short ram intake or cold air

[tuner2be]

what is the difference between the two short ram intake and cold air intake? is one better?

[CustomLowz]

All depends on personal preference, and climate. Short Ram has the filter in the engine bay (by the battery) and the CAI has the filter in the bumper area (behind the passanger bumper lens)

Do a search, there are ALOT of threads on this...

[tuner2be]

ok thanks.

[hondamugen103]

look for my thread. i beleive its called short ram Vs. cold air.
but you gotta search dawgg!

[Chrisisiced]

If you run the risk of running thru big deep puddles i wouldnt do cold air

[Shadow1]

difference? dont worry about going to another thread. ill stop it right here. lol

short ram: better thottle response since the air doesnt have have all that tubing to go thru. but you get more TQ on the low end(low-mid) RPM range

cold air: get better numbers due to the fact that its sucking in "cold air" from behind the bumper. but you lose some of the low-mid range power b/c it has the suck up the air from the bumper. so it has more traveling to do.

correct me if im wrong

[SoCqT08]

difference? dont worry about going to another thread. ill stop it right here. lol

short ram: better thottle response since the air doesnt have have all that tubing to go thru. but you get more TQ on the low end(low-mid) RPM range

cold air: get better numbers due to the fact that its sucking in "cold air" from behind the bumper. but you lose some of the low-mid range power b/c it has the suck up the air from the bumper. so it has more traveling to do.

correct me if im wrong

Also I know the cold air requires some cutting in the engine bay also.

[Shadow1]

Also I know the cold air requires some cutting in the engine bay also.

sure does. have to move the battery or route it to go thru under it. im sorry but ill stick with my short ram

[Otto]

Shadow1's first post seems to be the concensus of their differences.

The stock intake can easily be modified for short-ram (you can find several examples iaround the forums), or cold-air (I would like to do a short write-up/guide for it, never heard/see it done).
May not be quite the same as an aftermarket kit. But hey, its free, or usually very cheap.

I turned mine to cold-air by simply cutting off the large box portion of the intake silencer (inside fender) and plugging the front of the tube that originally sucked in air. Brings air in from the same location as the cold-air kits *shrugs*. I dunno if it works as well as a kit, but it sure was cheaper.
Perhaps if you could find dyno sheets of each: cold-air and short-ram aftermarket, and each type using a modified stock intake. Would be interesting.

[93cbh23]

short ram : you and others hear the whistle as you opn butterfly plate in throttle body from under hood or....

CAI: you and others on road here the opening of throttle body plate coming from your bumper.


you chose aoh yeah and all those are good too from above

[UrDoneSRH]

shadow is somewhat right about throttle response and what not but he forgot the key factor behind your choice between cold air and short ram.

Short ram does have shorter tubing yes, less distance to travel, BUT its located inside of the bay, incase you havent noticed its hot in there.

Cold Air Intake, well its in the name, cold air, your engine runs off a mix of air and fuel. Cold air is much denser than hot air.

So cold air = more air in the same space, hot air = hot air. So if you can get cooler air to your engine your going to be burning more oxygen over short ram.

the only drawback as mentioned is if your going through a puddle and u submerge your tubing/filter... but there is a item called a air bypass valve seen in the pic below, its the peice in the middle of the tubing (you have to cut the tubing in half to use it)


hope i helped with your decision

[Shadow1]

shadow is somewhat right about throttle response and what not but he forgot the key factor behind your choice between cold air and short ram.

Short ram does have shorter tubing yes, less distance to travel, BUT its located inside of the bay, incase you havent noticed its hot in there.

Cold Air Intake, well its in the name, cold air, your engine runs off a mix of air and fuel. Cold air is much denser than hot air.

So cold air = more air in the same space, hot air = hot air. So if you can get cooler air to your engine your going to be burning more oxygen over short ram.

the only drawback as mentioned is if your going through a puddle and u submerge your tubing/filter... but there is a item called a air bypass valve seen in the pic below, its the peice in the middle of the tubing (you have to cut the tubing in half to use it)


hope i helped with your decision

i forgot about that man. thanx

[UrDoneSRH]

no trouble, always try to help a fellow tuner

[Turbo Dave]

alls ive got to say is get a cone filter and a fucking bean can.

[UrDoneSRH]

lol......... itll work