the air comes in from down below in the fender well in front, that way you’re always getting cooler air.
Best intro ever
My car came standard with air pulled in from the front. There are kits to ruin that function but they look neat.
The performance enhancement is marginal. What makes a big difference is the sound. My 6 now sounds like an 8.
Cold air intake is not a tube with a filter placed randomly in the engine bay, cold air intake is a n intake placed in such a way that allows "cold" air from the outside, not saturated in heat from the engine bay
I used to have a cool air filter on my 99 Mercedes e55 AMG. but every 2yrs I have to replace it with the original air box for smog testing.!. Because I live in California. I decided to just use the air box instead.!.
I dont care about more power, what I do want is the engine to run as it was intended. Not being choked down.
Does this help with gas? My car is burning gas up
Your factory intake system is all you need it already pulls an air from the outside that’s all going to be cooler than the air all coming off your engine block so that’s all you need is your is your factory into it gets all you need
I think cold air intake are good if you put if on a huge engine now a small cheap engine
better to use stock system and just connect a hose from your cabin AC under dash box to your air engine intakes before the filters of course for a true cold air intake…cheaper too
The stock Airbox is a Cold Air Intake on many Cars and Trucks @
So he just talked and didn’t do anything to the intakes?
Great informative video, thank you
Wow…….that was a load of waffle that went absolutely nowhere.
bro my is not sport car daewoo espero 1.8 1995 lol
Thanks 👍
For a long time I thought air intakes would make more power but from my experience it’s actually the other way around, 99.9 % of all air intakes would make less power because they all suck in hot air and you lose power as a result. Factory intakes are better.
The best 4×4 channel on youtube allready covered this 10 years agooo
What makes it a "cold air" intake? Does it come w a refrigerator for the summer months?
on some vehicles the incoming air cools the computer too
Not helpful
Fortunately on explorers it’s straightforward and isolated lol. The 2016 explorer sport is a v6 twin turbo with 365 torque and hp. Close enough to 400 to annoy me, but close enough to make with a few parts. Or you can take the two rows of back seats out lol.
Good advice.
Good lord, wouldn’t the bottle necking in that stock intake system design reduce a shit ton of power on its own lol
I had a little s10 that had a very restrictive stock air intake the k&n really made a difference just on air flow thing had so little power and little difference you could feel… and it sounded better 😂
what about a 1997 chevy Silverado k1500 with a 5.7 do you think it would make more hp
Stick a temp gauge in the intake tube near the throttle body.
$10 to $300.
You can get a good one to watch while youre driving for $60.
Hi, the air intake hose on my 1995 Honda accord is a little bit cracked (with a small opening) just before it enters the throttle body. There are no sensors on the air intake hose. The engine is running fine. What kind of problems this will lead to, if any? I can only think of a very little bit of unfiltered dirty air getting into the intake manifold which can’t do any harm. Thank you
Try a cold air intake on a ’04 Crown Vic. I’ll watch that !!!
Well, in Finland it does get kinda cold in the winter. And, you can use a large(r) front intake to push more air in, at the expence of aerodynamics. What intrests me, is whether there is any MPG gain with (or without) lean burn mods on a suitable engine.
Enjoy the Schwooosh
I can guarantee if you have tubing running to the cold air intake directly drawing from outside the engine bay as well as shielding there will be an increase in HP and torque but the increase would be low as in maximum 5 HP and torque increase likely. This would translate to basically no effect in noticeable performance, the main thing it would do is make your engine sound nicer and likely dirty up your engine more lol
Great video. Good breakdown. Thanks