cold air intake question?

[lowincome]

sooo i see that some people have a shirt ram intake and other have a long cold air that goes behind the battery somehow . . . umm how do you do that . . . just wondering where it goes and if i can do that or not much thanks later

[Cb7GHOST]

to fit a cold air intake you have to enlarge a hole that's near the battery.

[zack_odom]

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Yeah that's about it man. You may need to remove the bumper to fit the filter as well...
I'm not sure though...I have a short ram, I dont trust a CAI in Seattle lol.

[Losiracer2]

theres a 3x5 inch hole about in the fender, make that bigger so the CAI can fit through it. then walla! you have a CAI on your car.

[jumpman83]

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Yeah that's about it man. You may need to remove the bumper to fit the filter as well...
I'm not sure though...I have a short ram, I dont trust a CAI in Seattle lol.

Don't worry about it. I know no one thinks it rains or snows in California, but I live where it does both (and yes I've seen Seattle... not much worse, just more common). At winter's worst I still havn't hydrolocked a car, that's with the filter hanging unprotected about 6" from the ground, romping through puddles 30+ feet long, 4" deep. The test has been done before, you only need to worry about a CAI sucking up water if the filter is fully saturated for pretty close to a minute. Behind a splash gaurd and with some lack of wrecklessness, it'll be fine.

[92bently]

and if u are really that worried about water u can just purchase a bypass valve for the intake and that will just about guarantee no water in your engine not that its really that likely in the first place but possible

[deevergote]

The power gains of a CAI over a short ram aren't really worth the risk of hydrolock. I have a CAI only because I gave in to the hype... but I really don't think I'd notice that extra 2hp (maybe!)

[vinbon63]

I heard those bypass valves undo whatever power increases you may receive from a cold air intake. Anyone else heard the same?

[deevergote]

It depends... but yeah, they do cause a bit of a loss by creating a bit of turbulence in the intake flow.


The best thing to do is get a short ram with a good filter. AEM or K&N. Even just the filter on a cheap ebay pipe... the short ram pipes aren't really that important.

[js593]

IMO Cold air is over rated. I have a short ram, and i tried out the cold air, SAME noise, no extra power gain. And since it seems to sparatically rain whenever it wants here, i would stick with my short ram.

[wvcb7]

i have tried autozone cone filters, AEM, and K&N filters, and the best so far is the Weapon*R dragon or secret weapon intake, you can really notice a difference if you are used to driving with the weapon rand swith to something else, but like said before the tube doesnt matter mainly the intake

[deevergote]

IMO Cold air is over rated. I have a short ram, and i tried out the cold air, SAME noise, no extra power gain. And since it seems to sparatically rain whenever it wants here, i would stick with my short ram.

No extra power gain by what dyno? The one in your pants?


CAIs DO produce more power... just not enough to feel. Not worth the expense, risk, or hassle, IMO.

Also, having to put the car in the air to remove the filter to remove the intake to remove the intake manifold... pain in the ass.

[MikeW]

Im an SRI guy myself, but ive always liked the idea of piping air in from the fender, or from the front of the car, like Bille did with his


That or using a CAI but cutting the piping like 4-6inches shorter. I guess it rains/snows an average amount here in MO, but im usually careful as to not drive through puddles anyway, so...yeah i guess CAI's arent really worth it unless you live in a dry place.

[h92ex]

I have a short ram intake, and a spectre cone filter..should I try to get a different filter or is that one pretty good?

[MikeW]

Never heard of it.

I usually go to Advanced or O'reilly's and pick up whatever filter they have in thier "Tuner" section. Probably some no-name, off-brand but...

I think K&N is probably best, but i can never find them in the proper cone size