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mo
Dodge Dakota
12/27/2001
10:49:00
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 Subject: Can the air be to cold?
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Is there a temperature point where performance decreases because the air is too cold? Also, I was reading an article about a K&N filter charger install and the author suggested that at low rpms the performance was not as good as stock! Is this true? Tnank You!
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Chris W
Dodge Dakota
12/27/2001
16:09:20
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Come on, these are good questions. Especially the one about the cold air. I know in winter in SD we put cardboard over a portion ofthe grill to keep motor warm. is it possoble to have too cold air? I dont know.
Anyone??
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CW
GenIII
12/27/2001
19:53:19
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It is -10F here right now and I notice no problems in the way the truck runs with a 4" cold air. Wouldn't matter anyways can't get traction until 40mph.
2001 4.7 5sp 3.92 LSD sport plus
Ported throttle body, IAT adjuster, flowmaster cat back, adjusted TPS from .51v to .76v, 4" cold air, Road master active suspention.
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92dakotahd
GenI
12/29/2001
15:17:35
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Hey! If anybody has an answer to the "too cold" question it would be much appreciated. I have been curious about that myself.
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92dakotahd
GenI
12/29/2001
15:18:17
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Hey! If anybody has an answer to the "too cold" question it would be much appreciated. I have been curious about that myself.
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Bruce P.
Dodge Dakota
12/29/2001
18:10:31
|  RE: Can the air be to cold?
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Technically speaking....
The reason that cold air makes more power is that it is more dense. (more oxygen in same volume of air.) Thus... from this perspective, colder is denser and has more O2 in it.
As long as other complications do not arise (ie... somthing freezing up in the intake manifold or frost on the butterfly valve) Colder really IS better.
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Also, the original poster asked about low RPM power not as good as stock... THIS IS CORRECT!!
Virtually any modification to the intake/exahust will reduce low-RPM torque. The trade-off is more power at high RPMs.
All of these tradeoffs need to be considerd BEFORE bolting stuff to your engine! Personally, I LIKE and WANT low-RPM grunt... thus I chose my bolt-ons approprately.
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