...cold air or short ram???
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...cold air or short ram???
im gonna be buyin an intake here pretty soon...just wondered which i should i buy...i know that cold air adds more hp but for safety reasons i dont wanna hydrolock....which one?
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Re: ...cold air or short ram??? (pimpin-n-progress)
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I'd personally go with a aem cai. As far as the bypass valve is concerned I'd do without it. Just be sure to take it easy and not floor the car when going over puddles of water and you ought to be fine.
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Yes I have injen cai, on my h22, Dont know if they make for your app. but they make a quality intake if you wanna try something other that aem, Anything less of a hurricane, you shouldnt need a bypass valve.
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To be honest I have the AEM CAI with the bypass and there's not really that noticeable difference between it with it and not. The only reason I put it on was b/c I lived in FL and was in a low part of town which had lots of standing water. I didn't really feel any real difference after it was added.
Probably going to try the injen now that I've moved.
Probably going to try the injen now that I've moved.
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get a cold air, i used short ram for a long time for the same reasons you are worried about. i have an aem cold air now and its much better. if your worried about getting water in your engine just put the stock one or in my case the short ram on if theres any chance of driving high water. i know it sounds like a pain but its really not that bad.
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i dont see what the big deal is about the cold air compared to the short ram is. I had a AEM cold air and then i decided the cut it inot a short ram about a year later and the short ram i think is better, becuase with the cold air, there are soo many bends in it that the air has to travel through and by the time the air gets to the IM the air is hot anyway, at least with the short ram there aren't as many bends and the air has less space to travel, therefore the air doens't heat up as much. just my .02
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Daboi630 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont think the air has enough time to get hot. its just going too fast.</TD></TR></TABLE>
agreed. I have an Injen cold air and love it. Good sound and good performance gain
agreed. I have an Injen cold air and love it. Good sound and good performance gain
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Get and AEM CAI for daily driving, and buy a cheap short ram intake for whenever it rains. It doesn't rain too much here, but when I had my car, I had both types of intakes just for this matter.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elkins911 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my aem cold air is a one piece unit. it looks like that air bybass is built for a 2 piece system... where would it install on my unit? right on the throttle body?????</TD></TR></TABLE>
Mine originally came as a one piece as well. Had to cut mine to put the bypass on it.
Mine originally came as a one piece as well. Had to cut mine to put the bypass on it.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elkins911 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my aem cold air is a one piece unit. it looks like that air bybass is built for a 2 piece system... where would it install on my unit? right on the throttle body?????</TD></TR></TABLE>
You're going to have to cut the piping to put the bypass valve on
You're going to have to cut the piping to put the bypass valve on
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One 3" mandrel pipe flows the same as the next 3" mandrel pipe . . . . and you're never going to find a measureable difference between cone filters. After that it's just an issue of quality & filter location.
Personally, I just picked up an eBay shortram for $30 shipped - tube quality is at least as good as a brand name one, and filter quality is better than many that I've seen. I'll be getting creative with some ducting & heatshielding to make a cold-air box setup. I fully expect it to perform as well as any intake on the market . . . .
If you look around on preludeonline.com, there've been a few guys recently that've put together similar setups.
Personally, I just picked up an eBay shortram for $30 shipped - tube quality is at least as good as a brand name one, and filter quality is better than many that I've seen. I'll be getting creative with some ducting & heatshielding to make a cold-air box setup. I fully expect it to perform as well as any intake on the market . . . .
If you look around on preludeonline.com, there've been a few guys recently that've put together similar setups.
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