cold air intake / short ram intake

**mspc56791979** · May 13th, 2008 12:14 PM

mga paps ano difference ng dalawa or pareho lang sila? ano mas ok kabit sa oto?

**niky** · May 13th, 2008 03:53 PM

A well-designed short ram is the best way to go, from a safety and a power standpoint.

A cold air intake often takes air from the bumper area... which is a problem in floods. It tends to make better midrange, and if it's designed well, will give you some charge-air boosting and resonance tuning, giving more power than a short ram, but generally, it's not worth mucch more than the SRI. A short ram's only problem is heat soak in traffic, which can be minimized by adding a heat shield.

**s_quilicot** · May 13th, 2008 04:11 PM

sir niky, what are cons when you have a set-up like this pero wala ppong heat shield .. im using K&N brand and i notice some HP gain and better FC ..

both cars have no heat shield ..

**niky** · May 13th, 2008 05:14 PM

Pros, more intake air, better tubing (at least on the first one), which actually accounts for a lot of the gains in power.

Cons: no heat shield, may feel sluggish in hot traffic. MAF adapter may be altering air reading, causing a dip in power, but if it feels more powerful, then it isn't hurting your MAF, and you can leave it as is.

**s_quilicot** · May 13th, 2008 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by niky

Pros, more intake air, better tubing (at least on the first one), which actually accounts for a lot of the gains in power.

Cons: no heat shield, may feel sluggish in hot traffic. MAF adapter may be altering air reading, causing a dip in power, but if it feels more powerful, then it isn't hurting your MAF, and you can leave it as is.

thanks for the input sir niky .. i do feel sluggish nga pag naka idle sa traffic (yung nasa first pic altis) .. a slight drop in rpm when naka idle in traffic specially at noon .. MAF?