What's the difference between cold air and short RAM?

and which ones do you guys reccomend for a quick acceleration setup?

 

Run a long pipe from your intake to your muffler. It'll be faster

 

i have an injen cold air, but i believe that with a cold air, if you play with the throttle, it will have better accel, because flooring it at low rpm's, you start trying to pull more air, through a longer tube, and that can create lag. but i dont know which is better, and for what

 

CAI all the way

 

I hear . . .
SRI (short ram intake) is for torque
CAI (cold air intake) is for HP

 

that cant be right, since hp is a unit derived from torque x rpm / 5252. so if it raises torque, then hp would also be raised.

cai is made for topend power and sri is for response. they just shift around power in the powerband.

 

I'd say get an SRI its not worth hrdrolocking your motor and end up spending like another couple Gs for just 1-2 whp

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by quikflip27 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that cant be right, since hp is a unit derived from torque x rpm / 5252. so if it raises torque, then hp would also be raised.

cai is made for topend power and sri is for response. they just shift around power in the powerband.</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow the things people can pull from there *** these days its just amazing

 

Depends what your going for. There is a difference between the 2 or they would only make 1 type. 1 self explains in the name. COLD air intake. the cooler the air being brought into your motoe produces more hp V.S. Hotter air from the Short ram. i have a SHort ram on my car and love it. I dont wanna have to worrie about Hydro-locking my motor when it rains. My homie has a Cold air on the same motor and u cant even tell the difference to be honest. bout then again we have different set ups. Choose wisely. Good luck

 

I've dynoed multiple cars using both Short RAM and cold air intakes. All I can say is CAI gains are very minimal, like 2-3 whp. If your concerned about getting more dense air in your motor you should try a Short RAM with Thermal insulation. Watchout for this because thermals insulator tend to hold in moisture and eat metal away.

 

read this http://www.team-integra.net/se...ID=46

and thishttp://g2ic.com/forums/showthr...ntake
it doesn't really matter. people will tell you that after 30 mph it doesn't really matter. people also say that after 9k rpm cai quits making power and that is where the sri shines. based on all that i would still buy a cai. my car doesn't rev to 8 anyway

 

Short Ram

 

non of them..

icebox teh winner

 

I'd rather not have to worry about hydro-locking my engine, so I have a SRI.

 

AEM makes a CAI w/ a bypass valve to keep you from worries of hydrolock. Unless you live in seatle or some city where it rains like hell or floods often I wouldn't worry. It is not going to hydro lock from hitting a puddle on the road. You would have to drive pretty slow through a lot of standing water before it would become toatly submerdged and suck water up. The intake will be mounted directly above the slits in the fender liner in front of teh tire on the passanger side.

ps check my sig. I have one that has been collecting dust for some time. Someone make me an offer

 

I say, if you're fully stock, there's going to be no difference other than SRI is going to be louder.

 

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SRI (short ram intake) is for torque
CAI (cold air intake) is for HP</TD></TR></TABLE>

i believe its sri for top end power and a cai for low end

 

Just get both. its not hard to switch them out whenever u feel like switching. it takes like 5mins to do.

 

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YES

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And yes, I don't see where people are getting at CAI being better for high Rpms,
The engine operates at Much faster speeds, and needs to get air in faster,
so what do you think would be quicker, 3-4 feet of tubes, or 1-2?

 

3-4

 

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lol that **** is long, and I'm guesstimating dammit
but either way, it IS longer by a bit then a SRI.

 

or do what I did with my aem cai a while back when I had it...in the summer/warm months...leave it as a cai intake. When it starts to rain, convert it into a short ram but cutting the piping and mounting the filter in the engine bay.

or if you have the money...get the comptech ice box system. Its basically a sri with an airbox that diverts air from the fender-well to the intake.

 

it's all a pipe and filter..dont hurt urself thinking about this too much

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kpn8cln &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">non of them..

icebox teh winner </TD></TR></TABLE>
icebox

 

that wasnt pulled out of my ***, go find what horsepower is...
also, look at a dyno chart, the rpm where torque and hp cross over, its at 5252 rpm...everytime...