It seems like it is a Mustang thing because every time it happens, it just has to be a Mustang involved. This time, it happened at the drag strip, with a.
Typically on TRC we just get insane videos of insanely fast cars that look and sound cool. This time though we get a deep dive into what makes this 1,800 horsepower C7 Corvette the absolute monster that it is. Oh, we get video of it looking and sounding cool, too.
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Here’s the truth about cold air intakes. On paper, they help your engine run more efficiently, which often results in a slight horsepower gain, but certainly nothing to write home about. You definitely shouldn’t be telling people your car is tuned just because of a CAI mod. 8 photos
A cold air intake also represents a budget-friendly way to improve your car’s performance ever so slightly, and it’s pretty easy to install if you know what you’re doing. Mechanically, its purpose is to channel more oxygen into the combustion chamber, which is where the additional muscle comes from anywhere between 5 to 12 extra horsepower on average.
Whether you have kids or not, odds are you know at least a little bit about Disney’s Cars animated movie franchise. Produced by Pixar Animations, it stars a character named Lightning McQueen, which was said to have been designed after a Le Mans endurance racer mixed with a stock car.