The box seals against the hood when it's closed and it still draws cool air from the fender. As for performance benefits, who knows. However, I ran one of those cheap Kool-Vue intakes on my Frontier for a long time and an AFE replacement on my Xterra for long time. I also run a ScanGauge, something that's capable of, you know, providing factual information about how the truck performs, rather than hearsay that's constantly posted about these intakes. My IATs with the aftermarket intakes were identical to those with the factory system, 5-10 degs above ambient. The only outlier was the Kool-Vue with metal piping, which would heat soak pretty quickly in traffic. However, it would cool down pretty quickly when starting to drive again.
That counts for at least 15+ HP. lol
Apparently, you're unable to read previous posts. Also, I just love how everyone jumps all over people who talk about installing an intake system.
I had one of these on a Turbo Cooper S ( K&N Typhoon ) and yes, it was noticeable, their dyno testing showed +11 to 14HP, documentable, but on an N/A engine, I doubt it does much at all, except sound cool. After seeing a computerized documented test video among various commercial filters, I pulled my K&N out before heading to Maine, due to them showing how much more dust can pass through a K&N. My wife's & son's RAV's still have the K&N cause in MD we hardly get any dust so not so much of a concern, in Maine we were on a gravel road traveling through a dust cloud for about 12 hrs straight, far different conditions. The AC-Delco Gold off the shelf filter tested in the top two, actually I think it was the top one tested, and so it's in there now. Part# A1267C
I read through, I know I’m being a crotchety buzzkill please feel free to ignore me
It'll something but pairing it with a few more things and a tune is where the benefits will show. Can't do bolt ons without a tune, especially can't do forced induction without a tune.
