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Cold Air Intake

17K views 15 replies 9 participants last post by  YourOldPalElmer  
Those CAI do very little other than allow more dirt in due to the crappy cotton oiled filters.
 
I posted this back in 2015. This test was with a factory air intake and filter. Very little, if any restriction.


Stock air box with 54,000 miles and original factory air filter.
Full throttle up a long hill 4th gear at red line.
Water column meter connected to 'clean side of filter'
Water column reading showed 4.1 inches of water (restriction), that is .148 PSI.
Does anyone expect to feel any improvement in performance if it was less. The dyno test is just that, it's on a vehicle not moving with air flow to cool the intake charge, besides the fact that the filter is near the ground could possibly suck up water.

It's all hype to sell their product.