Full CAI vs. Short Ram Intake

I'm just doing a quick survey for kicks. What do you prefer, short ram or CAI? If one more than the other, WHY?

CAI !! no doubt about

Reason: Simple the name say it all ! COLD AIR INTAKE ..



A short air ram is only for show because its sucks the heat from the engine back in ..
and that is what you try to avoid.

mabey for some people its looks cool and sound is improved . but its has NO peformance at all .
its wil do more Bad then good.

for Ex sample:

- No good supply of cold air to the throttle body
- Use more fuel to compansate for the lack of cold air
- Les Power BHP.

Very interesting. Now lets say you have a ram air with a heat shield and outside fed air ducts.

than its not a Short Air ram anymore !!

i would call that a modified Cai .

best regards.
Roy

"ram air" is always best, but without an aftermarket hood, it is hard to get...

I prefer the short ram personally. That is because I live in south Florida and Hydrolock is a big issue.

Great input guys! Keep it coming. I want to find out once and for all. I will also do this on other debatable mods to see what the optimum configuration should be.

I just installed the Cosmo Racing CAI on my Accent (see my post in the Accent forum). It works great and is not obnoxiously loud like some installations I have heard. On the other hand, I may find myself coming over to soapsud's point of view next winter if we get our usual amount of upstate NY snow! That filter is pretty close to the ground.

I prefer cai because why not it suck cold air which actually does something. I think that short ram are just a piece of crap that suck in hot air from engine bay which you might as well keep the stock air box and save money.

well, the SRI does have less restrictions, so the air flow is smoother, but the CAI is more beneficial.

Well I live in Phoenix arizona and I dyno'd my V6 Tiburon with AEMs short ram (which is a couple of brackets and a cone filter) and AEMs cold air. HP gains were the same at 3-5hp. In cooler climates cold air would be more beneficial and another thing to remember is it isnt just cooler air that makes better Hp its the fact that air is more dense the lower you are.

I had a CAI on my Accent and it worked pretty well. I got bored as I always do and made a short ram for it and ran a feeder tube to the fender-well. I then heat built a heat shield to block off the temp from the engine and especially the header. Throttle response is better, power has increased over the CAI by 2 horsepower.

How is cold air better then ram air. Ram air puts the air quickly into the engine and cold air taks a few seconds that will hurt you on the track.My friend has a 2000 honda si with a cold air and he payed over 300 dollar for a cold air intake and the filter got wet and full of dirt and couldnt be cleaned and it was ruined so he went for a ram air and he said he felt a faster accleration in his car