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Old 08-03-2024, 08:06 AM
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Default Mina cold air intake, Good or Bad. Answer is revealed

Hi Guys,
in past posts, I did state any metal piping for the air intake induction system is not beneficial. Must be either carbon fiber or composite type plastic material.

Here is the proof.
 
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This video has already been posted & thoroughly discussed here:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-users-245055/
 
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Originally Posted by Luc Lapierre
This video has already been posted & thoroughly discussed here:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-users-245055/

Knowing this part results in heat soak and lose of horsepower, people still clamor about this item.
Mina, has the nerve to claim you'll get approx 10 to 15 HP gain, when it's the total opposite.
Budget products rarely if ever work as the seller claims.
 
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Correct, it does not produce a power gain.
However the heat soak issue is somewhat overstated, and the data collection methods in that video are not exactly meticulous. Again, all has been discussed in the previous thread.
 
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Originally Posted by Luc Lapierre
Correct, it does not produce a power gain.
However the heat soak issue is somewhat overstated, and the data collection methods in that video are not exactly meticulous. Again, all has been discussed in the previous thread.
I like mine! Looks good, sounds cool my car is already too fast as it is lol
 
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Originally Posted by bfrank1972
I like mine! Looks good, sounds cool my car is already too fast as it is lol
Agree, it's a great cosmetic and acoustical mod.

Would be interesting to see data logs of otherwise identical cars (one with stock intake and one with Mina) driving down the same stretch of road on the same day. I'd like to see if and when the IATs differ, and by how much. We already know that IAT will be higher for the Mina intake in idle or near-idle conditions, but I'm interested to see what happens when the car is *actually driving* (for example, during a spirited stretch on some twisties).
 
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