For those of you who are living up north here with cold (NY, CT, MA area) not freezing *** cold winters, do you have a problem with you CAI being too cold or what? Thinking about the PR CAI mostly, will there be a problem for the engine, am I better looking at the franken?
-svence

 

I live in the mid-atlantic, but was in VT snowboarding this winter. When I was up there it was like -20F+ with the wind chill. Too ph*qing cold to even be outside. Anyway I had no problems with starting up with my Injen, took awhile for engine to heat up though.

 

Engines like to be warm\hot in temp,
but thet LOVE cold air!
Back in the day when I used to frequent the track with my Mustang,
my friends and I used to put bags of ice on our intakes before each run.
This is a proven trick.

P.S. Why do you think God invented intercoolers ?

 

So I guess it's not really a question of the engine running, just the fact that it will take a long *** time to warm up. Thanks.
-svence

 

Thats what the cold air intake is for, to get nice and col air into the engine. I guess the PlaceRacing will get the coldest of air along with the Injen Intake. I have a Weapon R intake and right now I am designing a shiled for it so it doesn't get to much hot air, but in the winter the intake will have the perfect air.

 

Huh?? How much do you know about how engines work? The time for an engine to warm up is based upon ambient outside temperature, size of engine (often smaller engines heat faster than big V8 cast iron blocks due to materials and other factors), temperature of engine from at the time of starting (i.e. sitting all night in -20 weather vs. just a couple hours after driving), etc. Since combustion happens INSIDE the engine, heat is generated from the inside out. Cold INTAKE air, being denser, allows for more efficient combustion inside the cyliders and thus may actually help it warm faster (in certain situations).