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Cold Air vs. Short Ram, Advantage and Disadvantage

Oct 18, 2004 - 12:51 AM
creis View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '04 From Shoreline, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%)	I have a cold air intake for my GT, its much better then the short ram I have on now, but it dose take in water, i run the short ram in the raining months, and the cold air in the sunny months. it only takes like 10 min to swap. but yeah the cold air is much better, even from a stop, it feels like it has more poser, and takes off quicker. I noticed that, the stock intake has no inlet, its just a big closed box. is the air sucked though the plasic due to the pressure? --------------------

Oct 18, 2004 - 1:35 AM

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QUOTE (creis @ Oct 18, 2004 - 5:51 AM)

I noticed that, the stock intake has no inlet, its just a big closed box. is the air sucked though the plasic due to the pressure?

Then you're totally missing it

(or had some sort of weird factory defect!)

If you're looking at the car from the front, the stock inlet is a hole lined in plastic that comes from inside the fender; that leads through the engine bay and to the stock airbox- where the short ram's filter is. It's under the fusebox

Oct 18, 2004 - 3:54 AM
playr158 View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%)	yea but that box is so long through the fender that its no good....just unbolt it all and trash it.......temporarily unbolt your fuse box and you'll see were the stock tubing went into the wheel well, heat wrap sum piping and run it from the TB into the wheel well and put your filter in there......IMO the best for TRUE cold air see me car in the sig VVVV below/behind that turn signal is my air filter This post has been edited by playr158: Oct 18, 2004 - 3:54 AM

Oct 18, 2004 - 10:24 AM

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QUOTE (playr158 @ Oct 18, 2004 - 8:54 AM)

yea but that box is so long through the fender that its no good....just unbolt it all and trash it.......temporarily unbolt your fuse box and you'll see were the stock tubing went into the wheel well, heat wrap sum piping and run it from the TB into the wheel well and put your filter in there......

You realize what your describing is almost the exact same thing as the stock airbox- except you have more piping than a SRI now?

One of the reasons the SRI gets more hp than the stock airbox is it doesn't HAVE to pull air from the fender through that piping- it CAN pull hot air from the engine bay. When the car gets moving- cold air gets forced through the old stock piping and the SRI uses that.

Oct 18, 2004 - 11:29 AM

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QUOTE (shid @ Oct 18, 2004 - 2:35 AM)

Then you're totally missing it

(or had some sort of weird factory defect!)

If you're looking at the car from the front, the stock inlet is a hole lined in plastic that comes from inside the fender; that leads through the engine bay and to the stock airbox- where the short ram's filter is. It's under the fusebox

I could be missing it, I thought it looked a bit odd when I took it out. but let me clarify that I am talking about the box inside the fender (below the fusebox) thats connected to the "hole lined in plastic". its closed off, there is no way for air to come in.

btw: if you have an injen you probably didn't have to remove it. it sits in the fender so it gets in the way of installing a cai.

Oct 18, 2004 - 11:50 AM

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QUOTE (gh0st_d0g @ Oct 18, 2004 - 4:29 PM)

QUOTE (shid @ Oct 18, 2004 - 2:35 AM)

Then you're totally missing it

(or had some sort of weird factory defect!)

If you're looking at the car from the front, the stock inlet is a hole lined in plastic that comes from inside the fender; that leads through the engine bay and to the stock airbox- where the short ram's filter is. It's under the fusebox

I could be missing it, I thought it looked a bit odd when I took it out. but let me clarify that I am talking about the box inside the fender (below the fusebox) thats connected to the "hole lined in plastic". its closed off, there is no way for air to come in.

btw: if you have an injen you probably didn't have to remove it. it sits in the fender so it gets in the way of installing a cai.

Alright, I thought u were saying how the stock airbox was just sealed off- and didn't have that hole that lead into the fender.

That area is not TOTALLY sealed off- it mostly is to minimize dirt and water in the filter- but it's not completely.

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