Originally Posted by
Empire
TR needs a "sarcastic tone" font.
The smooth piping does help, the faster the air comes in, the better. The cone style filter does allow for better air flow as compared to one of the flat style ones. Typically, they are made of a more efficient material compared to the paper of the stock ones. That's why an intake set up usually adds a few horsepower.
Those cone filters or flat filters doesn't matter. It matters from the material it is made from. If it has a material that allows for better air flow then it will give you better air flow. Just because you have a cone filter doesn't mean it's any better than a flat filter.
The concept of a cold air intake start off as a way to draw in air from outside of the hot engine bay, in a more efficient manor than trying to pull it up from the wheel well like the stock set up does.
Every car I've owned including my trucks stock OEM intake system draws air from the outside. I've never seen a car that draws air from the engine bay except for very old cars. If you follow the intake box(where the filter rests) you will see it is connected to a plastic pipe that draws the air outside through a hole in the bumper. Those so called cold air intakes the kids buy and stick them in their car are only for looks IMO because you are drawing the air from the engine bay. Hot air. You may get more air, but the air won't be any less dense than it is outside. So you aren't really going to burn cooler oxygen.
And everything you just said after sounds like you took it from a txt book and just copied and pasted. Just saying..
