After i install cold air intake to my scion tc. My car was so hot than before, then open hood and tried to touch intake tube, it so hot. that‘s normal or something wrong. if yes can some1 tell me why??? thanks
Yes, somethings wrong. Could the intake tube be touching a radiator or heater hose ? Exhaust pipe ? Something is heating the tube - Maybe direct contact with the radiator ? It's doing more harm then good if it's that hot. If you can't find out why, suggest you take the system off in replace the factory intake.
Metal get's hot. If it's a short ram it'll get REALLY hot. Cold air intakes are actually a misnomer.it should be cooler air intake. Pretty much you're pulling from the wheel well which is maybe 10-15 degrees cooler than in the engine compartment. But still the air is traveling through engine metal to get to the combustion cycle so it's going to heat up before it get's there.
