cold air or short ram combo?????? 13 srx 3.6 75000 miles

Hey guys i know everybody says that this doesn't work etc etc,but i need somebody with some know :worship:to shed some light on my tinkering ,I took a 3"intake pipe and mounted the mass airflow sensor to it then i added a short ram air filter to the end and lad it in the intake box also laying the cover over the top closed the hood went for a spin, slush bucket gone throttle response very good no codes for that drive cycle anyways,the only odd thing was that the cooling fans ran as if the truck was hot???????can any body shed some light on this plz, I'm by no means and expert just a tinkerer :) when i put everything back to the stock setup then i got the check engine light , which i just pulled the fuse to reset the computer,

why the fans took off running and why the vehicle felt like the performance improved? the response felt excellent to me.

I labelled it combo because its getting cold air and the short ram affect??the stock box base is setup nice for pulling in air,one tube pulling from behind the headlight and the other tube pulling from the ground area.

Well here is the finished product i was going to paint but decided not to so i just roughed it up PVC Plastic 1/8" thick fits right into the lower box groves :) not sure of actual gains if any but she sure jumps up into the higher RPMS quick also flagged my stabilitrak doing 0to60 which was an average 7.9 but i feel like the beast has woken up some :)in sound that is LOL also seems to shift out better but lost a MPG or so averaged 18.5 dropped to 17.<> that is it :-/