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Originally Posted by Suberman
So, how much extra power is produced and at what temperature does this imaginary power show up?
This would be why your fuel economy improves in winter. Not.
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There are a few reasons why cars get worse mileage in the winter, one being winter fuel formulations having less energy content, another being that colder/denser air creates more aerodynamic drag.
Another secondary effect is that since colder air *does* give more power, then at a given cruise speed, you'll have a smaller throttle opening to make the same power. This gives greater losses as the engine has to do a tiny bit more work to draw the air past the smaller throttle opening.
Believe it or not, there is a HOT air intake mod for mid-90s Honda VX cars that improves fuel efficiency for this reason (wider throttle opening required for a given speed/power setting)!
That said, I would guess that most CAI mods for this car won't necessarily improve performance much, if at all. That has been the case with a lot of S2000 intake mods...