question about cold air peformance on st Options

[MonsterBOX]

my car seems to have like twice as much pull when i start it up cold wait about 15 secs and drive off...when the car is warm it seems slower....does this have anything to do with temperature of the air in the engine creating higher boost? many people have said that on a dyno cold air intake systems show hardly any improvement....well in a dyno u r not traveling down the road allowing colder outside air to be forced into the engine, shouldnt this be taken into consideration? if i installed a cold air intake would i notice a difference in performance related to how my car drives cold?

[Digndoug]

when you say boost do you mean that you have a turbo?

First off the point of a cai is to enlarge the size of the intake tube while still sucking up cold air. The factory intake is cold air.

Second. when you get a dyno.. The put a fan infront of it, so your car will get sufficant air in around the engine. There going to do an avarage temp because thats what it will be outside. Its not always going to be sucking up cold air, esp.. if its warm.

Third the reason its a cold air intake is because its not sucking up heat from the engine bay, like the short ram.

Cold air is more dence which is better fopr more power. My guess is, you might gain 1-2 hp with a proper cai.