Cold weather intake?

[speed3 britz]

Hey, for u guys that live and drive your cars in the cold weather like me in michigan, do you guys take off your intake and put back in the oe airbox for winter? Ive heard of people doing this before and was curious. I notice my car just takes a little longer to warm up with my HKS, compared to airbox.

 

[SomnoSpeed3]

I don't but I suppose the main reason for that is that I don't have the stock air box.(yupnope)

I have no idea how it feels to drive without it since my intake came on the car from the dealer. Car takes a minute to warm up but I've had cars that took just as long so....

 

[speed3 britz]

Main reason i ask is cause its a little chilly for the drive into work in the morning. I know my jeep took a while with the 4 liter, but my little 1.8 i had in my acura integra heated up real quick. Maybe im just impatiet haha

 

[JP_Playboy]

For every car that I have ever had (or truck for that matter), I have always had a cold air intake on it. Now I'm from Cincinnati, which is not too far from you and it gets pretty cold but putting your airbox on for just one season seems a little over kill to me. It may take a little bit longer to warm up but you are still going to have to deal with warm ups even if you have the stock air box back on it.

 

[sick_role]

I live in Milwaukee, WI area and it gets cold. I leave my SRI on all 4 seasons. Warm-up time "improvement" with the stock box is going to be negligible, if at all. During the Winter months, some mornings it's negative teens to 20's so I've just accepted 10-15 in warm-ups, regardless of intake.

 

[blkspdfreak]

you could just start it up a few minutes before your ready to leave, or get a remote start. the only reason i would put the stock airbox back in is because of the snow and slush. but i live in florida, so no need for that

 

[sick_role]

snow and slush are the main reasons I went with SRI vs CAI

 

[speed3 britz]

Yea thanks guys, i wasnt too worried about it, but wanted see what you guys do. I prob will just leave the intake on... save me from diggin for the airbox in the attic. Just sounds like a hassle anyway

 

[oaklandopen]

I don't know but is the hks you have (according to your sig) one piece? If not, can you run it as an sri like some ppl do with the mscai or aem? That could be an option if you're concerned that much. At least an sri will be pulling in generally warmer air (from engine bay) when you're at a stand-still

But like was stated before, differences will be negligible, if any. and snow/slush will pack your wheel well before it coats your cai, if installed correctly

 

[MSMS3]

I don't know but is the hks you have (according to your sig) one piece? If not, can you run it as an sri like some ppl do with the mscai or aem? That could be an option if you're concerned that much. At least an sri will be pulling in generally warmer air (from engine bay) when you're at a stand-still

But like was stated before, differences will be negligible, if any. and snow/slush will pack your wheel well before it coats your cai, if installed correctly

Agree. Either way is great. I prefer CAI and live in a heavy rain area. Not the least bit concerned about it. But knowing where the filter is located in CAI locations, it is very hard for me to imagine how ice or snow could find its way through those tiny slots in the front of the inside left fender well.

 

[sick_role]

I've packed a great deal of snow inside an engine bay...rare for all conditions to align in order to get such a large amount of buildup, but it definitely can happen.

 

[speed3 britz]

The hks isnt a "one piece," but it is considered a short ram, filters high in the compartment and not down by the wheel well. So im not worried about clogging or anything like that.

 

[oaklandopen]

ohhhhh you don't even have a cai, you have an sri

Well there's really nothing for you to be worrying about anyway (in terms of sucking something up liike water or snow).

Just leave that intake on year-round. In fact, since your air filter has like 360 filtration and the stock box pulls everything through a tiny hole, I would say you're more likely to clog up your stock intake with something

 

[Wurf]

Reasons to run the stock airbox and filter in winter:
1. Don't need / can't really use the extra power in the winter with snow tires on the car, and roads covered in salt residue, sand, ice, snow etc.
2. Reduces the amount of overall dirt on aftermarket cone filter since it won't see the extra salt dust, sand, and other winter filth.
3. Gets the stock airbox and filter dirty so it looks used! This may be advantageous for warranty claims some day.

 

[Darth Vader]

The temp of the intake air is irrelevant to the warmup time. If you did some carefully controlled scientific testing and not butt dyno you'd see this is true. That's the temp of the water you're watching on the dash and the speed of that rising is determined by the amount of friction in the engine, the heat of combustion and the initial temperature of the engine block.