If you are looking for better performance from your engine, you may have considered installing performance parts to get some increases. But with all the performance parts available, it can be hard to decide which ones you want, especially if you don’t know what they do or whether they will work for your particular vehicle. Two of the main keys for increasing your engine’s performance are getting more air in, and more exhaust out.

The goal of the GMC C1500 cold air intake system is to get more air into your engine. Your engine derives power from the combustion of the fuel-oxygen mixture inside its cylinders.

The more oxygen your cylinders receive, the more power your engine is able to generate. The C1500 cold air intake system has two methods of getting more oxygen to your engine. First, the system reroutes your intake plumbing so that the air being fed to your cylinders is coming from outside. Why does this help? Because cooler air contains more oxygen. Your stock intake plumbing routes hot engine bay air into your cylinders, but the GMC C1500 cold air intake system brings in cool, oxygen-rich outside air instead. The second way the C1500 cold air intake system increases performance is through the use of the high-flow air filter included with the system, which does just what its name suggests: lets more air get through. Cooler air, and more of it, equals more horsepower, increased torque, and better miles per gallon. The GMC C1500 cold air intake system is easy to install--simply remove some of your factory plumbing, drop the system in place, and tighten a few clamps and screws.Browse our online catalogue for a great selection of C1500 cold air intake systems at great prices.