is cai right for me?

[90gs]

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

[numotive]

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...

[KrNxRaCer00]

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.

[96GSR]

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?

[90gs]

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.

[96GSR]

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

[KrNxRaCer00]

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.

[96GSR]

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.

[KrNxRaCer00]

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.