since the supercharger increases the amount of air taken itno the engine, and replaces the intake, isnt that redundant?
That's an interesting question!
Cars have had cold intake for many years, maybe just plain old breathers with a expansion duct which went to the outside, for cold air. It is just the supply of air, keeping it cold so that it can make the mixture more dense, instead of picking up the engine heat. And when turbos were installed, they were put on with the cold air still coming into the system. Why would you want hot air going into a supercharger, or turbo? Turbos just use the escaping exhaust gases to turn them, and then pulling in the air to compress it into a higher pressure, to get more air pressure into the engine. So the air coming into the supercharger to be compressed is still outside air. And being cooler, it works better.
The check engine light has nothing to do with oil. The check engine light is about emission control unless it is blinking. Could be anything from a lose gas cap to a bad catalytic converter. Your car is under warranty so just go to the dealer. If it is blinking you could have a more severe problem and you need to not drive the car but have it towed to the dealer.
do you realize most vehicles built in the last 30 yrs have a cold air induction system.hey its usually not shiny but they are there.for instance,5.0 mustang yr 1982,2 or 4 bbl carb,they had a dual snorkel aircleaner and pulled air from in front of the front tires off the ground on both sides.
Not necessarily, a cold air intake would be upstream from a supercharger. So yes, it can have both.
