i have a JRSC on a g3 teg and i was curious which is better to have on there a CAI or a short ram intake cause right now i have a CAI but someone told me that the short was better what do u think ?????

 

shorter will be better.

 

can you explain why? im not too knowledgable on supercharger/intake combos..

Thanks in advance

 

cai + jrsc = big huge vacuum that will suck water up very easily if you drive it in the rain or snow ever.

 

CAI is better, but dont get an AEM for the reasons stated above. Icebox all the way.. you want those temps to be as low as possible for a roots-type.

 

After testing a bunch of intakes (and new knowledge from the book "building honda hp"), I've found that for big power at the strip, where intake temps aren't a big issue, run the shortest length intake with as few turns as you can. If this means hacking your current CAI so you can run the filter as close to the TB as possible, then so be it. It will yield the best results.

For the street, where stop and go traffic will cause serious underhood temps, your best bet is to run an Iceman intake. The plastic doesn't transfer heat like the metal intakes, and they're offered in a large bore. I run my full iceman CAI on the street, and the modified (cut) iceman at the track. The intake temp difference from sucking cooler air will make more overall power when comparing to the power offered from a heat soaked short ram.

 

so u think that with the blower it would be easier to suck up water then without it ???? so i should chop my cai and turn it into a short ram

 

I wouldn't worry too much about sucking in water.

Being from Vancouver, I get about 100+ days of rain per year, and have yet to suck up any water. I've also been running CAI's of some sort for over 5 years. I wouldn't worry about sucking in water unless you like to drive through deep puddles, like to drive through creeks, or just plain don't have a brain =D

What I did was actually turn my 2 piece CAI into a 3 piece unit. I use a very short length for the drag strip, and return to the full CAI for the street. It's the best of both worlds, and let's you actually prepare something at the track.

I had awesome results when I iced my intake manifold, and ran the short intake. When my engine is built, I'll be sure to not only datalog my temps, but prove which method makes the most power on the dyno.


I'll post up the results in a month or two.