it has an expansion chamber type thingy, its bullshit. i know theres dyno charts but the shits to damn expensive. and it also uses its "aem filter". check it out at www.aempower.com if your dumb enough to waste that much money on a "high performance tube" than so be it.
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not know more.
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wats so special about being "carb legal"? alright...so would there be a big difference between using a metal tube like you get with a cai than using the plastic one that came with the car? and if a metal one is such a big difference...how come someone couldnt just go buy a piece of metal tubing from a hardware store and make their own intake?Comment
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They have metal tubes with the same bend that big at the hardware store? No they dont
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when i popped my hood today and looked at the stock intake i noticed that it gets air from the wheel well...wouldnt this be colder air then the air that is already in the engine? i dont understand why installing a tube that gets air from the engine would improve the cars performance...how is this air that the cai is getting cooler than the air the stock intake gets?Comment
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stock intakes have a lot of restriction, a cai or short ram has just a cone filter. s stock intake has resonators,filter,etc.Comment
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oh, 2 more stupid ?s...1.what is a resonator? 2.what is the difference between plastic and metal tubing?Comment
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resonator calms the flow I think to make it quiter. Metal and plastic. umm the stock is a rubber(the tube). But If they where exactly the same size and shape I dont think it would matter to much. The air is moving so fast inside the tube the temperature of it almost dose not matter.Comment
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if the tempature doesnt make much of a difference then there shouldnt be much of a difference between a cai and a short ram, correct?Comment
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The temperature of the tube dosent. But the temperature of the air coming in to it dose. So the cai get cold air. And by the time it get to the end of the intake its still the same temp. Short ram gets warmer air. And once its at the end its the same temp.Comment
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So the cai intake will get u colder air. Short ram will get you better throttle response.Comment
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well there is a difference and it doesnot matter how fast the air is moving, if the filter is outside the engine bay it is sucking up cooler air (a lot cooler) and cooloer air is a shit load better for the engine, a short ram is sucking in hot engine heat, and a cai is better than a stock intake because its a cooler,smoother air flow,no resonators,etc. a cai is a lot better than a stock airbox period, theres dynos to prove it i will ry and find one, and it depends on performance you want if you want top end than go cai if you want better throttle response and lower end power go short ram, thats all i have to say take it or leave it.
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why would a short ram give you better throttle response than a cai if it is getting warmer air than cai?Comment
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