for the past couple months, since i got my ticket, ive had my stock intake in(with the bottom cut out to allow more air). and yesterday i put a standard shortram in, and it doesnt produce the same loud & deep rumble at high rpm's. if the intake produces a deeper "meaner" sound, is that performance related, or is it just a sound?

I think its some performance, but not much. I got the shortram intake on my car just so it sounded better and meaner. It makes people think you got a v6 in there for some reason. I've been told this many many times, and its still funny when I hear it.

It's hard to say without actually seeing and hearing, but it can be all sound and no performance. It also can be performance.

oh well, thanks anyways. im just gonna stick with the stock box until summer when i can put the cai back in. im just tired of switchin that thing back and forth.

i was thinkin, that the stockbox might be better performancewise than a shortram. i cut out the bottom half, left side(away from the engine) and i have a K&n filter. plus the tube goes from a 3" opening and tapers down to the TB.

nonono, the shortram is going to be much better for performance. ur stock air box has all sorts of lil chambers to slow down the air, an jus cuz u cut holes in the side isn't going to cure that. if u wait for the CAI, then ur going to be a lil disappointed. short ram on ur car will add maybe 4-5hp, an a CAI prolly around 5-6. so ur not going to feel the difference. the sound has nothing to do with ur performance, it jus comes down to how the air goes through the piping. in a short ram, the air is going to make a sound like when u blow on the top of a bottle, causing the sound. when u jus have a hole, its the same idea, jus for sound, but ur not going to have much, if any power gains from it. unless u enjoy havin the sound that much more, then i say, put the short ram on one last time, an then put some money into something else then a CAI.

well i already have an aem cai, i just took it out a couple months ago when it was raining hard. thanks for the info though, guess ill put the shortram back in for now.