Cold Air Induction Choices

[98SteedaGT]

I am starting to doubt the CAI setups... I liked my RamAir hood, it looked really nice coming down the road... but I am starting to wonder how much good it really did... I think the reason people "feel" the difference in their car's with the CAI is the long hated "placebo effect". You get something that people say will give you power, so in turn, your brain makes you think you feel it..... I have had 3 different "Real" ram air hoods, and each time I would have put money down that I saw real gains... but it ended up being nothing more than a phantom..

It's no different than the experiments they do with medications. They tell people a pill will help them with their problems or allergies, but the pill itself as absolutley no medicinal value.. In a sense they cure themselves by beliveing in the "magic"..

Some of you may believe in the CAI as a real HP adder, but.. I am starting to realize you don't really need it. I would think it would help cool the engine off more than it would raise power. As far as open intakes inside the hood and metal intake tubes, I think that's a waste of about 200.00 unless you have a blower. You have a metal intake tube next to the header and you'll get heat soak, you have an open air element under the hood and all you do is suck in hot air from the engine... and the CAI sits in the fenderwell... well, if you look, your stock box does the same thing...

---just my opinion.