Heyy guys i just bought an 06 civic si and i was wondering what you recommend me getting for the car, Short ram or cold air. I wouldnt mind spending the price on a cold air, so that is not a problem, but i like the short ram because as of what i have heard the installation is way easier. But then again i heard if you drive on the short ram for over 2 hours it will overheat or heat up in general. I would really jsut appreciate if you guys could give me some input on which one is better considering price, installation, and overall car health

 

go with short ram..you are not going to overheat..which idiot told you this?

i drove with short ram in 100+ weather all summer and suffered no problems.....

 

lol some thing online said that, how long did it take you to instal your short ram?

 

The typical person will say that a short ram will soak heat, since it's near the header.

 

Id say cold air intake if money isn't an issue...AEM makes great products for honda

 

CAI If u have aftermarket header. SRI if u have suck header. I've experienced both. U only get heatsoak if your running an aftermarket header. My edyno came up 223hp w/ SRI. I got 230 w/ CAI. That was the deciding factor.

 

Look at it this way. Once the car starts moving, the heat will be pull out from under the car. So there really is no heat soak.

 

Cold Air Intake is the way to go if you want to go that route. I had a Short Ram and after installing the Invidia R/H it was sucking nothing but hot air in this 100+ DEG heat. I installed a HPS pipe and love it. No more bogging due to heat soak.

 

This the HPS intake hose if you were wondering..

 

Well lets think about this.

A CAI (Cold Air Intake) sucks all the cold air into the Intake (Cold air has a higher volume.. thus being harder to ignite => Increase Gas Mileage and Performance). While Short Rams operate on Hot Air. the benefits of Short Rams are less moisture build up in the intake (Ideal for people who have to go through heavy rain storms often and/or deal with snow (like me in Canada). You also don't have to go through the hassle of taking your bumper off to install. Either way, they are both good add ons to your vehicle.

 

Overheat?

Put it to you this way. Your engine's internal normal operating temperature is somewhere between 187 degrees and 194 degrees when you're driving. The thermostat doesn't even kick in until the temperature hits about 212 degrees.

I have a Short ram on my car and it took more than 45 minutes sitting at idle just for the air temperature to hit 160 degrees....on a 90 degree day.

When you're driving....there is airflow coming into the engine bay from outside that is essentially filtering out alot of the heat soak that you get sitting at idle and if you are continuously driving at a constant speed....the temperature under the hood does not go up anymore. It tops out around a certain temperature usually 20 to 30 degrees warmer than the outside air and it basically stays there.

So in other words. You'll be fine. I'm fixing to put a cold air back on my car to see how the temperature and heat soak compare to a SRI.

 

 

Does anyone have input on injen intakes. Test drove a mugen si with one and it sounded mean as hell and pulled nice. Unaware if any other mods on engine none I was aware of, and salesman was a joke. But I thought mugen had same engine set up. But seem to pull hella harder than my 07 I have now?????

 

It's in your head. Mugens or any other Civic won't pull much that much harder with an aftermarket intake....the biggest single bolt-on mod (other than forced induction) that would make a noticeable difference is an aftermarket race header (no cat.).

 

Well I didn't see anything else added, thing that made me guess thou was that it had a s2k push start. Also holes drilled under open storage space below radios controls assuming gauges. But was unaware plus the rims were sparyed horribly.

 

I've tried most of the instakes.

CAI is the most gain I've noticed but I took it off due to flooding in our area.. Hydrolocking.

SRI day and night difference but when it's hot... You'll feel the heatsoak and I'm serious

Right not I'm using the PWDJDM Intake, so far I like because no heat soak, the only thing is if your not tuned.. Your idle will be inconsistent. Once tuned it works great

 

I had an 02 Si with a K&N Ram Air. I never had a problem with it overheating. I have heard in some cases with a cold air intake you can get water sucked up through it if the streets ar flooded pretty bad. This could also be a myth.

 

SRI more for mid range, CAI more for top end,

Yes the cai intake will cause hydrolock if you try to drive through still water or high water. I drive in houston durring hurricane season all the time, just have to be smart about it. When there is alot of water I dont try to drive through it. Simple as that.


Best intake you can get is the AEM COLD air intake. for the following, best dry flow filter, no oil to mess up your MAF sensor. Has brackets and everything needed for a clean install and moving of the wiring harness. Only intake I know of that comes with a new upper radiator hose to move it away from touching the intake, and the only intake that come with MAF veins, to give you the best response, and less bog with the stock tune.

 

short ram is the way to go

 

Go CAI all the way but dont let your deciding factor be because of possible rain and snow.

 

does different sri brands make a difference in heat weather

 

I did the AEM SRI