cai or sri

[kaluwa]

Ok, Ok. I'll give you the one on the stock height. My car is like a friggen jeep compared to your civics, lol.

Logic prevails:

Consider this.


Where is the SRI located? Right next to a giant metal block of self-generating heat. The engine bay is fairly sealed to keep most water out when driving through rain. The majority of air it's intaking is quite a few degrees warmer than the outside air. Considering the outside air is 95 degrees, how hot would you assume the engine be?

The cold air intake works around this by piping over the filter down to the bottom right/left of the engine. It's there to suck in the much cooler air passing beneath the motor, since hot air rises.

I'm well aware of how a CAI works.


The tests/dynos in that article were performed with the hood closed so the SRI was getting no air flow at all.


In the end it comes down to personal opinion. If you feel safe running a CAI, and would like the extra 1-2 HP if you were to experience heatsock on a SRI, .
If you want an intake that puts out a deep tone, will yield you decent numbers, without any risk, .

[P057]

If you feel safe running a CAI, and would like the extra 1-2 HP if you were to experience heatsock on a SRI, .

Heatsocks are dangerous things

[omgwtfbbq!]

Always burning your feet if you're not careful

[kumar.]

I would just play it safe and get an SRI, since this is FL with all the rain that goes down. Or, get a CAI, and cut it so that you can make it either or with a coupler. Thats what I did when I had my Si.

[RoadRacer]

Get an SRI with one of these:



BPi - Performance Velocity Stack

[Puto]

A friend removed his splash guards and every other component to intentionally hydro lock his engine. 2 rainy seasons and countless puddles later, and the car still rides fine. He drives it like he stole it, through puddles.

[Troux]

Get an SRI with one of these:



BPi - Performance Velocity Stack

THANK YOU. EXACTLY what I've been looking for.

[Hater]

Wow, this again. we get this shit every year. Best was when the roads flooded and everyone came on TR to tell how they hydro locked their cars.

-oh and some store's roof fell in.

[jlude90]

screw that shit, rainy season comes i take the hood off and make my intake a snorkel...and then i go pull people out of the mud

[YaNPeR]

I have that BPI stack On my CAI.... i didnt feel shit of a difference.... besides the 60 bucks i payed for a K&N filter that would fit my intake and the $40+ i payed for the stack... it does make a weird noise tho!

[Epstein]

my opinion on the intakes, if you want performance, get an intake tube with a turbo connected to it

fixed

[Big Chris]

screw that shit, rainy season comes i take the hood off and make my intake a snorkel...and then i go pull people out of the mud

Snorkel ftw.