i just got a cai from someone in houston who wanted to change to sri because of the puddles

 

Fujita SRI here!!!:dance:

 

Do you have any heat problems? I don't want to spend $200 to make my car drive like crap for 6 months out of the year lol.

 

i suggest staying stock with a k&n drop in filter.
by i run a sri in austin and the heat soak is not to much of a problem unless your in stop and go traffic all the time

 

From the research I have done a k&n drop in filter wouldn't do much but maybe shorten the life of my engine a bit by letting more dust in. Do you know something I don't about them?

 

Heatsoak isn't really as big an issue as some people think it is. Just use common sense. The amount of air the engine is sucking in is enough that the engine bay is constantly getting fresh air. As the engine sucks the air in, something has to replace the air that was previously in the bay, right? It's not as if it's constantly sucking in 150 degree stagnant air in the engine bay.

 

These sri cai threads have to stop. this is one of the most talked about topics, if you would search you would get your answer. not to be an ass or anything but dam please stop with the intake threads it has been covered more than enough! all you had to do was look at the sticky's. and i don't want to hear he wanted to know about hot weather and were he lives, read ,search and you will have an answer. here is a good place to start the mother of all intake threads..

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/bolt...bolt-ons-all-motor/102315-another-mother-thread-ultimate-intake-discussion.html

 

I've searched the entire forum and haven't seen a thread specifically about intakes in high temp areas that also flood. I also read many threads that have dealt with similar issues, but not exactly the same. I wanted to hear from people who live near me.

It's a forum, these posts are free, using one more post won't destroy the world's last rainforest or something. If you don't like the topic, or think it is a waste of your time........don't read it.

 

i understand but there are like a thousand posts on this i live in florida im taking my cai off i live in cali it doesnt matter cai or sri im just saying it s there you have to search like i said not to be an ass but dam. and if it was that important and particular to your state go to the regional and click on texas. maybe to many mocha coffee's iced from starbucks but man search foreal

 

seriously if you have a problem with sri thread why do u cont. to post in them?

just pass it up next time like the many many threads many people do everyday

 

Dude get a Fujita SRI it makes a difference the car feels alot better with it:thumb:. It rains to much here for the CAI. I wouldnt risk hydrolock!!!:SHOCKED: What part of town you live in I will let you check out my car.:wavey:

 

I live in the westchase area, just outside the beltway (westheimer and the Beltway). How about you? I'd love to check it out before buying one.

 

get the sri for sure. heat soak is an issue off the line, but non-existent once you're moving.

 

I'm in Houston too and have a CAI. So far I haven't had any problems, but I DO NOT drive through deep water/big puddles. You just have to be really careful. I also had a CAI on my last car (Accord) and had no problems with high water.

PS - I drive about 45 miles round trip to work, so it's not like I don't really drive in the rain or risk driving through high water. I've had to reverse it twice in the middle of the street in about seven years of having a CAI.

 

Vermithrax.. I live near Beaumont, in Southeast Texas, so I feel every bit of what you are talking about.

At first glance, I was going to jump on the Fujita SRI bandwagon, let's face it, that intake is awesome.. BUT.. like you I was worried about heat soak and the hydrolock issues with aftermarket cold air kits..

My short term solution is a K&N drop in filter, BUT when I do buy a short ram setup, it will be the K&N Typhoon setup. It was like someone at K&N tapped into our very problem. That setup comes with a heat shield (check the thread on it here on 8thCivic), plus, it utilizes the stock Si cold air inlet by providing a connection for it on the bottom of the filter assembly.

K&N also offers a filter wrap for dusty and "moist" conditions like ours.

Hope this helps a bit, and I'll post the correct link to the thread about the K&N SRI install when I get a chance.

 

Nice, thanks for the info.

 

I live in East Texas, and I have an Injen SRI. Granted I just installed it this winter, so I can't comment on the heat soak. But I have driven in a couple 80 degree days and it hasn't been a problem at all. The only time it will ever be a problem is when you are starting from a stop after you have been idling for a couple minutes (traffic lights, drive-throughs etc).

This is because when you are sitting still, the air stays in the engine bay and warms up, and when you start to go suck air into the intake again, it will be taking the hot air and it might bog a little for 1-2 seconds until it pulls the warm air through and gets cooler air in.

When you are driving down the road, air gets sucked into your intake soon after it enters the engine bay, and therefore does not have time to heat up, and heatsoak will not be an issue.

 

I live in Amarillo and/or just south of Houston (job...). I think I am going to hold out for the T1R or the comtech (w/ K&n filter) but would also look at the K&n intake as well. Short ram w/ heat shield (or box) is perfect for our area.

 

well i live in new orleans an i ordered fujita sri because of the positive feedback and hydrolock. heatsoak is something that is discussed but never proven, some people have it some dont. with hydrolock however, you WILL hydrolock if water is high. happened to 2 people i kno, one with an 07 si and one with a 00 celica gts. if a cai gave me 50 hp and a sri gave me 3, it would be different. i would go with sri, fujita imo.
to blacksi complaining about the thread, leave it. you toook the time to click it and post in it, so it must be worth your while. just pass it up and say look another intake thread.

 

Lol, I used to try to tell people to use the search function, but if the mods do not enforce it, there is nothing anybody can do about it...oh well, just one less thread to read after Ive don't my research :wave:

 

stock with a k&n drop in filter