Better winter MPG with SRI?
09-04-2010, 06:04 PM
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Better winter MPG with SRI?
I put an Injen SRI in my Cobalt a couple months ago and I love the mileage difference! But a thought occurred to me the other day: since it's actually sucking in engine heat, would that help my gas mileage even in the cold weather?
09-06-2010, 11:16 PM
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i have a k&n SRI and my mileage in the winter is terrible!!!
09-07-2010, 05:24 PM
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i have a k&n SRI and my mileage in the winter is terrible!!!
09-11-2010, 03:30 PM
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09-13-2010, 05:07 PM
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I hear you barkin' big dawg.
september 4th 2010
Know your **** before you talk- this part just became available to the public this summer. How could you possibly know that your mileage in the winter is terrible when it hasn't happened yet? Have you brought the delorean up to speed recently?
september 4th 2010
Know your **** before you talk- this part just became available to the public this summer. How could you possibly know that your mileage in the winter is terrible when it hasn't happened yet? Have you brought the delorean up to speed recently?
11-11-2010, 09:54 AM
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hot air is better for efficiency not cold air. your winter mileage should always go down unless the crap weather causes traction problems and you baby it instead of mashing the throttle all the time.
11-23-2010, 11:33 PM
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i always read that cold air.... oh for efficiency... not for like, throttle strength... makes sense i think... i may go back to stock intake for the colder months then, maybe rig something so i can use the torque damper as well... are there any other products similar to the torque damper? seeing as how you cant add it on with the heat shield in the way.
12-14-2010, 10:23 PM
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Well the crap weather causing traction problems might even make it worse.... just thinking of tires spinning at the aboslute slightest touch of throttle..
12-15-2010, 04:24 PM
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This is one of those zombie threads. it dies then reanimates later. 
Well it's been in the teens up here for that past week, and I seem to be getting around 1 mpg better than when I had the stock air box.
Well it's been in the teens up here for that past week, and I seem to be getting around 1 mpg better than when I had the stock air box.
12-15-2010, 04:32 PM
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I'm not sure the conversion but in the summer with my K&N sri I'm doing around 8.8L to 9.2L per 100km's again not sure what the conversion is for mpg?? In the winter though it crashes big time and I'm anywhere between 11.5L and 12.5L per 100km's. I hate winter just for that fact!!
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12-16-2010, 07:57 AM
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an intake should never negatively impact fuel mileage
a more realistic reason for getting worse mileage in the winter is the fact that the gas is different during the winter, its a different blend, treated with all kinda anti freezing agents
a more realistic reason for getting worse mileage in the winter is the fact that the gas is different during the winter, its a different blend, treated with all kinda anti freezing agents
12-16-2010, 12:18 PM
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^^^ True that.
Add in cold (thick) oil in the tranny, cold (thick) grease in the hub bearings, more time at idle (warming up or sitting in traffic), more time in open loop (takes longer for the o2 sensor to get to temperature), more alternator load due to lights / blower motor draw, higher rolling resistance from slush / snow on road........
Way more factors affecting your winter mileage than your intake
Add in cold (thick) oil in the tranny, cold (thick) grease in the hub bearings, more time at idle (warming up or sitting in traffic), more time in open loop (takes longer for the o2 sensor to get to temperature), more alternator load due to lights / blower motor draw, higher rolling resistance from slush / snow on road........
Way more factors affecting your winter mileage than your intake
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