Cai or short ram?

[Razer]

Im living in a small town, i heard tha it's better a short ram, it's true and why?

[rebels]

Short ram all the way.

I lost my F22 due to hydrolocking it with my cold air intake.

I don't have any problems with my short ram intake, I've had about 4-5 friends lose their engines to hydrolocking them. Some were built H22's too.

[rebels]

You don't know before you leave your place that you're going to slide into a flooded part of a road. There isn't much you can do once it happens.. I can't just hit a switch and make my car float on top of the stuff.

I had my cold air intake on there for 2 years and it was fine, but why spend the more money on a cold air when for many reasons it's not better.

1) Cold air intake = more piping to flow through
2) Short Ram = less piping to travel
2) Cold air = more expensive.

[91accord4door]

cai= fresh cold air
ram= warm engine air


ram- better throttle response
cai= better top end

[91accord4door]

i have been in serious rain (driving) and still have not drove through more than a big puddle. and i would def notice a 1' pond when driving i would turn right around and find another way especially if my car was dropped,thats why you learn 3 point turn in driving school, secondly if its a one way i would still turn around.there really is no reason to drive through such deep water.lol worse comes to worse i would bust out a flathead and take the intake right off the throttle body to get through the water,less chance of water getting all the way up there.

[PRIMOCB7]

..i lost 2 motors, a built A6, and a F22b..had cai both times. but i don't blame it on the cai, it was my decision to drive thru, or thought that i could. even with my new H22, i'm still gonna keep my AEM cai
you can always buy another motor anyways

[rebels]

i would rather not blue a motor due to a $70 piece of metal piping. i'm not worried about the 1 HP or 2 HP that i would be getting from the cold air intake.

i don't feel like being worried when i am driving that i could lose my engine how i did the first time. it was raining, which you should be able to drive a car in the rain, and it was raining so hard i didn't see the side of the road that was flooded and i slammed into it. i'm not saying it's the cold air intakes fault, because i could have driven my daily driver that night but i didn't.

id rather have a short ram reguardless, because less worrying and i'm not that picky about a few HP's.

[92accordf20a]

but doesnt a bypass on a cai prevent hydrolocking??? if so y not use one???

[91accord4door]

yes it does but it takes away hp.lol well thats what i here. so people risk not buying one.

[92accordf20a]

but how much can it possibly kill??? 1-2hp

[91accord4door]

first off most gains likely out of a cai is 1-3 hp to the wheels, so i have heard a bypass taking 2 away so it leaves you with no gains or 1 hp at most. so basiaclly its a waste. if i were to run a cai i would run the 2 piece design and when it rains or snows remove the lower tube and have it as a reguler intake.

[92accordf20a]

yeah thats what i was thinking, or u can also cover the bypass with something and then remove it when u need to use it.

[91accord4door]

well having the bypass in there in the first place is what takes away and hp that is gained. so the 2 piece is best you dont need a bypass and you just take off the down tube, takes 5mins.

[DrLove'sKuDang]

thats what ive always told everyone, get the 2piece. and im sure it has alot to due with the fact that i was tuned with the cai, but when i went to the shortram, i noticed a big drop im mid-high pull... it just felt downright slow.

[91accord4door]

really? so you did feel a noticeable differance with the cai? i am looking for a used one might resort to ebay soon and throw on a nice k&n filter.