CAI or Short ram
 

If i want a AEM v2 should I go with the short ram or CAI. I am just worried if I go with the CAI I might possibly damage my engine because I have heard water gets into the engine with a CAI?

https://www.hondacivicforum.com/foru...ad.php?t=35784

read that! =D

If you have questions please do a search and read the stickies. kthx
-Josh

Can you get an AEM V2 as a sri?? I thought they were only cai
dude just get a sri cause you're tight on money and sri are about 100$ cheaper and it looks better in your engine bay anyway.

well AEM has done alot of testing...... even tho some of them say CAI they are not much longer than a SRI.

but if in doubt you can always get a AEM bypass valve and cut the intake shorter to fit it around the throttle body.

There's some good info in that thread...nice job :)

I'd personally be tempted to stick with an sri though. Looks alot better than having just a tube in your engine bay, sounds louder (imo), better throttle response, and it's cheaper.

Unless of course you live in like, Texas or something, where it's uber hot and heatsoak would be more of a factor with the short ram.

If you're worried about it get a bypass valve, or you can just have the CAI down in your bumper and not drive through small lakes. A heat shield is the best option, being that it protects from water splashing up and in the intake while not restricting air. Also might get rid of some heat too (thus it's name, btu you're prolly not gonna notice a difference with one on or off, just a safe sense of mind)

well your stock splash guard should protect the filter from splashes ;)

Wow I've missed this forum. And you too addiction2bass. lol sri by the way. when moving you'll get cooler air anyways.

Actually, once heat soak sets in, it can take more than 30 minutes at highway speed to get the intake air temperature back to "cool" if you're using an SRI. I've tested this theory using a CAR Chip data logger in another car and I was surprised at hard it is to get an engine bay cool again once the car has been sitting in traffic or slow-moving conditions. Make no mistake about it, CAI is better. Is it more of a pain to install? Absolutely, but your engine will not lose power from engine bay heat soak.

i actually do live in texas, started out with trying a sri, and then promptly went and got the aem cai, definate improvement.. not to mention that i prefer the lower deeper sound of the cai. i've never measured the temps, but i'm sure that theres a definative difference...

as for sucking water with a cai.. the last big flood we had down here was in new braunfels, and the deepest water i saw was about 4-5 inches deep,( i was headed home before it got any worse) i went through it at about 5mph, at the lowest rpm i could manage, and i didnt have any problems.. i would think that if you were turning more revs, it would be more likely to pull water in throught the filter, and be able to suck it up the pipe. ideling through it reduces the airflow to the point, that unless you submerge the filter, you shouldnt do too bad..

but just like what was said before, if your worried about it, get the bypass and your worries are gone.