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This may sound like a stupid question, but exactly how does a cold air intake work vs. the stock intake? What are the recommended brands of good cold air intakes? Thanks.
2000 SVT Contour (Tropic Green)
-Toyo Proxes T1-S's (215/45 ZR 17)
-17x7 Emkei RS5 Wheels
-Sylvania SilverStars (High and low beams)
-Pioneer DEH-P4400
-Pioneer TS-A6867's (front and back)
-K&N Air Filter
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True cold air intakes get cold air from outside the engine bay. This is dense air that inproves performance. I think you may be grouping all of the aftermarket air intakes into the cold air category. Most of the benefit of an aftermarket air intake system on a contour is the NEW filter. Cone style filters posess a much greater ability to let air in. Less resistance and more area for the are to flow through. There are many combinations of filter and pipe available for the contour. KKM, BAT, SHO Shop, CTA. Check the links to these companies on the contour.org homepage under links/ reviews. They are towards the bottom of the page.. Other good options are out there besides those. Check out a search on Air intake or air filters, ect.. Hope this helped a little,
Later,
Chris S.
99 Se,MTX,TS.
Koni,Eibach,SVT Plastic,tunes,Opt Y-Pipe, Elky mesh, DMD, SVT BRAKING, Eo's, 95 Leather int.
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Isn't the stock filter a cone type though?
2000 SVT Contour (Tropic Green)
-Toyo Proxes T1-S's (215/45 ZR 17)
-17x7 Emkei RS5 Wheels
-Sylvania SilverStars (High and low beams)
-Pioneer DEH-P4400
-Pioneer TS-A6867's (front and back)
-K&N Air Filter
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Yup.. but then they're mainly talking about an open air  type filter, while the stock SVT filter is in a closed box.
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Jpatt, Oops, I forgot the SVT has a cone style filter, but I was refering to an open element filter setup.
thanks for the correction,
CHris S.
99 Se,MTX,TS.
Koni,Eibach,SVT Plastic,tunes,Opt Y-Pipe, Elky mesh, DMD, SVT BRAKING, Eo's, 95 Leather int.
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So what is the advantage of having an open element system?
2000 SVT Contour (Tropic Green)
-Toyo Proxes T1-S's (215/45 ZR 17)
-17x7 Emkei RS5 Wheels
-Sylvania SilverStars (High and low beams)
-Pioneer DEH-P4400
-Pioneer TS-A6867's (front and back)
-K&N Air Filter
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it adds a few horses over the stock setup...also heatsoak hasn't been a problem for me either..
new,new ride!
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'95 mustang gt sold!
'98 svt #800 sold!
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Speaking of Cold Air Intakes would the injen intake for the cougar fit the contour?
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Originally posted by stifler2870:
Speaking of Cold Air Intakes would the injen intake for the cougar fit the contour?
it should fit..if its for the same engine type ie.zetec or duratec..
new,new ride!
'99 svt
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'95 mustang gt sold!
'98 svt #800 sold!
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