Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance CAI or Short Ram... Help Please!

Whats the difference between a CAI n' a short ram? What gives out more power? What would you prefer?

CAI = more power over SRI but you risk hydrolocking from rain(water getting in the intake)

SRI less power but no water worries.

thankz!!!

i heard that SRI is louder also. but all the stuff that LIVEFor2Day said is correct.

Thanks for the clarification on the livefor2day virgil!! HAHA! most people don't get that!

I was on xbox live once and some guy said, "are you ready live fourty two day" HAHA!

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that's funny stuff..live fourty two day...haha

I heard my friends say CAI is better and faster. You guys are funny!

is the sound of the SRI noticeable over stock intake system?
how much louder is it?

SRI is louder than Cai. It bogs more than CAI and makes a little less hp than cai.

Cai does the rest, but it has chance of hydrolocking.. and install you gotta go underneath the car and so forth

i like the look for SRI better. but if you want pwoer go with cai. wont be to much differnt but if you race coudl be a big difference. I live in florida where it rains allot so i went with a RMM short ram with heat shield (check profile). The SRI sounds awsome, esp when in lift. i had my hood open and my friends looking in. revved it and ther went deff. ok not really but it was sweet.

CAI sucks in colder, denser air, which is better for the engine. SRI is located under the hood with tons of hot air. so yeah, CAI out performs SRI. if you don't care about performance and just for show, SRI is good. if you care about the air temp for you engine, CAI is a better choice. SRI is easier to clean the filter. and yes, when you slam on the gas, the throttle opens up and it's loud (shorter piping helps too)...

get a tpr, Short ram, and Cold air all in one, cold air is better than SRI

ok thanx for the help guys

yep i heard tpr was really good

How much would a TPR be and where can i get it?

They just opened up a website. You can purchase it there I believe.

Another question on TPR, how does it sound? Ricey or one of those nice growl??

if people knew exactly where the filter was located in a CAI...they wouldn't worry about hydrolocking.

unless ur mudding in a foot of water. but then again if ur doing that in a celica you shoudl be shot anyway

short ram sucks

get the true cai not the short ram

ok

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CAI. but im still scared of hydrolock. SRI heatsoats and if you're looking for performance, get CAI. However, SRI's are much louder. It's crazy.. my friend has a SRi in his rsx-s and i have a full cai in my car... his is freaking loud.

when i get $ im going SRI...jersey= 2 much shitty weather...or maybe ill just go TPR and have both

yup~ get CAI I just installed mine and its nice~~
I can get you INJEN CAI for $220 with FREE SHIPPING
Let me know

personally i like CAI

Ok thankz man!

TPR intake vid (on GTS)

www.tuningprecisionracing.com/MOV02304.MPG [tuningprecisionracing.com]

and its only 200 shipped

is tpr legal?

lol no its not CARB approved yet.

damn thats wut i thought... i wouldn't want it then

what a lot of people are doin is taking the carb sticker off other intakes. TPR isnt labelled so it looks like a generic intake, and people just use the CARB sticker off an old injen or whatever. I am lookin into getting everything carb approved

Both the CAI and SRi will give you some kind of bogging, thats the whole reason why TPR made there intake, SRi, sucked, becuase of hot air from engine where it was located. CAI has always been the best, but, AEM and INJEN have different gains for example, why becuase of the way the tube is constructed and the path for the air flow, all of those factors help with bogging at certain RPM's, each of those CAI's have different powerbands through the RPM band. Now the TPR intake, has been able to compensate that, so if you have the money and patience to wait to get one, by all means, TPR all the way.

And that wasnt a sales pitch for TPR, just incase some gets mad saying that im trying to advertise it, i am just expressing my opinion for his question.!!!

CAI IS WAY BETTER BUT WATER IN YOUR MOTOR SUCK TOO, JUST BUY A TWO PIECE CAI AND PUT A FILTER IN THE MIDDLE TO STOP WATER AS WELL TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A HEAT SHIELD... THIS HELPS ALOT...

can't you put an AEM bypass valve so stop the hydrolock?