It's not as easy as it looks to stay as cool as I am. I mean, following the fashion trends alone is like running on a hamster's wheel. You gotta know the right people, read the right magazines and have the right friends on your My Space account. Staying abreast of the coolest restaurants, nightspots and after-hours clubs can seem like full-time job. But, when staying cool is what you do, it's worth the cost.
Luckily, I've found one way to stay cool that happens to be way off the hipster radar. I'm talking about a performance cold air intake kit for your vehicle. I mean these things make your engine cool, literally. Now, a cold air intake may not be a great fashion statement or get you across the velvet rope, but they are very cool.
By sucking in great gulps of cool, fresh air, a performance cold air intake system delivers a cool boost of power to your engine. The systems open up the passage to your throttle body which makes a cool sound when you romp on it. Plus, you'll feel the extra power sucking you into your seat while burning rubber out of your night spot's parking lot. The local movers and shakers will certainly take notice when you roll by, looking hip and sucking in all that cool air.
It may not be your scene, but gear heads and car guys love performance cold air intakes. In their world, popping your ride's hood to reveal a polished or anodized intake tube is about as cool as it gets. You can roll down to your town's Wal Mart parking lot, or wherever the local hot-rod haunt happens to be and get all kinds of accolades and thumbs up from these guys. Now, that's not saying much as far as hipster clout goes, but motorheads are pretty cool, none the less.
The coolest thing about a performance cold air intake system is the fuel savings. Now, I know it may not be cool to talk about saving money, but it is cool, way cool'in a green sort of way'to save gas. You know, Al Gore and all those celebs yakking on and on about global warming. Since your engine will be running so much more efficiently with the cold air system, it uses less gas?simple. Now you can take that gas money you saved and drop it on some overpriced drinks for the Goth chick you've been eyeballing at the Danceteria.
There you are; a few cool tips from the coolest guy you know. The best way to keep your engine running top notch and looking cool is with a performance cold air intake system. As far as keeping yourself cool, log onto my My Space page and check out my entire list of ?How to be Cool? tips. Stay cool, dudes.
Performance Cold Air Intakes
Because cold air intakes are so practical, they now come in many different styles and colors. This was not always the case, however. There was a time when they, like all ingenious things that everyone takes for granted, had to be thought up and perfected.
It all started when they came about in the 80's. A decade later, they were popular in Japan and like all good Japanese cultural obsessions, America worked hard to bring intakes across the Pacific and claim them as their own. With this newfound international stardom, cold air intakes began to run themselves through more and more creative hands and minds, improving in functionality and style everywhere they went.
The original idea was that a combustion engine could function far better if only it had more oxygen to combust, all the time. Because cold air is denser than hot air, naturally there's more oxygen in cold air than there is in the same volume of hot air. So engineers realized that by funneling the cold air from outside the car into the engine, they could create a smoother combustion process. In order to get the air in faster and with less friction (since fighting friction heats up the air) they made cold air intakes large and smooth.
There are several other modifications that have been made over time. One important part of an intake is its air filter, which can also cause friction, and so are specially manufactured to avoid it. Often they are kept away from the engine to avoid collecting heat or made from carbon fibers. Because rain and moisture can cause a lot of problems for cold air intakes, some filters are also designed to keep moisture out. Also, some intakes are designed to suck air from hood scoops or wheel wells so that the air is colder and denser.
Intakes have all sorts of nifty modifications to improve their performance and style. Figuring out which modifications are right for you depends on a lot of things. Racing vehicles will have different needs than normal cars, and cars that are often driven in rainy areas also have specific challenges when it comes to their cold air intakes. Like any after market part, intakes can do a lot to make your car fabulous, but a little bit of research will help them do a lot more.
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