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Originally Posted by E55 KEV
OK, is it a real "cold air intake" or just a air intake redesign?
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Kinda depends on what you mean. . . it's not strictly sealed from the engine bay, but it's sealed enough that the ambient that it pulls in (from the stock airbox bottom and the space between the hood and frame) is quite a bit colder than the "ambient" under hood air. It's definitely not assured to be colder than the air taken in by the stock airbox, but the flow increase will very likely outweigh that by enough to make a tidy power gain. The dyno numbers quoted me were around 14rwhp, which seems about right.
That sort of intake design (sealed to the hood) is very popular these days. I run something similar (metal divider, not sealed to the fender well) in my 470rwhp '03 Cobra with very positive results.