I have a ‘04 Chevy Monte Carlo SS Supercharged. I swear I read somewhere that a supercharged (or turbocharging for 4-cyl.) vehicle has no use for a cold air intake for whatever reason. I can‘t think of where I might have read it or find it again. If I put one on, will I get more horsepower out of it or will it just be a waste of my time and money?
No Hun, u have to take it in so thy can hook up there sh, so thy can turn it off. That's the only way. Its almost a joke, but that's how thy make there money. My sister has the same car, and she has to take it in at least ones a year to have it turned off. The first time it came on, she had to replace the Cadillac converter. Ever since then it comes on at the same time each year. Bummer ha . Sorry, Hers is a 2001. Best of luck.
Every mass produced car is going to benefit from a real cold air intake system. Factory intakes have silencers and other air restrictions installed to quiet down the intake noise. On a supercharged vehicle you should notice decent gains over a stock air box (10-15 hp at the crank). Do not go into the intake system thinking that you are going to run 2 seconds faster in the quarter or anything like that but more noise from under the hood, better throttle response, and again a rise in horsepower are all realistic.
My dad is going to a mechanic class and his car had the same he fixed it and now knows that chek engine light is due to problems with the actual engine such as spark plug problems or sensor problems but engine malfuncion light deals with smaller simpler problems like loose or broken hose or dead headlight or tailights even if you do something as little as break the gasoline cap or forget to twist it on right of course ou have to take it o get fixed or else your car could develope bigger problems if you think that that youa are getting charged too much just take it to an outoparts store buy the part that is malfunctioning and take it to a cheaper mehanic to fix it i you cant.
Whether a car is artificially aspirated or not, reducing the restrictions in front of your intake and reducing the inlet temperature is a good thing. While the restrictions aren't as important, it still more efficiently carries the air to the 'charger - try taking your hair dryer and partly blocking the back - you will notice a concurrent loss of air flow on the other side of the fan. This is happening if you have an overly restricted intake. Bringing in lower temperature air in turn reduces the temperature of the air after boost. This in turn can reduce the chance of detonation, make the intercooler work a little less hard (if you have one) and in turn give you a little added hp.
I have worked on alot of General Motors 2004 Chevy Monte Carlo SS Supercharged. Only Thing A Supercharger Is Vertually An Air Pump! Forcing a determined amount of air into an engine! Turbo charging a vehicle like a chevette
