Air temperature affects how much air can be crammed into a cylinder. Hot air decreases how much will fit in a cylinder. The manufacturers figured this out long ago, and actually started implementing it across the board in the 1980's. If you can't look under the hood and figure out that GM already did this to your car, you have no idea what you are doing.
Additionally, as near-universal as a theory can be in the automotive world, every 10* less of air temp into the engine results in a 1HP gain. 10HP would be a massive difference, and is laughably impossible. Save your money for gas.
Cold air intakes will add performance, torque, and gas mileage to your car as well as throttle response. It will add about 10 horsepower and about 5 torque. It will add 0.5-2.5 mpg to your car and will increase response when you step on the throttle not to mention the sound and look awesome. Well worth the money if you're upgrading, believe me.
Cold Air Intakes produce an increase of about 1hp, sure they sound like they are doing something, but not really. Its more of a "sound" upgrade
Save that little money for having a good night out with your girl. Any CAI or BOV is a waste of your hard earned cocos. They do nothing but a loud mouth. I've wasted my money when I was young for gaining about 0.001 HP transferred to the drive wheels for things like them. Look at these videos:
Tyler, your name is Tyler and not "tyler." Whom ever is poisoning English class third grade grammar seems to be doing an excellent job for so many, like you, have decided to write their own names and the proper names of cars, states, companies, products, etc. WITHOUT capitalization. HUGE error and not cute nor "cool." Mr. Tyler in a similar poisonous effect, kids your age decide to take a sedan, old sedans, or people movers like this Saturn (capitalized, PLEASE)a cheap econo box of a car and pretend it can be "cool" to have this sound as if it was a 300 horsepower V8 Mustang GT engine. Imagine a duck barking like a bulldog or, much worse, to have a bulldog quack like a duck. You have wasted your money on the Magnaflow (capitalized, PLEASE) muffler. Now you wish to add a "cold air intake" system to this car? What for? If you have money to blow, how bout advanced driving courses? How about decent tires and brakes for this aging seventeen year old car with over 200,000 miles visible on the odometer? Tyler, you did not pay too close attention in class. Punctuation marks, periods. question marks and exclamation points go IMMEDIATELY after the last letter of the last word in a sentence. The first word of each and all sentences must be capitalized. Tyler, another wrong rule learned. Cars are identified FIRST by the year. All you all have agreed to list that last. NOT right and it shall be be right. 1997 ( or '97, with the apostrophe)Saturn (capitalized) SI2 vehicle. Tyler, ALL sentences, ALL, must end with a required punctuation mark. ALL. You have followed, in an excellent and consistent manner, the rules of teen texting slang lingo code. This means you memorized well the wrong "rules." Mr. Tyler, if you are going to memorize "rules," what is wrong with memorizing all the correct ones? These are not that difficult. They are not. Again, save your money for there is horsepower increased by the intake or the exhaust systemin a car. Only a performance car with over 300 horsepower can benefit this. This car was destroyed by a female not paying attention to the traffic and as to her car. Save your money.
I have one on my vehicle and the only difference I can tell is when I really step on it and it roars at that time.
Cold air intake does what for you cars engine ? Better gas mileage ? Better horsepower ? better engine performance and sounds great? Will it also make my magnaflow exhaust system sound better ? Sl2 saturn 97
