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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by twofaced:
My question is, is cold air actually cold air? I mean yah, you might get a little temp drop, but with the filter sucking hot air from the engine bay, come on. I wouldnt consider that cold air intake. Even more when people do there own CAI and the filter is mounted behind the radiator and AC cooler. Just my 2 cents again.<hr></blockquote>
Most cold air kits draw in air from outside the engine bay. Cold air isn't actually "cold" it's more ambient. Engine bay temps are probably 120*+ when outside air, depending where you live is say around 80*. Now for every 10* drop in air, you gain 1HP. So some simple math 120-80= a 40* difference which means about 4HP gain from just the difference in temp, not to mention cold air kits flow a lot better than stock which also gives you a little HP.
Edit: The SLP kit for the 93-97's suck air in from the bumper, not the engine bay.
[ September 24, 2003: Message edited by: camaro_speedemon ]</p>
My question is, is cold air actually cold air? I mean yah, you might get a little temp drop, but with the filter sucking hot air from the engine bay, come on. I wouldnt consider that cold air intake. Even more when people do there own CAI and the filter is mounted behind the radiator and AC cooler. Just my 2 cents again.<hr></blockquote>
Most cold air kits draw in air from outside the engine bay. Cold air isn't actually "cold" it's more ambient. Engine bay temps are probably 120*+ when outside air, depending where you live is say around 80*. Now for every 10* drop in air, you gain 1HP. So some simple math 120-80= a 40* difference which means about 4HP gain from just the difference in temp, not to mention cold air kits flow a lot better than stock which also gives you a little HP.
Edit: The SLP kit for the 93-97's suck air in from the bumper, not the engine bay.
[ September 24, 2003: Message edited by: camaro_speedemon ]</p>
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