imported_SumAzunGuy

What kind of intake do you use? sri? cai? brand? any power gain at low or high rpm?

damn my sri is pretty useless on my ex

illmatic_si

yesterday I did a run against a friend of mine who has a short-ram + full catback exhaust. I have an AEM cold air + axelback exhaust and I was pulling on him in 3rd after 4.5k rpm.

theres more pull all around with the cold air.. feel it mostly in the mid's.. not to mention its sounds sWEET!!!

try this with your intake.. get into 2nd and feather the pedal until you hit 4500 rpm. then mash it! you cant tell me its useless!? it sounds stock until you floor it... thas when the engine comes to life.. hehe

imported_94EG6HB

You need dryer hose to get more cold air into the engine bay...

Dryer hose directly pointed into the short ram WILL make a difference...

You could buy a CAI, but most of us are financially challenged...

imported_SumAzunGuy

yo you can buy generic ones for 106 bux
and the ractive sri costs the same 100+

SiR-Racer

AEM CAI all the way!

Dont settle for anything less

imported_SumAzunGuy

anyone have ractive cai? if so how is it?
any gains?

imported_JookSingKid

For most guys...

You couldn't tell the difference between a short ram and a CAI, never the less the difference between and AEM vs Ractive.

imported_1sicsol

I ordered a AEM CAI today and your right they are EXPENSIVE!!

fixed spelling error

imported_1sicsol

Actually "illmatic_si" , what did you pay for your AEM CAI if you dont mind me asking?

Or anybody that is reading this for that matter.

imported_SumAzunGuy

so all cai's are the same?
how bad can the ractive one be? it looks pretty nice hahah

illmatic_si

hey sicsol .. I got mine for $350 and did the install myself, took less than an hour. the local shops in mississauga were quoting me $400-$420.

sumaznguy.. a generic knock-off or ractive SRI will get the job done, but like sir-racer said I wouldnt settle for anything less than AEM. afterall you get what you pay for.

some guys will say avoid cold-air's becuase of the possibility of picking up water. I have a friend in a 1.6 who did this and toasted his engine; another friend with a prelude did the same but his engine is fine.. it just shut down on him. I tend to avoid large puddles when driving and haven't had any problems thus far.. mind you I've only had it for 2 months

Sassafrass

I would go with Injen, which is what I have. Its 2 stages, so for any reason you don't want or couln't have your cai, you can simply take off the cold air extensison and it becomes a short ram. Thats wat I had to do when I got my new bumper.

imported_SumAzunGuy

arent all the cai's like that take the extension off and it becomes a sri

imported_sketch

v-tec has a cool intake ... its a intercooler style intake ..... sits right in front of the rad .... so you get all the air going through the bottom grille directly into the intake .....he was selling it ... and it was a decent price ..... and it will fit your car ..... i would have purchased it ... but im so broke i'll have to resort to making a pipe that leads directly into me air box ... heck ... i can't even afford that!!!!

imported_sketch

will i find a huge difference between an AEM CAI compared to a generic CAI that they sell at pacific .... ?? besides the price

V-tec

thanks for the promo Sketch!

Here's the link on the classifieds if anyone is interested.. last buyer bailed on me after I saved it for him.. it's up for sale again..

http://www.torontocivics.com/tccforu...old+air+intake

imported_sketch

anytime man..... BTW i might have some ppl who'll buy those auto clubs off you ... let me know if you have anymore .... you have my email .... and your brother has my cell..... (Tony)
thanks