Ram air / Cold air

[Pandemic]

Hey,
I have a cheap short ram intake. I was thinking about upgrading to a propper cold air by... aem, whoever. I've noticed that my short ram has been pitted and it has marks on it like a cable has been rubbing against it. Overall... it'd be impossible to make it look nice.

I was wondering if anyone has had similar problems with the more expencive setups? Are they better material i wonder?
I dont want to buy a $150 cold air intake and have it pitted and marked up in no time >:C

Thanks

[91 EX-R]

im pretty sure the problem you have with the intake getting rubbed against is from the ABS unit. someone on here said that happens when you put an aftermarket intake on.

about the CAI, it all depends on what you want to do. the AEM ones are REALLY expensive. plus you have to be careful with water when you have a CAI since it goes down into the fender. if you live in a place where it rains a lot, i would advise against getting the CAI because it can suck up water and hydrolock your engine. hydrolock = expensive.

[NAiL05]

They make a bypass valve for CAI to help the hydrolock in cold air intake those are for the two parts not the whole unit. If you have the money go for it. Personally I dont see the point in spending that much money. If you look in my MR thread and look at my engine pic you will see my custom taping job from intake rubbing on ABS module.

[dben]

I've read threads all over the internet and car forums, and for myself, I've come to the conclusion that AEM or any other expensive brand of cold air intake is not worth it. The difference between the ebay piping and expensive brand piping is minimal. It's just aluminum piping. The filter is what makes more of a difference. Maybe if I was running some super expensive engine setup I'd feel differently.

As for hydrolock, I think people are more careful about it than they need to be. I live in New England, it rains, it snows, etc etc etc. You need to get that pipe IN the puddle. It has to be some mammoth puddle. The pipe has to be submerged enough so that the vacuum sucks up water instead of air. Which is probably only going to occur if you have more than half the filter in the water if not completely. Driving during a down pour or splashing through regular puddles on the road is not going to put you in danger of hydrolock.

Of course, that's only how I feel about the subject and I thought I would share.

[Pandemic]

im pretty sure the problem you have with the intake getting rubbed against is from the ABS unit. someone on here said that happens when you put an aftermarket intake on.

about the CAI, it all depends on what you want to do. the AEM ones are REALLY expensive. plus you have to be careful with water when you have a CAI since it goes down into the fender. if you live in a place where it rains a lot, i would advise against getting the CAI because it can suck up water and hydrolock your engine. hydrolock = expensive.

I dont have abs... It looks like the cable comes from the throttle body and down to the auto-tranny... i'm trying to remember exactly. I'm pretty sure thats the one thats causing it.

[Pandemic]

maybe i'll paint it.

Interesting thoughts on hydrolock. Do you think CAI > short ram? if so by how much? worth the risk? o.O

[F20A CB7]

i wanted to use my short intake and cut a hole on the hood with a roof hood cuz they r smaller than hood scoops, and have the col air RAM rite into the filter and make like a lil box around the intake filter.