Intakes & foul weather

[elias1974]

Just thinking outloud here...

I was considering my recent move to Carmel NY and the possibility of heavy snows this year...

I guessed that a short ram Intake like AEM or even eBay custom, may be better to my advantage than a Injen CAI that may suck up snow, rain, small forest creatures....ect...

Anyone else have this though or experience with Snow...

PS, are there any real performance gains between the short ram and the Injen CAI?....

I am aware that the Injen is lower, hence cooler air temps, but how much additional if any HP is gained?

 

[Mazda5Driver]

well if ur intake is sucking in snow or rain that means ur block is under water and that right there would ruin tha car so unless ur plan on driving thru 2foot puddles or go blazing thru a field of snow id say ur allset...as for which gives u more horsepower...obviously tha Injen bcuz it sucks the cold air from outside tha car it also helps if u remove the fog light to allow more air to flow into tha filter.

 

[Mike R]

The area where the Injen filter sits is very well protected. The only way snow would get into it would be if the car hit a snowbank fast enough to destroy the whole front end. Rain is about the same way, I ran a highly exposed open filter on another one of my other cars and never had a problem-and I ran through 2 ft of water and all kinds of snow.

 

[mcstark]

Great info guys...now I think I'm sold on the Injen. Anyone out there have the red bits from Guju and the red Injen -- just curious how they look together.

Elias -- what color theme are you going with? I'm doing red -- painted the calipers and want to match the strut brace.

 

[elias1974]

I was going to do red, now I am considering Gold rims...

 

[changedman]

wow gold- interesting. as for intake im keeping mine in over the winter unless it gets really bad.

 

[SloPro5]

I just get a 4WD beater for the winter and put the P5 in garage. Sloves all my problems with the winter weather.

 

[azeli73]

I went with the balck Injen. And I've had the oil cap for awhile from guru...Plan to color match the strut bar like the intake.

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And as far as snow. Never heard of it (lol2)

 

[bazooka joe]

you'd have to be going through a lot of water/snow to have any problem. if you're really worried about it, they have a bypass for the injen that will suck air if the lower filter ever get's blocked. have had mine on through all of last winter, no probs!

 

[changedman]

ya, nk. esp snow. i dont see how snow can get sucked in. lol.

 

[SomaMP3]

I have a thought here. I'm up in Canada so its gets pretty cold here(around -35C). Wouldn't all that cold air be harmful when starting the engine? Also, wouldn't the engine try to compensate by dumping a s*** load of fuel into the engine? It would almost be like constantly driving with the choke on. Thats just my 2 cents

 

[Vulcanon]

I have the AEM SRI, supposedly the performance gains are identical...if you are concerned about sucking up gunk with a CAI, just get the SRI, if you have a manual tranny, the SRI will hang very low anyway, lower then the engine and away from the heat

 

[PatrickP5]

I have a thought here. I'm up in Canada so its gets pretty cold here(around -35C). Wouldn't all that cold air be harmful when starting the engine? Also, wouldn't the engine try to compensate by dumping a s*** load of fuel into the engine? It would almost be like constantly driving with the choke on. Thats just my 2 cents

When your car hasn't been running, the air at the end of a CAI is the same temperature as the air anywhere else in the engine bay. If it's cold outside, then it's cold in the engine bay as well as by the CAI.


Patrick

 

[SomaMP3]

But, if you have a CAI, the air would be considerably colder than on a short ram kit. I have noticed a huge difference in gas mileage when i take it off in the winter.

 

[bazooka joe]

the stock filter and the injen cai are basically suckin the same temperature air, from outside the car.

 

[Yaegs4life]

I have the aem sri and Its def one of teh longest sri ive ever seen meaning its under the engine close to teh ground. The sound is awsome and i could def feal gains. If all you guys are afraid of getting snow or rain in your intake just throw out your injen and go with a real company like aem, or you cold go the cheaper way and buy a bypassvalve. a bypassvalve is something new and aem and injen both have a version of it. If any water or snow gots to the filter element it shuts down and starts sucking in air through the bypassvale witch goes on up before the sensor . They usualy retail for about 40 bucks. Its kinda exspensive but you will never have to worry about hydro lock agene. Heres a few pics for a better idea

 

[bazooka joe]

while the bypass is not that new. i've had one for over a year. just drove through a lot of bad weather this morn, snow rain, not a problem!

 

[TUNGSTENGREYWIDOW]

A CAI has to be fully submerged in order to suck water so the by pass valve is a waist of money. As far as aem being better maybe on a honda.

 

[Dimitrios]

I......just throw out your injen and go with a real company like aem.....

What the hell does that supposed to mean?

 

[Yaegs4life]

It means buy aem, the reason they dont take the time to build a cai for our car is because its useless the power gains are identical. so why would you risk sucking up water or snow when you can just buy an aem intake and not have to worry about anything.