Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts about changing an Injen intake back to stock in the winter. Just a random question, not sure if the air would be "too" cold for the car, if that's possible. Thanks in advance.

 

i dont think that would be necessary. The colder the air, the better for the motor! Notice how good the car runs when its in the 20s and 30s?

 

I don't change my intake at all. If you worry about winter problems, you need leave on your car for 5-10mins anyway to heat it up for winter times. I don't think you don't need to change it on winter.

 

thanks for the info guys, i guess i am just being paranoid

 

has any1 ever had the injen suck up water cuz it was too close to the ground?

 

no you don't... actually you need to drive your car lightly for the first mile or so to heat up quicker

or get heated seats and steering wheel

and I leave my injen on all winter, too

 

I would leave it on being that this is the only time of the year that the Injen actually pulls in cold air

 

yea theres definately a whole thread on y u should not do that .....by the way the injen does bring in cold air when the car is in motion but not when it is idle......but hey wouldnt u rather like to move ur battery and saw a hole in ur car for the place racing when the injen have shown dyno results where they have higher gains than the pr.....***

 

What about driving through a big pile of snow? Would that have any effect in the engine w/ the intake so low (in the bumper)???

 

if snow gets sucked into the intake, it could be bad, but not necessarily. the snow would evaporate to steam by the time it reached the manifold if it did get up. but if you get too much snow, then you could drown the engine. I'm leavin my intake on for the winter again. No problems in previous years. Love the REAL cold air that gets in the engine too!

 

Tkostuik 4 We are almost neighbors.
I have been thinking the same thing. I have the place racing and I am just going to shorten mine up for Dec thru feb. It will still be an intake just not cold air. In Chicago in the coldest season underhood air will still mostly be cold.
I am concerned about the caked salt, slush etc.
2KWanabee is absolutely right in the long warm up is not needed it just wastes gas.
What is very important is to always use light throttle and lower revs until it is fully warmed up, this helps engine longevity.

 

1. injen is up in the engine bay, so you'd be plowing snow with the front bumper to get it up that high.

2. if snow was that high the front bumper would be knocking it down, and the filter would not allow the intake to "suck up" a large amount of snow

3. if you somehow went over something and got snow jammed up in the engine so far that it clogged your injen filter, you've got bigger problems

4. the stock intake sucked in snow all day long... no problems with that.

we have enough to worry about... this "is an intake safe in the winter" thing is not one of them. Don't worry, just enjoy the growl