I just bought a 2002 toyota celica in really good condition and I was thinking about putting a cold air intake in it, but I don‘t know much about it. Does anyone have an estimate?
well I would open the hood, carefully examine the finely crafted well engineered cold air intake from the factory, for the most part cold air intakes are crap, a sewer pipe with an air filter stuck on it may make the intake louder, but more likely than not will mess with the computer and trip an engine light. This could indicate a lean condition (which could burn a hole in a piston.) and as one answerer wrote, if your 3/10ths horsepower is at 4000 rpm you cannot run around town using it. Most claims are greatly exaggerated, so also is the sooper dooper pooper scooper power chip thing, this is another slick marketing gimmick that is mostly crap. and can also mess with the computer and pop sensor codes too. you can spend 500 to six hundred dollars, which buys a lot of gas, for crap. save your money, its safer in your pocket, we would all like an extra 100 hp, but buying bolt on plastic crap, and worthless chips are not how it works, I checked with my mechanic, I suggest you go talk with yours and see what he says, best of luck, enjoy your new celica and stay out of trouble ok?
The actual gains vary from one car to another, but on a typical 4 cylinder made after 2000, gains for a cold air intake are minimal, 1-3hp usually at best. Yes, it's true that the stock intake is technically a cold air intake as the inlet is usually located in the fender well where the engine heat doesn't get to it, it's also more restrictive. Unfortunately for the aftermarket, they are a lot less restrictive now than they were 15-20 years ago, which means when you could gain 10hp from an intake in 1992, is now 2hp, but you're also starting with more power to begin with.
2000 Toyota Celica Cold Air Intake
