Mazda Protege Cold Air Intake?

Question

I have a 2001 Mazda Protege with 5-speed and 2.0 engine. I want to make it a little faster or give it a little bit more horsepower. The thing is i dont want to spend over $100...Kinda rough i know. Any Ideas on what i should do?.. I thought on putting a cold air intake the universal ones from autozone or kragen but dont know if its a good idea. Should i put that and will it affect anything(horsepower, acceleration, engine?) or should i just forget it and leave it with the stock air filter. Give me some ideas please..thanxxxx guys

Answer 1

Yea the best thing for you is an intake system but it won't give you a lot of hp or torque.  On your engine it may only bring 2 hp and 1 torque.  But it will feel and sound like it has more and your throttle response will probably be better.  You can get a universal pipe but make sure it fits.  And don't use a no name filter.  Get at least a k&n filter.  You could probably get the universal pipe and the filter for less than 80 dollars.