SRI or CAI with S/C

FatSacSi · 04-29-2008, 10:14 PM

JRSC site claims better results with short ram intakes over cold air intakes. I don't know if this is true with the K20Z3. I would think CAI would produce better results over the SRI which has the filter near the firewall. Inputs on this?

projectprelude · 04-29-2008, 10:24 PM

youll always get cooler air from a cai b/c the sri is trapped in the engine bay with that raging hot S/C..but no matter what youll still have nice power

EuphoricRhythm · 04-30-2008, 03:45 PM

the question is...is the air that much colder to make up for the longer piping

***Excalibur*** · 04-30-2008, 04:03 PM

i know ezcivictyper was having major bogging with his cai w/ the comptech s/c. I wonder if this is something that everyone's gonna have? Also, I wonder if the sri would have the same results? Maybe the x intake would have the best driveability with the s/c just like w/ n/a. As far as power, I would still have to bet the cai would be better in those terms.

michinsi · 04-30-2008, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by projectprelude

youll always get cooler air from a cai b/c the sri is trapped in the engine bay with that raging hot S/C..but no matter what youll still have nice power

Not always true. If your located in So Cal when the weather is 90+ think about where the heat is building up? The heat from the road is getting sucked up into the CAI which is better than sucking up the engine bay heat but it wouldn't make a big difference from what I believe. The coldest air going through the car would be the windshield.

ezcivic type r · 05-02-2008, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Excalibur

i know ezcivictyper was having major bogging with his cai w/ the comptech s/c. I wonder if this is something that everyone's gonna have? Also, I wonder if the sri would have the same results? Maybe the x intake would have the best driveability with the s/c just like w/ n/a. As far as power, I would still have to bet the cai would be better in those terms.

Its true, I have horrible bogging w/ the cold air. I dont know if its the car or not, but it idles at 500RPM so when I rev it, it sputters bad and i hate it. I'm guessing since its a cold air, it takes longer to suck up the air since its so far down. thats the bad part. the good part about it is that it sucks up colder air than the SRI. I'm switching to a short ram soon anyways, so i'll let everyone know if the intake is the problem. I would wait for the intercooler set up personally.

***Highrev1*** · 05-02-2008, 01:07 AM

Doesn't matter!! Either way the charger is heating the intake air, so eitherway that air is cool when it enters and well over 100 degrees going into the engine..

***Excalibur*** · 05-02-2008, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Highrev1

Doesn't matter!! Either way the charger is heating the intake air, so eitherway that air is cool when it enters and well over 100 degrees going into the engine..

Wouldn't it be cooler if it started out cooler? Say one was 80degrees and the other was 100 degrees; both got heated by the s/c for the same amount of time; wouldn't that mean that one that started cooler would still be a little cooler?

FatSacSi · 05-02-2008, 09:05 AM

Well I just purchased a Injen CAI. 8 days till JRSC install

***HONDACARE*** · 05-03-2008, 07:01 PM

i just picked up a used sri to see if there is any difference. its an injen and so is the cai i have now, so the comparison should be good.

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projectprelude Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: wooster , ohio Posts: 2,396 Aaron iTrader: 3 / 100%	youll always get cooler air from a cai b/c the sri is trapped in the engine bay with that raging hot S/C..but no matter what youll still have nice power

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EuphoricRhythm Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SoCal Age: 23 Posts: 96 iTrader: 0 / 0%	the question is...is the air that much colder to make up for the longer piping

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*Excalibur* VIP Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Converse, TX. Age: 25 Posts: 7,580 Jeremy iTrader: 22 / 100%	i know ezcivictyper was having major bogging with his cai w/ the comptech s/c. I wonder if this is something that everyone's gonna have? Also, I wonder if the sri would have the same results? Maybe the x intake would have the best driveability with the s/c just like w/ n/a. As far as power, I would still have to bet the cai would be better in those terms.

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