Propickup Digital Magazine
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Today's advancement in cold-air intake systems bring more power and efficiency to gas and diesel pickups of all makes and models By Bruce W. Smith COLD AIR INTAKES W e are a power-hungry lot. Exhaust upgrades, engine mods, synthetic lubricants, special additives, and a host of other aftermarket products are added to our vehicles in hopes of making them just a little faster, a little more responsive, and wishfully a little more fuelefficient than they are stock. Those in construction trades are some of the most tenacious of this power-seeking group, always looking for ways to get a little more efficiency and performance from their work trucks and mobile offices. One area where you can make pickups more efficient is under the hood. To be more precise, modifying the air-intake. AIRINTAKE THEORY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MODERN … COLD RUSH An engine is just a big air pump. So the easier it is for it to move air from the radiator to exhaust tip, the better it's going to perform. It's a simple matter of physics. The other factor is air density. The cooler the air charge going Cold-air intake's main goal is to improve air-flow to the engine. Here's how Banks design does that while improving filtration efficiency. 32 PROPICKUP Big Book 2013 ProPickup_2013BB_Cold Air Intakes.indd 32 8/6/13 9:58 AM