sure. a tube is a tube. you might want to make sure it already has the mounting bracket welded on it. Sometimes they send you the tube + bracket and you have to weld it yourself. might want to consider upgrading to K&N filter in the future.
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Awesome! Thanks for the fast replies, I almost spent 80 bucks at Autozone for one till I thought of eBay, but yeah I'll get it and buy me another filter, this place never fails hah. Oh, one more thing, are there any write-ups available to guide me through this? I've never really worked on cars, and I'm planning on trying alot of the smaller stuff myself
there is no way it will provide gains like that....it will make a small difference but the thing you will notice most is the sound...i still say the cold air intakes are a better investment.
there is no way it will provide gains like that....it will make a small difference but the thing you will notice most is the sound...i still say the cold air intakes are a better investment.
There is nothing more powerful to some people than horsepower claims made by an ebay intake company.
I actually ordered that same exact intake a few days ago. It was shipped out tuesday, should get it today. Assuming it's not raining later, i'll hop back on here and let ya know what I think of a fitment and take a pic or two. Still waiting on the K&N filter though. Hopefully it gets here today too.
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It CAN increase 7-13 HP and 5-10 ft/lb of torque (but probably wont)
Yeah my BS detector was goin off on that one too, but I mainly want it for the sound and cleaner look under the hood, trying to get a blue/silver thing goin on
there is no way it will provide gains like that....it will make a small difference but the thing you will notice most is the sound...i still say the cold air intakes are a better investment.
Well CAI's are susceptible to hydro-locking your engine, so I don't know about better investment.
However, you could have the CAI, and swap in the short ram on days when it's raining Noah's Arc style.
1. I've driven through some deep puddles in the past. Never had any hydrolock. Just use a little discression.
2. Swapping a CAI for a Short-ram is a pain in the ass. $5 says if you do it once, you'll never do it again.
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agreed...taking the cai out every rain storm would be a pita...hell taking it out just to install my skunk2 intake maniflld was a pita...
A little discretion, sure understood. However, I've been in situations where it is unavoidable, you will drive through some serious puddles and bad things can happen. It only takes that one day where it rains a s*** load and you have to choose between making it home or not, my friend lost his motor last year on one of those days. It can be very hard to judge the depth of a puddle. I just don't think the minimal gains from a CAI is worth the risk. Oh and its worth mentioning, that if you're on a serious drop - then the risk is far greater.
And I'm not sure why you guys consider it hard to swap a CAI for a short RAM, it would take me all of 5 minutes if that and I'm no wrench.
And I'm not sure why you guys consider it hard to swap a CAI for a short RAM, it would take me all of 5 minutes if that and I'm no wrench.
I dunno. It isn't hard, but I don't have a garage, so if it's raining hard enough for me to need to switch it out, I definitely don't wanna be in the rain that long.
Back on topic. Got that ebay short ram today(from the same seller). Fit is perfect, one piece bent metal tubing. I have zero complaints on the tube. Comes with the rubber... grommet? gasket? whatever connects them. The filter definitely needs to be switched out though. It just looks cheap. Can't imagine how much crap it's sucking up into my engine.
It was dark by the time I got home, but i'll try to snap some pics tomorrow while i'm at work and upload them tomorrow afternoon. We'll see how it goes.
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