Originally Posted by rubhed
I have read allot about people doing cold intakes on the SRT and Non SRT's. So my question is: Does the Cold Air intake give a standard crossfire any extra power? Does the cold air intake give the SRT extra power. If so why? Most cars I have had in the past have benefited from a K&N cold intake kit. Why wouldn't my new love?
When switching to a CAI on a normally aspirated car you should see slight gains. When adding one to a forced induction car your gains will typically be quite larger. This is due to the fact that with the addition of a turbo or supercharger
more air is being sucked into the engine. Most OEM filter systems are restrictive, actually all of them are restrictive. Anytime you make it easier for a supercharger or turbo to breath in the air the more power you will
free up.
Originally Posted by spensley
Your car already has a CAI. Open the hood, and you will see two air intakes, one each side of the radiator, going straight back into the t-body.
I would have to say that our car has a ram air intake, not cold air. Every CAI out there places the air filter outside of the engine bay. Since our OEM system places the filters right above the heads they are constantly heated. When the air enters the intake tubes they pass through the heated filters thus increasing the temp. Basically those filters are acting as heating elements.
Originally Posted by jonnyangel04
I think I'm going to run the M113 air boxes with the vrp carbon fiber air box and filters for about $1,000 used it has produced a little over 25 hp with the tune.
The gains they got were from the V8 cousin to our engine. Therefore you will not see the same increase on the smaller V6. Something more accurate would be 12 or so [provided that you own an SRT-6]. Still a good increase but I would look at Needswings intake. Here are the benefits, approx. half the cost, proven gains in power & you would be supporting the companies that are dedicated to the further development of our cars - lets keep them in business! Plus it is an actual CAI.