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

 

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.

 

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

 

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...

 

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.

 

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.

 

no prob

 

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?

 

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.

 

^^ that is why i go with SRI... well i wil when i get a new one for the civic