is cai right for me?

this is probably the wrong forum to put it in, but i just hang around this forum the most so i thoght id ask. anyway i was planning on getting a CAI for my teg. the thing is i live in colorado and the weather can be unprdictable. good idea? bad idea? what is exacty different with a CAI from a regular intake?

Really not too much is different between the two accept for physical differences. Maybe 1hp. From my experience, I'd say stick with the short intake. They sound awesome, there are no worries about rain, puddles, whatever. If you get a short intake, make sure you get rid of the resonator box that channels air around in circles under the air box though. I can give some instructions on how to get rid of that thing if you get the intake.

what kinda should i get? what do you have in your car? not just intake wise, i mean everything.

i have a short ram intake n no problems with it
it still delivers great sound and performance and my friends CAI sumtimes have problems with the rain n stuff

CAI gives more horsepower an a very nice sound if it's the bloody engine yer worried about spend the extra $60 and get an AIR BYPASS VALVE. they are designed to allow CAI users drivability in the rain and puddles without any loss in horsepower...only bad thing is that it might add almost 12oz. to yer car (weight)

wait i thought bypass valves took off like 1 hp? i have a CAI and its loud as hell 2250-2750rpm then almost silent 3000-3750rpm then hella loud again 3750+. my short ram was a little quieter but you heard it through the whole band. i got the cai just for summer cuz with short ram my mileage started to go down because the air was too hot, so i got the CAI. planning on getting a bypass valve if it doesnt take away horsepower, i was just going to put the short ram back on once winter came back

is cai still easy to install urself? i heard that with short ram its really easy, but cai is pretty tough. where would one buy a genereic cai by the way?

or not generic if u guys suggest that. and what parts would i need to buy besides a filter.

1st, the cai has to be completely submerged for the by-pass valve to work (been tested an proved), so ur motor can still technically get hurt.

i personally don't think a cai is going to matter all that much (which is why i went for sri), but its really jus personal pref. either way, ur not going to see any huge noticable gains.

DO NOT BUY GENERIC!!! at the very least get the specs of AEM and make your own! AEM is probably the best CAI available...DO NOT GET AEM V2...JUST BECAUSE IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE DOES NOT MEAN IT GETS MORE HORSEPOWER!!! DYNO'D AT LESS THAN THEIR (AEM) CAI. if u really want generic go to ebay and find something for less than $60... AEM with bypass valve usually runs about 220. o and if u ever plan on going turbo this is a backwards step financially...mine is on only because it was a gift

wut about just getting short ram

i might get the cai
i did a research and the injen cai gave 11hp of the dyno test
and i found that out in my import tuner mag...........

i have a CAI and a short ram (CAI is currently installed, short ram is on the floor). which one should i use? they are both generic. the tubing on the short ram is wider but it takes air from the engine compartment rather than underneath the car.

i was gonna buy a bypass valve once it got to the rainy season.

KrNxRaCer00 you're saying that even with a bypass valve you can hydrolock your engine? so i should go back to the short ram during the rainy season??

Have any of you ever heard of the Comptech Icebox? Its a CAI that is supposed to not suck up water...

http://solar.innercite.com/comptech/330122.html

Does anyone have one of these, or heard anything about them? I was thinking about getting one... I'm not sure if it uses a bypass valve... I got the impression that it didn't and had some other way of not sucking up water...

The tubing size only has significance if it is smaller than the inlet to the intake manifold. If your CAI has the same size or larger than that inlet, it doesn't matter.

BTW, the intake I have is a K&N Typhoon. It's a shortty.

That Comptech looks like you might as well just keep the stock intake and remove the resonator. That's probably all it is. Just another "buy this" POS.

the ram air intakes piping is bigger than the entry on the intake manifold, and on the cold air its the same size. i love the ethereal HOWL that comes from my intake once i hit 3750+ rpm... it sounds soooo mean. not rice at all, its throaty as hell

Originally posted by loesch8102
That Comptech looks like you might as well just keep the stock intake and remove the resonator. That's probably all it is. Just another "buy this" POS.

Hmmm, you sure about that? Isn't the point of a CAI to suck cold air from down by the turn signal as opposed to hot air from under the hood? I dunno i'm still a newbie when it comes to this stuff so correct me if i'm wrong...

Originally posted by 90gs
KrNxRaCer00 you're saying that even with a bypass valve you can hydrolock your engine? so i should go back to the short ram during the rainy season??

indeed. my frien has a cai on his w/ a by-pass valve an he got water into his motor. we couldn't figure out what had happend (we too believed that they'd save ur motor), but we started doin some research an they are only effective when the filter is submerged. therefore...it is still possible to get hydro-lock w/ the valve.

so in your opinion, if you were me and had a stock 96 gsr, what would you get in terms of intakes, and would you get an air filter and bypass valve to go with it?

i cant really tell the difference in hp gains between my short ram and my cai... ill put the ram back on i guess and get a heat shield or something. i heard from someone that heat shield on a SRI makes like a 1-2 hp gain, which is about the difference between SRI and CAI.

so u think i should get a CAI or SRI, and when i get one of them, what other parts are needed?

u can jus buy a SRI, which will include a pipe and a filter. i'd swap out the filter u get for a K&N filter, but overall, the gains are the same.

where should i buy, and what brand?

sorry for all the questions but i dont have to much of an idea about intakes, and i want to start making the car faster.

brand doesn't matter. if u wanna spend the extra cash for the colored piping an the sticker, then go for a big name, if not, a generic will do jus the same.