Full CAI or short intake

[AccordHybrid92]

just get a cai and cut it in half....and put a coupler on it and ur good to go so when it rains takes bout 5 mins to change...

[92DX]

Youre better off with a Short Ram Intake, since after you pass the 30mph mark the advantage of a CAI just disappears and Short Rams would dominate. Go for the Short Ram, cheaper and more efficient.

[zipcreature]

sri has much better top end, and i hate the very idea of a CAi in FL...we get way too much rain for that here..

Hum, hey bro I'm thinking you meant to say the op. of this, right? I believe a CAI has better high end RPM power due to sucking in cooler air.

A problem with the SR is that it sucks air from the radiator / battery area, which gets very hot. If you use a SR, look into a heat shield. In a recent issue of Grassroots Motorsports they dyno a BMW 318 and lost power with a quality, name brand SR because it was sucking hot air in. They fabbed up a cardboard heat shield and guess what? They got the lost HP back. But, no gain. So they went back to the stock box with a drop in.

SR does sound louder, but thats not a good thing because it attracts unwanted police attention to your ride. Its also ricey to want something because it sounds better, but performs the same. This is only my personal op, and it not directed at ANYONE at ALL. NO ONE Should read what I'm posting.

- Zipcreature

[tsumi83]

SR does sound louder, but thats not a good thing because it attracts unwanted police attention to your ride. Its also ricey to want something because it sounds better, but performs the same. This is only my personal op, and it not directed at ANYONE at ALL. NO ONE Should read what I'm posting.

- Zipcreature

lol NO ONE READ THIS!!!! IM INVISIBLE
I dont like rice either but I do like the sound of a 4banger @ wot with a nice intake...it just growls soo nicely...mine may not be as nice as my ex-sol with the b16a..... the sound of the car just transforms @ vtec @

course, with mile high air and ethanol fuel.....how much hp am I losing just to geographic limitations??? I'm not soo worried in my case about hp, just pleasing myself. :-)

hehe, at least its not a "blowoff muffler insert" oh god....

[mondojackal]

Hum, hey bro I'm thinking you meant to say the op. of this, right? I believe a CAI has better high end RPM power due to sucking in cooler air.

A problem with the SR is that it sucks air from the radiator / battery area, which gets very hot. If you use a SR, look into a heat shield. In a recent issue of Grassroots Motorsports they dyno a BMW 318 and lost power with a quality, name brand SR because it was sucking hot air in. They fabbed up a cardboard heat shield and guess what? They got the lost HP back. But, no gain. So they went back to the stock box with a drop in.

SR does sound louder, but thats not a good thing because it attracts unwanted police attention to your ride. Its also ricey to want something because it sounds better, but performs the same. This is only my personal op, and it not directed at ANYONE at ALL. NO ONE Should read what I'm posting.

- Zipcreature

umm, no..i meant exactly what i said..
my bro in law has a CAI on his v6 6th gen coupe, and it just dies at upper rpm compared to stock..i have a SRI and i love it..

think back about being kids in the pool with a hose..you try to go under and breathe, right? well, the longer the hose, the harder it is to suck air in...you have to move a lot more air just to get some..and regardless of how it is on a high performance BMW, which is going to make more heat under the hood, from the more extreme nature of the motor..on an accord, you are going to make more top-end power with a short intake that lets it have all the air it wants, as opposed to an intake that restricts it with its length, curves, and the fact that its down inside the front bumper, where there isnt that much air flow..

[blackoutt]

mine

I put my battery in the trunk and had a short ram that goes all the way to the back of the headlight.