My CAI vs RAI experiance Options

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I've had a few different systems or air intakes on my car throughout the years. And I just thought I would give a little write up on my experiance. Everyone seems to think that the CAI is the best. I thought this too. I've had a CAI on my car for quite awhile, and decided to go to RAI just to be doing. When I switched, I noticed a nice gain on the bottem. I'm not sure if I would get the same numbers up top as I would with a CAI, but the RAI showed good response. I didn't think that shortening the pipe would really help this out, but it really does. The pipe length is about 1/2 what it was with the CAI. I'm going to try and cut it and put the filter as close to the throttle body as possable to see how it responds. With all the air moving through the motor at speed, who is to say the RAI style wouldn't pick up some fresher air, or at least not as hot of air as it would if it was ran at a stand still.

This post has been edited by Bigmeanbulldog55: Oct 1, 2006 - 5:10 PM

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

And I just thought I would give a little right up on my experiance.

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And what kind of short ram did you switch too?

It's custom. It's almost always a custom deal with me, I hate buying stuff that actually fits. It was a CAI made from a 90-93 accord CAI that had 2.75inch piping. Now it's just about 1/2 the length. It sets in the same place that an Injen intake sets. I had it there once and a scoop set up from the opening in the left front of the bumper to shoot cold air to it. With the filter boxed in under the hood, that gave me a pretty nice little set up. The pipe was 3inch at that time. That old pipe went to moms CRV. She's got a nice little intake on it now, and loves it. She's an old racer, I can't believe she has that POS CRV though. Way to heavy of a car for that motor. My intake will stay this way until I put my new set up on . It will be better than all others.