Flipster23

iTrader: (15)

Ok new to the game i had a short ram in my civic. Now i am wondering what you aziners think would be good either the cold air which is the one that goes down to the bumper correct? or short ram which would you get? Let me know your opinions and or stories!

Seantype-s

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Short ram is worthless

Go cold air.

grip

a short ram is not worthless.

i personally would get a cold air, but i bet 99% of the people with cold air intakes would not even be able to tell the difference between a CAI or shorty.

sure you may be sucking in cooler air behind the bumper, but its nothing you the driver will notice...what you do notice is the less restrictive intake design compared to the oem one, not the placement of the air filter.

so get whichever one you like, and can afford.

Razzi

ebay 40 dollars with KN filter. 90 dollars. woot

LeeDan00

i can't say i agree with you completely. although there is little noticeability to the driver, i would without hesitation get a cold air hands down. why would you get a short ram and feed hot air to your engine? it's not really about if you can feel it or not. why would you want to recycle hot air back to your engine?

grip

this topic has been beaten to death for the last 10+ year's i have been into car's, and it never gets anywhere.

i am not going to argue this with anyone, but to say all short intake is doing is sucking in "hot air" is stupid.

Russell The Love Muscle

In heavy rain/puddles how easily will a CAI suck in water on the TL?

grip

if the filter is under water, pretty easily.

usually the filter is pretty well protected from most water because its behind the bumper, and fender splash guard's....

Seantype-s

Mmm it all depends on the situation...this point has also been argued many times. If your filter becomes submerged completely, you're pretty much screwed. You should be okay in the rain...just avoid the puddles, that's what I do haha. If a trace amount of water makes it past the intake, you should be okay - water doesn't flow "up" very easily.

Flipster23

iTrader: (15)

Why would i search im asking for peoples opinions im not asking whats the difference im asking what would people get. But thanks for ur input cold air i see.

`ill*tl

grip is right.. your typical driver won't personally notice hp gain difference between a SRI and CAI. There are certain conditions where a SRI is actually better and vice-versa.. if your going for pure sound, get the SRI... otherwise, CAI is a better choice all around. And NOOO, a CAI won't suck up water from driving through puddles. You would need to submerge your entire front end until the filter itself is underwater for you to hydrolock your engine.

LeeDan00

if you ask me, i personally think an SRI sounds a lot better than a CAI. my friend has a SRI and it's a lot louder than my cold air. performance-wise, there really isn't much difference imo.

RyanWithThe99tl

im getting a used AEM CAI with k&n filter plus the cleaning kit for 90 bucks

but the majority seems to go CAI on here, get the aem V2 and you get the best of both (for 300 bucks though) haha

`ill*tl

..he has a TL-S, they dun make the V2's for us.

Flipster23

iTrader: (15)

You find your AEM in the BM? i might start looking on the BM to see what is out there

RyanWithThe99tl

i forgot

and well kinda, he was selling it in there, but i bought some other stuff from him, and hes giving me a deal

aznboi2424

iTrader: (10)

Someone in the bay was selling a AEM V2 for type S cars for 200. He said it was a prototype that never went into production.

VoLLy

iTrader: (8)

Cai ftw!

CL-Slick

iTrader: (7)

Cai ftw!

'03TL-S

iTrader: (10)

I, at first, knew nothing about cars when joining this site. I searched around and most people on the forums prefer using the CAI over the SRI. So i decided to follow these members and got myself a CAI (icebox).

Audiovibe-Mike

'I have a cold air in my acura, but a short ram in my honda. on my honda the splash guards are all but gone and i didn't want an intake down there primarily because i drive in alot of shitty weather with it. the acura has a good splash guard. and i prefer the cold air sound. I started with a short ram in my acura but switched it after a month or so.
just my opinion

fsttyms1

Because its been asked the same way before thats why

fsttyms1

Your average person wont feel 10-20 hp either. But the fact remains that Cold air is better than hot air. A short ram (especially in summer) is going to draw in much more hot air than the CAI

gold2003tl (90)

yea most people on hear get a cold air - but i personally dont like them. if you get a short ram you must close it off from all that hot air by making a custom air box like i made. you must make it so it can only draw air from the cavity in which the resonator used to sit in. so it can draw colder air. its ur call on this - i went short ram for the sound and sharp throttle response - and i made it suck cold air so i get a little more power. i most likely wont get as power much as a cold air. good luck

`ill*tl

Kris, thats what heat-shields are used for on SRI!!!

Ramsrt500

The one thing you have to keep in mind is a SRI is very easy to install and clean.

If you get a W/R SRI intake like I did you can always get the ram air tube for cooler airflow. Plus I love the deep tone but to each his own.

lunedog

I think you should go with the CIA personally . I built mine out of pvc. Check my picks in thread I started.

Flipster23

iTrader: (15)

Well everyone im getting comptech exhaust first to the SRI or CAI will have to wait. I was going to get those Tsudo exhaust but I am not sure

ChrisQ1980

How many threads are here on Azine, and how often about a TL or TL-S being hydrolocked?

A short ram is pointless. If you don't want a CAI remove your intake resonator and get a K&N filter.