Ram Air or Cold Air Intake?

[casper_sears]

I was debating on putting a short ram air intake on my 2000 Civic EX or going with the cold air intake. Any suggestions? Prices? Which is better?

[Schister66]

just get one....they're pretty much all the same, but i vote for a short ram.....

[exman98]

neither will add any great power, if any at all. i went with SRI. sounds sweet but the car is still slow(and will always be).

[casper_sears]

ok thanks, I just wasn't sure as to which one would be to the better advantage, (Trying not to hydrolock my motor)

[casper_sears]

I know that they won't give you a great amount of HP increase, only around 5-7 HP, but they sound good...

[Schister66]

On a 2000 EX, you're not going to see that much of an increase....sorry to say. You'll get a little quicker throttle response, but not 5-7 hp......if you had a header and free flowing exhaust, then you'd maybe see 5+, but on a stock car that just isn't realistic....

[casper_sears]

Ok thank you for the help. Any thought on which one to get so i dont hydrolock the engine?

[GScivic7]

shortram obviously if you're that worried about hydrolock. the filter is up in the engine bay. Unless you have puddles the size of Lake Eerie you won't hydrolock your car.

[Schister66]

Ram air if you're worried about that, but i would get the ram air anyway.....my personal preference

[casper_sears]

ok thank you very much, i aprreciate your knowledge.

[Schister66]

not a problem.....

[Krayzie873]

i have an AEM CIA on my 00 si. when the v-tec kicks in the sound is unreal....but if ur worried about hydrolock i'd def. go with the SRI. the civic isnt my daily driver

[iVteC_PoWeR]

just get a SRI its cheaper and you dont have to worry about hydrolock...CAI you barely get anymore power than a SRI anyways...and if you care about sound a SRI sounds better too but i dont know why you should care unless it sounds like an exhaust...

[kicker1_solo]

there is no need to worry about sucking up water with a cai. The only way you can suck up water is if the filter gets completely submerged in water, and how often do you drive through 2 feet of water. Splashing water on the filter won't do anything. There was actually a big study on this, but I don't remember where the link to it is. I would personally go with a CAI. I have had both a CA and a SR intake on my accord and I prefer the CAI, especially for the open road such as the freeway.

Then on the other hand on my gsr integra the SRI seemed to do better at high RPMs and that was important to me since I was taking my car to 9k+. But seeing as how you're running a civic ex, you won't ever see anywhere close to that, so the cold air intake is the way to go in my opinion.

[Schister66]

SRI is going to help the higher RPM's while the CAI is more low and mid range power......but neither is going to do a whole lot anyway so just get one and be done w/ it!