shopping for short ram intakes from my 02 Type -s. Just wondering what the difference is between Injen, AEM or anyother branded intakes that are like 300 bucks and the ones u can get for 60 bucks!????? is it JUST THE NAME!!!?? cause I can't figure out anything else different jus by looking at them
thanks for any help

 

an intake is a intake...why r u getting a SRI? j/w

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mraza &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">shopping for short ram intakes from my 02 Type -s. Just wondering what the difference is between Injen, AEM or anyother branded intakes that are like 300 bucks and the ones u can get for 60 bucks!????? is it JUST THE NAME!!!?? cause I can't figure out anything else different jus by looking at them
thanks for any help</TD></TR></TABLE>

The $300 ones are CARB legal and the $50 ebay ones aren't. Don't waste your money on a short ram. if you want better gains, go for the CAI. and if you're afraid of it hydrolocking your engine, get a bypass valve!

 

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thanks for any help</TD></TR></TABLE>
Not too many differences in the brands.

Major difference is in the Type of intake

Power = CAI &gt; Box&gt; SRI
Ease of install = SRI&gt;Box&gt;CAI
Most worries of hydrolock = CAI&gt;SRI&gt;Box

 

^Based solely on my 3-2-1 scale.

CAI = 7
SRI = 6
OEM=5

 

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thanks for any help</TD></TR></TABLE>
If you want an SRI, get the V2. But once summer (hot/humid weather) comes around, you'll hate it no matter which SRI you have bolted on.

 

dont do short rams

 

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That's right..


do women instead!

 

From dyno testing we have found that short rams typically make more HP & TQ. 9 out of 10 CAI's draw air from low pressure areas resulting in low #'s.



PM'd

 

it might make more power the first run on a dyno. but after a few runs, heat soak will play a major factor in power lossess for an sri.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 96sedanR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it might make more power the first run on a dyno. but after a few runs, heat soak will play a major factor in power lossess for an sri. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yup, cai ftw

 

cai =ftw!...sri =FTL!!!... you can suffer from heat soak with the sri since it sits right in your HOT engine bay.

and if your afraid of hydrolocking, well dont be..only why to hydrolock is you drive through a freaking lake..the whole filter must be submerged in water for it to hydrolock. if it just splashes water on it, don't have to worry..

 

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After a few runs, or after sitting in traffic for a minute, etc etc..

Either a box (even stock) or a CAI gives better on-demand spunk than a SRI.

 

Doesn't the Injen SRI come with a plate that blocks off the header heat?

When moving the SRI will be fine. But when idling and then taking off, yeah, you will draw some hot air.

But for the street, I still think running a CAI is just risking motor damage for only a few more HP. There are PLENTY of people that have ruined their motors due to hydrolocking. Is it worth it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Todd00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Doesn't the Injen SRI come with a plate that blocks off the header heat?

When moving the SRI will be fine. But when idling and then taking off, yeah, you will draw some hot air.

But for the street, I still think running a CAI is just risking motor damage for only a few more HP. There are PLENTY of people that have ruined their motors due to hydrolocking. Is it worth it?</TD></TR></TABLE>they hydrolocked because they were stupid for driving through a freaking LAKE..

 

Sometimes a puddle can be deceptively deep, sometimes there's no way around, and sometimes they'll just catch you by surprise (going through a low section on the freeway at rush hour, for example).

 

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PM'd

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Dyno runs don't similiate road heat soak from sitting still so long.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pat.ter.rick &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they hydrolocked because they were stupid for driving through a freaking LAKE..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Untrue. How many times at night have you been driving and hit a puddle larger than you thought? It happens to everyone.

Heck, I've been pulling out of parking lots and ran through low spots when raining and they have been deeper than I thought.

 

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Untrue. How many times at night have you been driving and hit a puddle larger than you thought? It happens to everyone.

Heck, I've been pulling out of parking lots and ran through low spots when raining and they have been deeper than I thought.</TD></TR></TABLE>so you hydrolocked from splashing in the puddles? i mean the WHOLE FILTER MUST BE IN THE WATER for it to hydrolock

 

Thanks for the help guys... I just thought getting a CAI would be a bad idea here cause it snows alot where I live... but some one above mentioned getting a by pass vlave??? I didn't know that would help.. has anyone done it??

thanks

 

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I never hydrolocked because I don't run a CAI.

But no, the entire filter does not necessarily need to be in the water to hydrolock. Submerge half of it at a decent RPM and let me know what happens.

 

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I never hydrolocked because I don't run a CAI.

But no, the entire filter does not necessarily need to be in the water to hydrolock. Submerge half of it at a decent RPM and let me know what happens.
</TD></TR></TABLE>sure i will..but it won't happen cuz i'm not stupid to drive through big puddles in the rain..