Cold air intake performance Options

[recniabsal]

Ok I have a major slice in the tube for my stock air intake and so I am thinking of replacing the whole thing. I have a K&N filter and I drilled a big hole in the bottom of the air box. But I went to ebay.com and saw a cold air intake included with a K&N filter that would fit the intake. I have heard rumors that they perform ****ty during rain or winter. Its 105.00. Do you guys think its worth it performance wise? Cost isn't too much to me as long as it would last a long time and perform well.

[mspired13]

CAI dyno runs hav eproven time and time again to have better gains in power, due to the fact that colder air leads to better fuel combustion (drive on a cold day, and drive a hot day). CAI have a longer lag in throttle response, as it takes more time for it to fravel from the filter to the engine. Not too much, but noticable. If you were to go this route, seeing tha tyou live in Utah, you might want to consider an AEM air by pass valve. This little device will prevent your engine from sucking up water. Soem people have short ram or pop chargers. They have reduce air travel time and like wise have better throttle response. If you run one of these, you will need to run a heat shield as it will suck the hot air in the engine compartment. I like your idea of drilling holes into the airbox. A trick that old school racers used before CAI and the sorts. I did this on my 92 integra, poped a high filtration panel filter, Drilled three big 1.5 holes onto the sides, and bottom of it, ran a good size tube to catch some ram air effect and closed the hood. Sounded evil, but when people poped the hood, everything looked stock. Which is kind of nice Plus it keeps the heat away from the air.

This post has been edited by mspired13: Sep 23, 2008 - 10:20 PM