The temperature of the air from the intake isn't quite as important as the amount of flow you get from the intake. Whatever air you pull in through the intake hot or cold is going to have to go through a 1000+ degree turbo before ever seeing the motor so you want to focus on flowing as much air as possible. The stock intake is very good at doing this but in order to get a nice sound you need to remove the box. All I did is removed the air box and put a K+N on and it works great, but again no evidence either way hp wise.