Thinking of buying this Short Ram Intake. Opinions?

[Jezis]

notice anything different? imma buy mine in the next couple days hopefully

 

[Rusty]

It's louder than I expected. Now every time I step on the throttle, I feel like I'm screaming All Show and No Go! The engine doesn't run any differently.

I've seen some in pictures that had a foam rubber sleeve covering the filter element. Maybe that would quiet it down. I'll look into getting a better filter when I finish with the timing belt job, which hopefully will be today.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

Here, check mine out. The flat brackets can be connected together to make a brace that you bolt to one of the MAF holes and then under a nut on top of the tranny to help hold it up. And yes, make sure to position the 1st elbow as far from the mstr cyl as possible or it'll rub a hole in it. That and a better filter and it'll be fine.

 

[Rusty]

I like that, hooked to the tranny so it moves with the engine, I need to do it like that. I don't like the way mine bolts to the battery bracket since the engine movement will eventually loosen the joints up. I should double check, but I think I'm barely clearing the master cylinder.

Did that K&N cover come with your filter, and does it quiet it down a little?

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

Yeah, didn't like the motor moving and the intake not moving with it. The K&N blue thing is a prefilter thing that is seperate from the filter. And they don't make them for every size filter. Mine is 3" inlet and cone shaped. Forgot exactly which one. Look up the prefilters and find out which filters they go with and get that filter in the inlet size you need. I actually am using a cai elbow on the throttle body that is smaller diameter than the 2nd elbow. It is same size as maf and slightly bigger than tb opening and then the 2nd one hooked to filter and maf is a bit bigger. It gives me clearance on mster cylinder, a mount for those vacum things that were on the oem rubber hose and kinda forms funnel effect for incoming air because filter is 3" opening, 2nd elbow is 2.75" , maf = 2.50 & elbow to tb is 2.25" and tb is just over 2".............IIRC. Sizes may be slightly diff but you get what I mean.


Oh, the prefilter just helps keep dust off the filter. It does nothing to the sound.


Here is the universal cone filter I bought and the filter wraps are listed towards bottom of the page. Different part numbers = different colors.

http://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=RC-4650

 

[Jezis]

don't most filters fit this since it's about a 3" and thats a common size i've seen for intakes.

I'd rather get a weapon-r when it needs to be replaced, they look better.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

Yeah, bunches fit. Question he had was about the prefilter blue thing. My response targeted that.

 

[Jezis]

oh ok i only read half of it and jumped to my kwestion.

 

[Jezis]

just got mine today, of course i was hoping for red and they give me blue! Anyways that filter was so god damn big i didn't have any room by the resevoir so i ended up turning it down.

 

[Rusty]

just got mine today, of course i was hoping for red and they give me blue! Anyways that filter was so god damn big i didn't have any room by the resevoir so i ended up turning it down.

You gotta move the reservoir. Just unbolt it and turn it sideways and bolt it back down like in the picture. Get a couple of feet of 5/16th hose to connect to the overflow so you don't dump green water on the MAF connector. I've secured mine in a couple more places since this picture, so it doesn't touch anything and can't bounce around. I cut about 6 inches off that red vent hose too.

 

[Jezis]

its fine how it is, i didn't have to move the reservoir and i used the old hose with a zip tie to lead the leakage elsewhere. it reminds me of a short ram turned cold air cuz how it turns down, regardless i'm happy with my buy and i would recommend it...