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Originally posted by Bryan8412
But basically what it comes down to, is that for the most part it's unnessicary, but at certain times it may be useful, but rarely, and not worth the increased cost unless (a la the expensive audi) you're building a supercar and are going all out. So I guess we were both right, sometimes it's useful, sometimes it's not. Just depends on your application I suppose. Nice debate though
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That's not exactly the message I was hoping you'd take away from my post. What I meant to say was more like "do it unless you've got a strong reason not to." It will always help the compressor efficiency, and will sometimes increase the intake charge density too. Sometimes it will be very difficult to put in the CAI, otherwise go for it.
I've heard that most vehicles these days come from the factory with intakes positioned to ingest cool air, but I certainly haven't personally verified that information. I can think of a couple of examples of cars that don't seem to fit the rule.