I've read that by installing a supercharger or a turbo into a car, it could potentially be detromental to the life of the engine. True or not, does a cold air intake influence the engine in any way? (MPG, Longevity, etc...)???

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The actual question he's asking isn't as common as you'd think... but moved to PH none-the-less.

 

yeah, but i'd assume he'd find hits for the massive amount of CAI questions and then run into a nice "true or not" discussion/arguement and would only get the conclusion that "it could be true, but I dunno. I guess I'll just have to try it out" method.

Also, just by searching MPG or longevity, i'm sure he could answer it. Either way, short answer:

Slight gains in HP/TQ. Improved MPG is arguable - some say you gain & others say you don't, longevity only if you somehow manage to hydrolock or get something into the engine I would assume.

Turbo tC testing has shown massive gains w/ stock internals. I'm pretty sure a little bit more air being sucked in couldn't hurt the longevity of the vehicle.