Tuning tips: Cold air vents and CAI kits

[obi_waynne]

You may have noticed that your car feels much more powerful on cold mornings than it does in the middle of summer.#! This is due to the effects of air temperature.#! It is a simple fact that cold air carriers are more oxygen and warmer air.#!An intake vent will help to address this problem, and [...]
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[stamford]

Grammar could do with being checked!

Too many drivers out there not understanding the basics here as so many still insist on sticking a cone filter on the end of their throttle body. Okay might sound nice, but it is just sucking in that horrible warm engine air. Robs the engine of performance and economy. As said the colder the air the more oxygen particles it will carry as they are more closely grouped whereas warmer air particles are further apart. Any internal combustion engine thrives on oxygen, so the more the merrier.

I did some R&D back in the early 90s on cold air feeds for 750 superbikes and then BTCC, was named 'VECTIS', Volumetric Efficiency Correcting Tuned Induction System.

 

[obi_waynne]

The grammar was dreadful. Speech recognition always needs checking thoroughly! Thanks for the tip off.

Does the induction kit/area make a difference to fuel economy?

 

[old-git]

The positioning of a vent at the front of the bonnet isn't necessarily the best place for it. This area of the bonnet usually has a low air pressure flowing over it (bit like the top of a plane wing). The pressire in the engine bay can easily be higher than the outside pressure. This means that rather than getting cold air in the flow through the vent will OUT of the engine bay