Cold Air Intakes

[Crossroads]

Not sure about the concern over intake temperature is. Colder air is denser which allows for greater atomization of fuel, but how much does the CAIT your air fuel/ ratio? That is the number that counts and as close as you can get to 14.7 will determine the optimum potential power output.

So reducing the AIT makes no difference at all, unless it is affecting your air fuel ratio, because once the air gets compressed it obviously get a lot hotter.

So if your concerned about power, air fuel ratio is the number you want to watch. If it is temperature your concerned about, you'd be better served monitoring water, oil, cylinder head, trans, rear end, and exhaust temps. JMO

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[beefcake]

in all honesty, i wouldn't be concerned about the temps, completely normal.

in this day and age where you can see everything in the car, people freak out about everything, thats why ford went to idiot gauges years ago for oil pressure etc..

women would call in every day about oil pressure going up and down, so, they changed it so if you have 5psi of oil pressure, it reads normal.....calls stopped....

a cai in stop and go you may get a few more degrees, at the track cooled down, def worth a tenth or more in et. or when moving fast

 

[Gibbo205]

Best open CAI for intake temps is the Ford GT 350 one, otherwise stick with stock or a closed type CAI.

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