I own a 2006 civic lx sedan and have been told that replacing its air intake unit with a cold air intake tube will increase the get-up-and-go of my car as well as improve fuel mileage. I do mostly inner city driving (the SoFla area) and my mpg is not as I thought it would be (or advertised) and don‘t race or compete with anyone. Still, though, I want to improve my car‘s performance when merging onto or passing some car on the highway. Will a cold air intake improve these areas of my lx sedan? P.S. My car has an automatic transmission.
From the factory, auto manufacturers install a thermostatically controlled air intake: taking warm air in cooler weather and cool air on warmer days. This can not be beat for overall drivability. A strictly cold air intake is OK for race cars, but street operation requires warm air on cool moist days to prevent intake icing. This can happen in above freezing temperatures where there is fog or high humidity. It can cause your car to run poorly or not idle. Look elsewhere for your performance gains as this would hardly be noticeable (1 to 2% at full throttle only). A manual transmission would give gains of about 6 to 10% and increase fuel economy as well. (You'd have to sell and buy a different car). Economy is mostly driver style. Force your car to up-shift to overdrive at about 40 mph by briefly letting up on the accelerator. With a manual, I shift into 5th at about 35 mph. No fast starts, but get into high gear as soon as possible. Keep your speed as even as possible and don't exceed 60 mph for best economy.
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The CAI is a little overrated. It does improve the performance, or get-up-and-go, but mostly it will improve throttle response (the tachometer will go up and down faster) and it will make your car A LOT louder when you push the gas a little bit. The performance gains are really only slightly noticeable, and they don't kick in until you get into the higher rpms. You won't notice the mpg gains. Maybe another half mile to the gallon.but the problem is when I put a CAI on my car, I wanted to get on the gas a lot more because I got addicted to that sound. It sounds louder, and usually it sounds pretty good too. So it kind of made any possible mpg gains not possible for me.
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