Intakes!

[MZ3SPORTRUE]

has anyone had issues with there sri making there car stall or studder? ive heard this happening with SRI's but they all did it in quite high temperatures/high elevation (outside). im assuming because the intake sucked in to much heat? but these temps were like 100+, i live in michigan so i dont experience super high temperatures or high elevation! any thoughts?

 

[MonchieM3S]

I'll post mine as well..

Fujita F5 CAI, installed Summer 2008

Just to make sure when Installing, make sure you give enough slack on your MAF wires. Scrawny little wires and mine got severed.

and here's a video.. it sounds pretty much just like that.. heh

http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk304/samsonR/car pics/?action=view&current=carz004.flv

 

[hat1018]

i have read that sri may cause heatsoak in higher ambiant temps in stop and go traffic, ac running. my guess is rad temp and condenser temp super heating available intake air.

 

[MZ3SPORTRUE]

my guess is rad temp and condenser temp super heating available intake air.

im sorry i dont understand

 

[mikelebz]

I just installed a Takeda SRI with dry filter. it did not come with a heat shield. I don't want any issues. should I invest in one? are there people who run it without a heat shield?

thanks,
Mike

 

[MZ3SPORTRUE]

do anyone particularly sell heatshields for a sri? if so where can i find them?

 

[hat1018]

im sorry i dont understand

cooling fan kicks on and draws air thru the rad. and ac cond. into engine bay which is already hot, and since you are not moving an sri may draw in too much of this hot air causing hesitation/stalling. "heatsoak"

 

[MZ3SPORTRUE]

ah ok, i guess the abbreviations through me off lol

 

[mikelebz]

I just bought a TWM short shifter on ebay and the seller also had a cold air intake for sale on there, but did not get what she wanted for it (I believe it was, Injen, AEM maybe?...some reputable brand I DO remember.) she said she would let it go for 130 shipped. think I should ditch my takeda SRI for this CAI? and do you think I could use my dry-flow filter on the CAI?

thanks for the advice,
mike

 

[hat1018]

imo cold air intake is the better deal. but also a potential to hydrolock (suck water spray into system) bad deal for mass air flow sensor and maybe throttle body. i am torn between the 2 versions both have pros and cons. my thought is to cut about 3 inches off of a cai and end up in the middle. hell i don't know. i believe that AEM sells a foam wrap for the filter that helps to prevent water from entering the system.

 

[mikelebz]

I mean I just want to be safe. I don't want to mess anything up. the thing keeping me away from the CAI is hydrolock, and what is worrying me about my SRI is heat(the reason for this is that I drive in a city with stoplights and stopsigns everywhere, however I rarely use AC if ever. but I have also heard that unless you are going fast and actually getting some cool air into the SRI, all of the benefits are naught. is this true? because I am stop-and-go in a city and it is taking in some hot air going fairly slow speed, are my gains just not being had?

if this is the case, I will go with CAI

 

[thejeans]

go CAI and then get an Outerwears Prefilter and youll be fine...

 

[mikelebz]

there are so many. I don't see the difference between most of them. are they just the pre-filters?
http://www.outerwearsracing.com/products.asp?cat=11699
and I should be good? slim chance of hydrolock? even when going through the car wash(my apartment does not have the space to was the car myself)?

 

[MonchieM3S]

I mean I just want to be safe. I don't want to mess anything up. the thing keeping me away from the CAI is hydrolock, and what is worrying me about my SRI is heat(the reason for this is that I drive in a city with stoplights and stopsigns everywhere, however I rarely use AC if ever. but I have also heard that unless you are going fast and actually getting some cool air into the SRI, all of the benefits are naught. is this true? because I am stop-and-go in a city and it is taking in some hot air going fairly slow speed, are my gains just not being had?

if this is the case, I will go with CAI

hmm.. i grew up in dc/maryland area.. never had a problem with having a CAI.

 

[mikelebz]

alright. thank you guys very much. any more opinions?