Gumby510

Well I just got my JWT pop charger in the mail today and it just dawned on me I live in the desert. At idel the car will be sucking hot air. Is this good? I don't think so,so I need some advice from the people that live in the hot areas of the US. Anyone from texas run a pop charger in the summer? I should have went CAI, but I just didn't want to chop up my car. Guess I will have to if it's not a good idea to put the jwt in. So in the event if anyone is interrested in buying this Brand NEW pop charger for what I paid I will ship it so I can buy a CAI.

Thanks for reading

Rob

2ndMAX

I say if you want to improve horsepower install the intake. Yes its true that cooler air is more dense hence it will make for more hp, but many dyno charts show that pop-chargers increase the amount of air that gets in, and bottom line is more air equal more power. Remember as you accelerate the ambient air is a bit cooler than just standing around at idle. If you're worried about hot air, get some ducting from your local PepBoys and route it from the front airdam to a location where it can feed some additional air to the popcharger. You wont gain 10 hp's but you will gain. It may only be 4-7 hp at best but it will be a gain.

Just my .02

mtrai760

iTrader: (19)

Desert or no Desert, it's hot under the hood PERIOD. The engines under there. I don't think you will see any signifigant loss of power due to living in a hot enviroment. All cars no matter where they are are going to heat up under hood at a stop. I've driven my Max through the desert (Arizona 105 degrees) with no problems. There is much argument that a CAI does not offer any gains over a Pop charger, so I wouldn't spend anymore money if I where you. Good luck.

vmok

Just install it... once you get moving, the air under the hood isn't that much hotter.

I used to live up in Sacramento, and still go up there occasionally. In the summer, we get well into the 100+ days and there doesn't seem to be a problem. The Max AC can't keep up, but the engine seems to run fine.

-V

Eric L.

Heh, I go to UC Davis, which is near Sacramento. It's been 95 degrees all week, and you are right, the AC can't keep up with the heat at all in my Max.

vmok

Hey Eric, I'm UC Davis alumni! Since you're up there, you should go up to the Sac Speedway and see what your car can run. It's like 12 bucks or something on Wednesday afternoon/evenings. I think you just go up 80 then 50 and exit I think Bradshaw...

-V

Cloud

Five years in Phoenix - installed POP charger, big mistake, actually lost significant power - went to MaxRev in Tempe and had Curtis install a Cold (at least it's colder than under hood even in Phoenix) Air Intake with the pickup (filter) located in the left wheel well - haven't had any problems in any weather after about 30,000 miles.