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Not all engines adapt well to increased airflow. Some motors will actually run more efficient when breathing air from the stock airbox. Some stock airboxes will actually supply the engine with cooler air! The only way to give the cold air intake the kind of air supply it was intended is to install a cold air ram which supplies the filter with air from either the front or bottom of the car. Either way it leaves the filter exposed to the elements (water or debris) to an infinitely higher degree than your stock airbox. In most modern setups, the cone filter resides exactly where the factory airbox once did. It is more than likely that it is breathing hot air from under the hood that is not insulated by a plastic airbox. You may also need to change your exhaust setup since exhaust vacuum and backpressure are important variables for engine efficiency.
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Next, in most modern cars fuel and air management is regulated by a computer. Fuel maps which are programmed into this computer are designed based on parameters designated by engine designers. Changing any part of this balance will inevitably change the performance of the motor for better or for worse. It may cause your engine to output more power, but less efficiently causing your motor to heat and sludge. This can damage your valve lifters or shorten the useful life of your motor oil. It might also cause your motor to run slower but give you better gas mileage. In any case, you will not know what that filter is doing to your car until you put it on a dynamometer and analyze the exhaust air. If your setup causes the motor to run air/fuel outside of programmed parameters, other sensors and systems may not be running properly since you are adding inputs beyond what the system is programmed for. This is where ECU reprogramming would help you. Fuel maps in performance programs are designed for specific applications that take into account certain variables like fuel octane, intake air mass, race or ride applications, etc.
The primary reason for adding a cold air intake is to boost the performance of your car. Whether or not a cold air intake will actually do this is always a mystery. You would need to get the right intake for the right car to make it work. Even then you won't get much of a boost if you're only adding an intake.
The secondary reason for adding a cold air intake, and more reasonable if you're only adding an intake, is to change the sound of your car. If you like the sound, then this is a good deal.
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Finally to answer your real question. Adding a cold air intake significantly increases the chances of causing damage to your car simply because you don't know what it will do to the system as a whole. It also increases the chance of introducing moisture or debris to your intake manifold. Whether or not this would actually happen really doesn't matter... the point is it can happen. It's up to you if you want to risk it. I think K&N has designed a great product which properly installed provides reasonably good filtration of dangerous debris and particles to the intake manifold. Fact is, cold air intakes are designed for race applications and factory airboxes are more than adequate without any other modifications to your car.
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Yet, an intake can improve your performance and fuel efficiency. It can give your car a deep throaty sound that doesn't reveal itself until you're wide open on your throttle. And the sound by itself can give you the perception that your car is a more powerful beast than it was with the paper filter.
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Another good alternative is to use a K&N replacement filter for your factory airbox. It will supposedly provide better airflow and is washable and reusable just like the Filtercharger which will in most cases save you some money over the life of the car.
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no, in fact they can benefit your engine by supplying it with plenty of air to ensure that it does not run too rich on fuel, not to mention better fuel mileage and added horsepower and torque.I have seen damage caused by them in the past. The oil used in them are sucked up into the intake and on its way, it passes over the MAF sensor, and this ends up sending an incorrect reading to the computer, this in turn sends out more wrong readings to other sensors and controlers. The engine will run very rough or may not even run at all. I have seen them run so rough and have been set so out of whack, they have damaged internal componants, bearings and such. I have seen this on a few engines with a K&N style cold air set up, one was on a Honda Civic, and the other was on a GMC Yukon. The Yukon was saved from major repair by replacing the air filter with a nother styled filter and cleaning out the intake system with intake cleaner and a tooth brush and an air/fuel treatment, and the Civic ended up having the bearings on the crank shaft damaged. It was a repair that was more then the car was worth. Bad vibrations and a poor running engine, killes engines fast. Those were the only two I have seen in the last two years in this garage, I deal with thousands of cars yearly, and probably half, or close to have a K&N reusable filter, Cold air intake system, or the like installed, it is very rare that damage will occour, but its still possible.
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I am designing my truck as a street rat rod project. I will continue to use a paper air filter, just with a modified set up. (cowl induction into a sealed air box)
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NO they will not hurt your car. They are one of the first mods that alot of people do to their cars for increased horsepower and throttle response.Imagine you are in a warm humid nasty environment and trying to take a jog. hard to breathe right? Well, the air under you hood is just that. You car is taking in warm air from the motor. Now, if you are in a cooler dryer environment, you'll be able to run further, faster and longer. Just like if your car had a fresh supply of cool air, it'll run better and harder.
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It is also a fact that cold air is denser than warm air is, so feeding your car cold air will allow the combustion process to be more complete giving you increased fuel efficiency and increased performance.
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If you're thinking about getting a cold air intake, do it!! You'll feel better throttle response and a seat-in-the-pants feel when you accelerate. And it won't hurt your engine one bit
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Depends where the air intake tube is placed. Many cold air tubes are designed to be placed outside the engine bay very low and toward the front of the vehicle. I have handled dozens of insurance claims where people simply drove through a sizable puddle of water and the aftermarket tube allowed enough water to enter the engine to grenade it. The cold air tubes may look cool but offer NO measurable increase in HP to a stock engine.Save your money.
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