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?
Im not 100% sure on this, but I think it's just a fashion statement to make the car look more sporty.
its gives the car more down force, giving better grip for the car
For public vehicles ( as opposed to race vehicles ) it's just a sales gimmick, same as having a 4X4 sticker on a 2 wheel drive truck
No, not really the air intake temp is automatically adjusted to suit engines best running. interfering could cause engine building carbon inside it could also clog the catalyzer.
and have been told. Consider the source an idiot, and never listen to them again. First, lets start with the basics. YOUR CAR HAS A COLD AIR INTAKE. Go look at it. The intake leads away from the engine, towards your front bumper, for the sake of getting colder (and thus denser) air. That is a cold air intake. By buying an aftermarket one, you are not providing the car with anything that it does not already have. At best, you are SLIGHTLY increasing the efficiency of airflow. But the difference is so marginal, as to be laughable. And pointless. Secondly, the horsepower gains, which are generally only 3-4, are in the higher, peak rpm. Near redline. For get up and go, you need low range torque. Almost 99% of aftermarket intakes, LOSE low end torque. All they do, is shift the numbers to higher end, from lower end. So your acceleration will actually suffer. Unless you feel like keeping the engine right at redline all the time. Here's the problem. Someone out there put an intake on their car, thought it felt faster, and told others to do the same. It has since spread around to everyone, as one of the first modifications to do. In the midst of it all, everyone has blatantly decided to ignore the fact that cars are generally slower, when modified with an aftermarket intake. But people think it's faster, and that's all that matters, apparently. Have fun. Fuel mileage increase? Non existent. If the engine gets more air, it must send more fuel to the engine to keep the correct ratio. So, logicallyhow would increasing air flow help with fuel economy?
