CAI vs SRI, Dun dun dun! Options

[sillycarowner]

Hey all, i've been browsing around the internet for a bit now and was wondering what everyone thinks would suit my 1995 celica sx 5S-FE.

Been to a few sites and havn't been able to find any cold air intake kits (A few SRI's though) to suit my car or any walkthroughs. I know my car is most likely similar to many others so any idea where i can get either of the two types of kit plus revelent infomation on installing them?

Thanks tons guys.

[bindertch]

no intake on a celica is going to make any sort of difference. Save your money and invest in better mods... unless you want the sound and underhood look... in which case evilspeed did, at one time, make a CAI... Or you could make your own.

Quite the opposite. I installed my CAI and noticed the difference was more than the sound. Also it helps if you have exhaust and a header.

Buy a Civic ram air intake off ebay and make it fit, or cut the plastic up under the stock filter and replace it with a K&N drop in. CAI's do not hurt cars even in the winter or rain. You can take a puddle to the filter and the car will, dum dum dum, keep running. I've put wet filters on my car before. It just runs like crap for a bit and sometimes stalls. Only way to water lock a motor is to submerge the filter so it acts like a straw.

EDIT: Buying anything like Weapon R, or Injen is just a complete waste of money. Anyone who has it on their cars has made a bad decision.

I agree. I have a CAI and I live in WA the land of rain and the car is still running great if not better than when I was in San Diego. The only way to water lock the engine is to submerge the intake and that can be fixed with a good CAI bypass valve.