hey guys, just wondering which intake is better, sri or cai? I know for cai people say its bad in weather just incase water gets sucked up it will damage our engine!? And for sri its safer but doesnt look as nice under the hood? im pretty sure that there isnt really and HP difference. So if i could please get some help on which one to get a SRI or CAI

thanks guys much appreciated

Wazir

 

This is the most talked about and common question on this forum, this thread will probably be locked. Do a search and you will have a week's worth of reading on the subject.

I'll say this before it gets locked:

SRI= less power than stock.
CAI= slightly more power than stock.

It's extremely hard to get enough water in there to hurt the engine. Nothing short of submersing the filter will hurt anything.

This is basically the summary of the 1,000 other CAI posts.

 

sorry bro, but thanks for the help your a good man!

 

a sri intake give less power than a stock intake?...
and a cai give alittle more?..
i thought they were about the same some say it adds like 8-10 hp

 

8-10hp is wishful thinking.

The factory uses a semi-cold air intake. If you install a filter under the hood with no plumbing, you're basically running a hot air intake and you lose power. There is no reason to ever run a SRI unless the noise is worth the power loss to you.

CAI can not add power on a dyno since dynos are done with the hood up. I don't believe any of the claims. In the real world with the hood down, the cooler air is worth a few hp.

The TL's stock inlet system is not a restriction so you gain nothing from the higher flowing fliter, only from the cooler air of the CAI. I would make my own, there's no way I'm paying $300+ for a $30 filter and a piece of pipe with stickers on it.

 

good point, yeh i see some filters going for like 250+

can you not just buy a regular cone filter and make ur pipe and there is your cai?

i know that sounds ghetto but that whats you said right

 

That's basically it. All you need is to take the air from somewhere outside of the engine bay. It doesn't have to be down low or behind the bumper, anywhere just outside of the engine bay will produce the same results.

I prefer to keep the filter in the engine bay when possible. No reason it has to be outside. Just the inlet has to be outside.

If you're looking for performance only, you can just remove most of the factory inlet ducting before the airbox. Leave just the pipe that goes from the factory airbox toward the front of the car. It costs nothing.

 

is your car set up like that? not to sure what you mean sry brother not a clue with any engine mods im only a bodyman:P is you have pics can you send them over so i get an idea