Air Intakes
Intake Systems pump performance-enhancing oxygen directly into your cylinders through the intake for increased efficiency. Slide around town with the improved fuel economy that comes from intake systems. Or, fly off the line and blow away the competition with the pure power that increased flow can provide. Either way, you'll get increased performance at a great price.
Short Ram Intakes
Ram intakes are any intake design which uses the dynamic pressure created by vehicle motion to increase the static pressure inside of the intake manifold on an engine, thus allowing a greater massflow through the engine and hence increasing engine power.
The ram intake works by reducing the intake velocity by increasing the cross sectional area of the intake ducting. When gas velocity goes down the dynamic pressure is reduced while the static pressure is increased. The increased static pressure in the plenum chamber has a positive effect on engine power, both because of the pressure itself and the increased density this higher pressure gives.
How aftermarket performance intakes work...
A performance intake system replaces your existing stock one to allow more oxygen to enter the engine. This is the single most important aspect to improve your overall horsepower and torque. With the increased flow, the engine receives greater amounts of oxygen into the combustion allowing your car to run better. Most stock intakes consist of several twists and turns and chambers to muffle sound, which restricts the flow. Think of a small coffee stir stick and try sucking oxygen through it. By doing this, the lack of oxygen would cause you to pass out. Now imagine breathing through a big Slurpy straw - much easier. Your engine reacts the same way. So the objective of performance intakes is to create the least restrictive path of oxygen into the engine. On average you can expect to gain between 5hp-15hp.
Popular Brands of Intakes:
- K&N Intakes
- AEM Intakes
- Injen Intakes
- Fujita Intakes
Air Intakes
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