cold air intake
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I have an '04 neon and I am wondering something about intakes. I keep hearing about getting a cold air intake and am wondering what effects it will have on my car. Will it effect the engine sound? will it effect the gas mileage (i really need to keep what i have in mileage). while looking up systems i keep seeing these that come with a big tank for the intake, is it the same with all cold air intakes, or just some of them?
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Cold air intakes(CAI) get cooler air from outside the engine compartment, whereas the regular aftermarket, or short ram, get hotter air from the engine compartment but are less restrictive than the factory. Both are improvements over stock, but cold air intakes are far better than short ram intakes. The only drawback to the CAI is that they usually draw in air from below the car making them dangerous for traveling through high water, if the filter gets submerged the engine sucks up the water and the engine is screwed.
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Rain has no effect, standing water does such as flooded roads or really deep puddles/pools of water.
Solutions:
1.Turn around and find an alternate route to where ever your going.
2.AEM makes a bypass valve that you can install higher up on your intake tube. This requires you to cut a section out of your intake tube. They also state in the instructions that installing this could hinder your performance.
I have always gone with solution #1. <img border="0" src=smileys/smiley4.gif border="0"> <edited><editID>71ROADRUNNER</editID><editDate>38002.0749652778</editDate></edited>
Solutions:
1.Turn around and find an alternate route to where ever your going.
2.AEM makes a bypass valve that you can install higher up on your intake tube. This requires you to cut a section out of your intake tube. They also state in the instructions that installing this could hinder your performance.
I have always gone with solution #1. <img border="0" src=smileys/smiley4.gif border="0"> <edited><editID>71ROADRUNNER</editID><editDate>38002.0749652778</editDate></edited>
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As long as the water isn't deep enough to cover up most or all of the air filter at any given time then your ok, but if it does your gonna need a new engine or at least an engine rebuild and a good pair of walking shoes. <img border="0" src=smileys/smiley36.gif border="0">
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