DC5R Intakes..

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Originally Posted by PeppeX

Why was short ram annoying? Are they that bad?

Everyone seems to think CAI is better than Short Ram, but either side put out quite a good argument.

CAI has a long pipe going through the engine bay which will heat up the air, negating the effect of the cold air drawn in. So would short ram really be that much worst than CAI?

What about a Whale intake? I heard they sound like a crazy mother f*cker on VTECs

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Short-ram without an enclosed box will suffer from alot of heat soak and hence power loss.
SRI's are typically near the engine. Soaking up all that warm/hot air near the engine.
The idea of of Cold Air Intake, as its name suggests is that it sucks in cold air, typically the pod is nowhere near the engine.