Do Cold Air Intakes Increase MPG?

Do Cold Air Intakes Increase MPG?
By Monty Cassel

While reduced engine noise is of benefit to most consumers for inefficient stock factory installed air filters. I believe that a truck should look, feel, sound and perform like a truck. This performance begins with after market truck parts called cold air intakes. Stock air tubes and filter boxes drop the volume of air delivered to the combustion chamber. And, because your stock intake system completely confines the air box in your engine compartment, the air is usually hot when taken in. This combination of limited and warmer air causes fuel-rich combustion mixtures (to much fuel) that does not burn at maximum power or efficiency thus having a negative effect on your truck fuel economy.

The best cold air intakes or performance air intake kits solve a few of these problems in one impressive unit. First, a performance air intake replaces your stock intake tube with a wider pipe that has fewer bends. The result is a higher volume of air that flows more freely. The resulting effect fills your combustion chamber with more oxygen molecules for igniting fuel at a balanced, efficient mixtures that maximize power and an increase in fuel economy.

The best cold air intake systems employ specially-shaped intake tubes designed to straighten airflow as much as possible. These pipes are typically mandrel-bent or custom molded because your engines relies on a balanced mixture of fuel and air for combustion the currently, your vehicle draws air through the original manufacturer's intake tube and air box. typically it is loaded with a disposable paper air filter. Automakers design your vehicle's intake tube to be the quietest possible not the most efficient or productive.

Cold air intake kits models also relocate the air box outside the engine compartment, where cooler air can be sucked in by the air filter. The typical relocation spot for a cold air intake's air box is in the upper wheel well above the tire. Taking in cooler air for combustion means an air mixture that's denser with oxygen molecules for a better burn and ultimately more power.

Not all performance intakes are cold air intakes, not all cold air intakes are the best. Rely on brands like AEM and K&N cold air intakes and air filters. Precise engineering will maximize the potential of your engine. Companies like K&N FIPK cold air intakes, AEM Brute Force air intake systems and do not earn best in class reputations by manufacturing flimsy cold air intakes.

Do cold air intakes increase mpg? The answer is Yes! performance air intakes, help your engine to work more efficiently. The power of an engine is directly proportional to the amount of air drawn into a cylinder and retained until ignition. To increase the engine power, increase the airflow capacity, and or the air-fuel charge which must be burned more effectively. Most factory engines "volumetric efficiency" is a compromise between fuel economy, efficiency, reliability,noise and performance. Thus adding a performance cold air intakes like K&N air filter is the first step to increasing fuel economy for your truck.

With today's volatile fuel markets and uncertain political agendas, it is possible through a combination of after market truck parts to increase your trucks fuel economy. Being a former contractor with a degree in economics founder Monty Cassel started Truck Economy to pull together the best after market truck parts including the industries best best cold air intakes, best performance spark plugs, performance exhaust systems and fuels additives.