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Intake Debate - 2/18/2006 1:53:26 AM

baiwldrnner

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Is there a difference between a short ram intake and a cold air intake?

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/18/2006 2:20:02 AM

Pete

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Get an AEM Cold Air intake. Colder air is less dense, and CAI make more power. Dont start another CAI vs SRI thread lol........just get a CAI.

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/18/2006 3:09:51 AM

NTX

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ORIGINAL: baiwldrnner

Is there a difference between a short ram intake and a cold air intake?

short = less power
cold = more power
......basically.....

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/18/2006 4:32:42 AM

JDMracer00

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short rams are going to give you good throttle response and are loud. CAI's give you some good HP gains up top. Get a 3" CAI and be done with it. Short rams have a hard time up top. By the way, don't spend a crap load of money on one either. Get a good 3" CAI off of eBay and then buy a K&N filter and you're set. I just bought a 3" off of eBay for 30 bucks and I already have an AEM dryflow filter that I got for 45 at the auto parts store. So that's $75 for a CAI that's just as good as the $200 AEM's, Injen's, ect...

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/18/2006 11:18:47 AM

Street Sniper

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Like Pete said, there have been endless threads/debates on this, and the verdict is: zero difference in max Hp gain with a SRI and a CAI of the same diameter, but the CAI has a little hump in the middle of the curve.

Bam.

Ok, maybe one Hp... the blue is obviously the CAI.

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/18/2006 12:17:02 PM

Kedawei

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Pete

Get an AEM Cold Air intake. Colder air is less dense, and CAI make more power. Dont start another CAI vs SRI thread lol........just get a CAI.

I think you were confused Pete. Colder air = more dense. That's why it makes more power, slightly more air is being fed into the combustion chamber.

If I were to get any intake it'd be the AEM V2.

:edit: Yeah, my bad.

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/18/2006 11:58:32 PM

Nail I3unny

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no prob

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/19/2006 6:00:25 AM

jwsimons

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i would like to conduct testing on rainy day... the short will leave the cold in the dust, unless they have started installing water traps?

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/19/2006 9:40:29 AM

jonyg98civicex

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If you live in rain/snow weather, SRI wil be a lot less of a hassle, but if you live in a warm dry climate go with the CAI. Reason bein is that in the winer time you gotta clean your CAI filter constantly, and during rain you MAY have a very slight chance of hydrolocking your car.

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RE: Intake Debate - 2/19/2006 11:48:16 AM

Fiirkan