I am going to buy a Cold air intake very soon. I want to install it right away but! My biggest concern is how it will affect me engine or if it may damage my engine? In the summer I don't have a problem using it but some of my friends have the cold air intake on their cars and they take them off in the winter. They say it could damage the engine with the extreme cold air rushing in. The temp. today is 35 F but it is usually as low as 25 F.
What do you guys think? Should I install it right away or wait until spring.

P.S. which ones are you guys/girls running on your trucks.
Thanks!

 

I have been using both K&N and AIRAID FIPK inteke systems for many years, with no adverse problems....I have used them in 10below zero weather with no ill effects.

 

Been using a K&N and Airaid as well for two winters and it's well below zero here in the "Frozen Tundra".

 

How could cold air damage your engine? The colder ( denser ) the air, the better. I've run vehicles up north at -40 and everything else might be frozen and sluggish ( drivetrain, tires, oil etc) but the engine loves it!

 

K&N and AIRAID don't make cold air intakes for late model F-150's. They make hi-flow intakes that use air from the engine compartment. A cold air intake would use air from outside of the ingine compartment, usually from the front valance. Actually our trucks come stock with a cold air intake of sorts. The inlet for the stock air system is in the front drivers side fender.

 

I just installed an Air Force One intake last night....and am already more than IMPRESSED! Very nice power increase! Easy installation also. See Mike Troyer in the Computer chip section to order!

Fired UP! - By the way...the cold air your friends referred to can NOT hurt your engine. Cold air = more power. Install a kit now...no need to wait!

 

In severe cold, a dead cold engine sucks outside temp air with both systems.

 

The only way cold air can hurt an engine is to suck it through straight shorty exhaust headers, which happens with older Harley's and hot rods. When the cold air hits the hot exhaust valve, it cracks them.

You gain horsepower with cold air feeding the combustion, the colder the better, provided the air isn't beginning to crystallize (don't laugh, I lived in Edmonton Alberta for 4 years, the temps would get down to -55C)