Originally Posted by
Mrmiata
Gather round boys and girls..
Running around with the Torque Pro program.. I've noticed "if your lucky" and don't have to stop you can pretty well stay within 15 degrees of ambient with stock setup and K&N filters. Once you stop for a light or any other reason and heat soak sets in your done. I was doing good if the temps ever got back within 20-25 degrees of ambient.
I've currently only got one 70mm tube with filter on my intake.. waiting on UPS delivery tomorrow.. BUT temps have been running lower. Even after stopping at the store.. and sitting at a red light.. temps were 40 degrees over ambient. 4 miles down the road at 65 MPH temps dropped back to within 10 degrees of ambient.
So hate away.. but this beats stock intake hands down..
I just replaced the stock setup this weekend with a single NW CAI. What a difference in temps. My Auto Xray 6000 was reading 104* at idle. With the new setup I was at 57*-59* which was close to the outside temp of 54*. I always thought the stock setup was flawed sitting on the intake, I can only imagine what the temps would be like in summer. The car is actually fun to drive now and I don't even have a tune yet.