in about a month when i've saved enough money im gena probably buy an AEM CAI. i was wondering about how much hp ill get out of it. i have headers and cat-back so after this it'll probably be my last major performance upgrade.

http://www.cardomain.com/item/AEM21401R

thats the intake im looking at. any comments about this would be helpful. im not gena buy from cardomain, its just a reference.

thanks.

 

You'll get anywhere from 8 to 12.

 

damn...i didnt kno it was that much. sweet. thanks man.

 

I see on a website, they claim it'll be around 8HP.

 

More like 5 to 8 hp. Anyway you really wont feal a huge boost of power, what you'll feel is esier breathing betwene each gear change. And it will sound real cool.

 

how about an AEM short ram? will you still feel it? my wallet would be feeling that $200 for the one you're lookin at civicexracer....

 

you wont get that much of a gain from a SR

 

I dunno I can feel the difference after I took out the stock garbage and put my SRI in. Definitely seems to rev more freely and pull better. I don't feel qualified to speculate numbers. AEMs own dynos on their site don't really show a whole lot of difference between their SRI and CAI on my car. With the CAI it's a much more gradual increase whereas with the SRI it's more of a sudden increase around 5000 rpm that hold steady to the top. Main reason I went with SRI is money saved and the torque on AEMs dynos didn't seem to suffer as much as the CAI.

I'm a n00b so if everyone says CAI is superior then I believe them, but I used the available info and wanted to save $150 for other things, and I'm pretty happy with my SRI.

Course if anyone wants to lend me their CAI so I can compare, I'll be more than happy to offer my experienced opinion

EDIT - oh yeah, and it'll sound much nicer than stock no matter which way you go

 

an AEM CAI can be had for under 200 bucks. easily. check ebay

with the mods you have right now youd prolly gain 6-8 horsepower.

and it will produce more power than a short ram. the only real reason the short ram gives you more power is because it breathes easier. a CAI breathes easier AND it gets cooler air to your engine. cooler air = more hp.

 

I just searched ebay and didn't see any AEM CAI's for under $175 (*note that the shipping was exactly $25!).....