BAMF4Life

yeah i dont make that much, for a turbo, so bolt ons are the only way for me

saibot

stick with the SRI, faster throttle response because of the shorter length of the pipe. Also, when youre driving, the warm air under youre hood is pushed out. The aggressive sound is nice to. Try both for a week, I can garantee you, you will like the SRI.

athlete3232

yeah, i think imma get the INjen Sri too.

Aroddalobster

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injen makes no real sri.

Zebman

Don't get the Injen SRI. Buy a ____ing tube off ebay for $30, and buy an Injen filter if you must have a name brand somewhere.
Seriously, why waste so much money on stupid sh*t. If I had a tC again, I would buy cheap tubing for an intake, a Weapon R filter, and a Magnaflow muffler, not the entire system. I would have saved $400 for the same result.

insanetc

all i know is and maybe this will clear somethings up but i have te halphawerk header,injen sri(didnt like the cai) full magnaflow exhaust from header back with racing solutions s pipe and when i had my car dynoed i had a total gain of 41.2 whp

so to the wheel sim at about 173ish..which for to bolt ons an da full exhaust system is not bad at all!!

maybe that will clear up some things??? goo dluck

tcCALI

sri = better for auto.
cai= better for manual.

from what ive read on here.



but i dont see the point of a cai becuase during the day the ground is really hot and throws alot of it off, sooo im thing the cai is just sucking in more hot air. i dunno though.

sciontC

go sri, over all easier to install and maintain, sounds better, looks better, filter stays in better shape, no fear of hydro lock, and gain your losing is unnoticeable, cai doesn't have near these advantages.

tcCALI

exactly! its wayyyy easier to get to the filter!!

saibot

when the car moves (25 mph +), the hot air under the hood is pushed out, so you are getting cool air, as long as car is moving ... kind of defeats the purpose of CAI, does it not?

SRI + CF hood (with an air inlet) = ram air. They also include a cover up for the air inlet, for rainy days.

All of this, with a shorter length pipe than the CAI, which means better throttle.

Number2

Really? I find this information unreal. Like everyone else is saying, an intake will net you a couple horse power. You won't notice it except on the butt dyno.

tcCALI

actually tcdaily is correct.

my first mod was a intake and i felt a difference, it wasnt huge but i felt a change.

tcdaily

yeah it's a difference, try it for yourself if you can, i did on my old car. longer tube for air to suck it, bottom end get's lost because it's sucking the air in, short ram is a short distance so it'll suck the air in faster meaning low end..

CarbonXe

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If you're looking for just sound, take off the axle-back, gain 4 whp and be as loud as as catback exhausts. Save yourself a grand.

Aroddalobster

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yeah a header isn't the greatest for sound. usually takes way too much money to make a exhaust system sound decent with a raspy header.

Number2

you 'felt' it...that is the butt dyno.

boomshakadae

This might be a dead issue, but my Injen was convertible, so I had it CAI for a while and now SRI. I preferred CAI, just because logically the air must be cooler, but I notice better throttle response with SRI, Also, I 'perceive' my mpg have gone down w/ SRI. I will be moving it back to CAI soon.

I personally do not believe there is any HP gains whatsoever, simply because of how our cars manage A/F, but I appreciate the better response, aesthetics and sound.

CarbonXe

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I'm gonna have to agree with tcdaily on this one. When I had my CAI, I noticed a HUGE loss in bottom end. If I was in second gear from 2k-3.2k RPM, I had no power at all, then I had 2 spikes at 3500 and 4200. Can't say anything for the SRI being better for low end since I haven't had experience with one.