Cold Air intakes: Why do we keep doing this shit?

[XGC75]

Yeah I woundnt value an open filter intake as much now as I did when I bought mine. However it'll make a difference when you're tuned. More so when you're bigger than sock turbo. Let me put it this way - the TOP and TB do less than an intake and yet they're pretty popular power mods after stage 2

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[411big]

I had an intake once, bought an apr carbonio for 200 and sold it days later for $280. It never got installed on my car because I didn't think I could handle all the gainz. And because it was apr. ...

 

[ChrisB1]

My local APR tuner told me that a cold air intake was useless unless I swapped the turbo which would benefit from more air flow. He also said I'd be swapping the intercooler and possibly some of the piping if I went the turbo swapping route.

Going further, it was also stated that if I was going to swap the turbo, I bought the wrong car in the first place.

 

[DomNhyphy]

Mad street cred, yo!

I just like the look and sound. :/

 

[Stage2Sasquatch]

I like the noise. Without it it's basically impossible to really here the turbo

 

[kern417]

some things are done to improve responsiveness rather than power. hp isn't everything. quicker spool and wider powerband are just as important.

oops.

 

[Cadubya]

Dem choo choo noises. Dem scene points.

 

[thedude4bides]

There are any number of posts or videos that will show the benefits of a CAI are minimal or non-existent. The question is - why do we keep spending hundreds on these things if we know they do nothing?



Thoughts?

They don't do nothing.

Stage 1 no intake= 280whp.


Stage 1 w/ intake= 301whp.


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[Pmanpop]

Ecs has a new intake. Looks at the gains they posted LOL

 

[lilonespaz]

noise is one, but it's also one of the simplest DIY mods you can do for your car with no real risk of breaking anything.

This.

Turbo noises and it was a simple thing that "I" could do myself without fucking up making me feel like i contributed.

 

[KO7]

Did I miss some recent revelation that they're almost useless for power gains?

 

[ElectricEye]

Functionally, they are 100% useless.
I'd love to see someone do timed runs on identical cars with and without intakes side by side.

 

[thedude4bides]

Functionally, they are 100% useless.
I'd love to see someone do timed runs on identical cars with and without intakes side by side.

It's been proven on the dyno for the mk6 R.

 

[Pmanpop]

Wut

 

[Cole Trickle]

I think this explains why people buy them pretty well.

Personally, I appreciated the throttle response, sound, and how it made my engine bay look.