Is there any significant benefit to having a cold air intake?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Will it increase fuel efficiency? I have a 84 mile round trip commute so I put about 19k miles on mine per year just driving to work. Currently averaging about 26 mph since I'm doing 60 mph almost the entire drive.

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[Grumpaw]

Only to the extent it will lighten your wallet, thus lowering the weight your Ranger will be hauling.....may gain 1/100 th extra mpg.
26 mpg is actually quite good....don't think you will get any better by adding "stuff", and actually your Ranger already has a cold air intake...factory installed.

 

[twk]

It's been years since I've watched these so I don't remember what his results were.
Scroll down a little and Scotty and the others are there too. Pick your favorite "expert".
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=engineering+explained+cold+air+intake

When I get a few minutes, I'm going to review a few of these again.

 

[subquark]

Just posted this on jokes, but make it more aerodynamic!

And all kidding aside, proper tire inflation is huge - but with 26 MPG (nearly 10 above my mpg), I'd say you could teach us many lessons on getting better MPG!

 

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Just posted this on jokes, but make it more aerodynamic!

And all kidding aside, proper tire inflation is huge - but with 26 MPG (nearly 10 above my mpg), I'd say you could teach us many lessons on getting better MPG!

I think I've been over 80 mph once in 65k miles. I'm usually cruising around 60 mph on most of my miles. I guess driving like a grandpa is what is doing it

 

[Grumpaw]

I think I've been over 80 mph once in 65k miles. I'm usually cruising around 60 mph on most of my miles. I guess driving like a grandpa is what is doing it

Just continue doing what your doing. Installing an air suckey thingy will just make more noise and your Butt-O-Meter will feel like you have gained oodles of horsepower.....but you haven't.
Your 26 mpg average is better than probably the majority of members here. I only see my mpg when I fill up and reset the odometer.I'm lucky to see 20 mpg....18 is the norm....but I don't baby mine.

 

[twk]

Just posted this on jokes, but make it more aerodynamic!

And all kidding aside, proper tire inflation is huge - but with 26 MPG (nearly 10 above my mpg), I'd say you could teach us many lessons on getting better MPG!

THAT. IS. AWESOME.
Cover with carbon fiber, and you'll make an instant 150 hp more, and easily 45 mpg.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Just continue doing what your doing. Installing an air suckey thingy will just make more noise and your Butt-O-Meter will feel like you have gained oodles of horsepower.....but you haven't.
Your 26 mpg average is better than probably the majority of members here. I only see my mpg when I fill up and reset the odometer.I'm lucky to see 20 mpg....18 is the norm....but I don't baby mine.

Steve, you’re right. I have one of those fancy schmancy air sucky things and I’m convinced it makes my mpg worse because I always want to hear the noise it makes at WOT.

So, it’s really an air and hard-earned cash sucky thing. But it looks cool when I open the hood. Yes, I’m weak and easily impressed by shiny objects.

So, OP, no it won’t get you north of 26 mpg.

 

[Jason B]

Your Ranger, and every other vehicle made since the '90s, already has a Cold Air Intake.

 

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Your Ranger, and every other vehicle made since the '90s, already has a Cold Air Intake.

That's what I always thought. The intake is far enough away to where the air ain't affected by the engine heat. I keep seeing people in the Ranger FB groups adding them and was wondering what they're about. I guess it's about as useful as the popoff valves people are putting. Just sounds cool.

 

[landiscarrier]

No. I'd be happy with 26mpg!

 

[OFC Ranger]

Your Ranger, and every other vehicle made since the '90s, already has a Cold Air Intake.

Actually no, the entire term is a complete misnomer and has been since its conception.

In the firearm world it is the function equivalency of calling a suppressor a "silencer".

I would argue, purely for the sake of argument, that Nitrous Oxide use in a car is the closet functional equivalent to a "cold air" intake than a marketed "cold air" intake pipe ever could be.

"Cold Air Intake" has been and always will be a marketing buzzword.

Now if you were to ask the most functional air intake piping you can possibly purchase, then the answer to that would be a snorkel intake. With that said, performance per dollar a snorkel still rates on the bottom tier of products people are buying for turbocharged engines if we are speaking strictly on terms of gains on any level.

 

[shovelhd]

No.

 

[got3fords]

In the firearm world it is the function equivalency of calling a suppressor a "silencer".

That bugs the crap out of me! Like the use of "high powered rifle", for every damn thing that happens involving a firearm.

 

[NerkyMohawk]

That's what I always thought. The intake is far enough away to where the air ain't affected by the engine heat. I keep seeing people in the Ranger FB groups adding them and was wondering what they're about. I guess it's about as useful as the popoff valves people are putting. Just sounds cool.

I have an S&B intake. Does it improve gas mileage or performance? Not sure, possibly. Can I hear my turbo spooling up now? Yes I can. Worth the smiles per gallon? I think so. Would I get an aftermarket intake without a tune or other aftermarket parts like a downpipe and exhaust? Nope.

Half of the intakes don't actually help with pulling in more air. Mishimoto, S&B and the Injen do. Some dynos have shown that increasing airflow is more beneficial then the cold air part. I believe that since our intake is already a CAI. It's why the Ford Performace pack comes with a filter to allow more air in.

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