Quote Originally Posted by mrfreez View Post
If you are referring to a "Hot Air Intake" then it won't do anything. Sucking warm air into the engine will actually give you less power. It can even throw off your IAT sensor and make you run too rich.

I had a HAI set up on my Camaro and put it on the dyno. I had 7WHP less than the stock set up. I put the car on the dyno when I first got it for a baseline. I then went and took the pipe and insulated it and built a box to put the cone in only leaving a hole to grab cold air behind the headlight. I sealed it up and put it on the dyno. The result was a 10WHP gain which gave me 3WHP more than the stock set up. In the end was it worth it to spend $80.00 on a CAI for 3 WHP? Not really, but it looks cool!

IAT Sensor = Intake TEMPERATURE sensor
MAF = Mass Air Flow Sensor...which delegates and tells the PCM how much air is entering the engine...the IAT will only tell the PCM what temp the air is at.

Also, this isn't a Camaro.

These cars...no matter anyway you slice it, don't gain power from hardly any intake setup...until you are running super small pulleys and you need the flow...because in the long run, Flow > Ambient Air Temps. Also...the factory corrugated tubing in the intake track is awfully restrictive...and in '97-'98, the factory air box they have two, 90* bends. Which is where the gains are really going to be had.