Cold Air Intake - Get More From Your Car's Engine

By Author: Louie Liu
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At the heart of your car is your car's engine. The power is generated here and this power enables you to get from one place to another quickly. So how can you increase the power that you get from your stock car? Well there are many options but most will add a stress to the engine and will adversely affect its life. Only a few products can elegantly increase the power that you get from your car's engine without stressing it. And one such product is a cold air intake.

The engine produces the force that drives your car by converting the chemical energy stored in the fuel to mechanical energy. For extracting the chemical energy it needs to burn the fuel. And for that it needs oxygen. The fuel is mixed with air and exploded in a small chamber in a very short period of time. Since the fuel has very little time to burn there should be enough oxygen available otherwise some of the fuel will get left unburnt. And a cold air intake helps provide more oxygen for burning in the combustion chamber. It does this by taking cold air there ...
... which is more dense than hot air. So more air is able to get inside. To get cold air there it follows a short path from the air intake to the engine's combustion chamber. Some air intakes also use the pressure with which the air is captured when the car is moving fast.

You can get a cold air intake installed on your car to get more power from your car's engine and also more mileage. The lesser amount of unburnt fuel in your exhaust gases mean that your car becomes more environmentally friendly.

The air intake should be properly installed so that water does not finds its way to engine when the car is moving on flooded roads. Therefore you should opt for a professional installation by an experienced person. You will find there are also other products available that help make your car perform better such as a cat back exhaust. You can see these products at www.ilovebodykits.com.

About Author :

Louie Liu has been in the car aftermarket products industry for 5years. He specializes in body kits, headlights, cold air intakes & other aftermarket products. You can learn more about cold air intakes, cat back exhaust and other car aftermarket products at his site www.ilovebodykits.com.