About K&N Air Intakes and Cold Air Intakes

Replacing your OEM air filter with a K & N performance air filter is the quickest and easiest thing you can do to improve your engine performance. 

If you want take it a step further, and kick up your horsepower, torque and fuel economy even more, you can replace your air intake.
 
Air intake replacements are a significant power upgrade for your vehicle.  Air intake systems consist of a performance filter, and a replacement air intake tube that has fewer bends and twists than your OEM air take, thus enabling a greater volume of airflow to your engine.

When your engine is able to take in more air, or more precisely, more oxygen, the fuel/air mixture helps your engine deliver more horsepower, torque and better gas mileage.

Air Intakes 101
Your air intake is located in your engine compartment.  It is made up of the air box, the air intake, the air intake tube and the air filter.

The OEM air intake tube usually has quite a few twists and turns in it, to dissipate noise. While a more twisted air intake might mean your car or truck runs slightly quieter (trapping noise as well as air) the restricted airflow compromises your engine’s performance. Coupled with the inefficient OEM paper air filter, your engine is not running at capacity.

Optimum combustion to power your engine means the right mixture of fuel and air, and the cooler and cleaner the air, the better.  Your OEM air intake does not provide either the maximum amount of air nor the cleanest air nor the coolest air, so nothing is working at maximum power and efficiency.

That’s where a replacement air intake system can make a big difference.  With an increased air volume of cleaner and cooler air, your engine’s performance and response will significantly improve immediately.

Regular versus Cold Air Intakes 
A replacement air intake has a number of benefits, but because it takes air from inside the engine compartment, the air is still hot air.  Cold air intakes, on the other hand, take air from OUTSIDE the engine compartment, providing your vehicle with not only more air and cleaner air, but cooler air as well.
Installation of a cold air intake is more challenging than installing regular air intakes, but the trade-off is that you’re giving your engine cooler air.

However, cold air intake systems are not available for all vehicles.  Further, cold air intakes are NOT recommend for vehicles that must drive through heavy amounts of water as the external intake could result in water being sucked into the air system.  Appearance might be another consideration when deciding on a cold air intake versus a regular air intake because a cold air intake locates the air box outside the engine (to allow for access to outside air) which means it is visible from outside the vehicle (usually in a wheel well).  Also, some vehicles don’t benefit from a cold air intake versus a regular one, so check with your car’s manufacturer before making a decision, or feel free to call us.

Either way you go, The Benefits of Replacement Air Intake Systems are significant!

And since we only carry K & N Air Intakes, K & N Cold Air Intakes and Cold Air Kits, you can rest assured that you are getting the best quality and performance available. To see our prices for your specific vehicle, go to the K&N Intake Purchase Page.

Truck Champ Air Intake Learning Center

• The Basics Of Air Intakes
• The Benefits of Replacement Air Intakes