Quickly Clarified - Cold Air Intakes vs Short Ram Intakes

If you’ve seen any of those "Top 5 first modifications for your car" videos, you may have heard of the term “cold air intake” or “short ram intake” before, but what exactly are they? In this video, we’ll be going over what exactly is a cold air intake, and a short ram intake, as well as their differences and more importantly, which one you should get for your car.

(REUPLOAD DUE TO MISTAKE IN THE VIDEO)

[squirtcobain]

Another disadvantage to certain CAI systems is that the air filter is placed so low on the car that it is recommended not to drive in the rain because driving through puddles deeper than 6 or 8 inches can cause the filter to consume water and hydro lock the engine. Depending on the options it may be better to pick an SRI if you live in an area where it rains constantly.

[jacobrager]

A put a short ram air intake on my 04 accord sedan and it’s like the engine got a pedicure. It’s never ran this well and smooth before

[MrReivn]

Cold air intake can be implemented by ducting the hood, like in the Subary near the end of this video. You can ditch the original filter box, shorten the piping, and just allowing the air to enter through the hood. Ofc you need to take into consideration what the pressure zones are, underpressure near the front lip of the hood is great for hot air exit, but bad for taking in fresh air. Further back it tends to turn into overpressure, than can be great for taking in fresh air if your intake manifold is on that side of the engine.

[Twitchguy]

Great video and very well explained! I like that you hit all the facts pros and cons but kept it short sweet and to the point at the same in a very clear steady explanation!

Keep em coming man!

[PureFPSPwnage]

Great and informative video. Been considering a CAI for my 2018 GX460. Personally... i think this glorious 1UR-FE deserves to be heard a bit more

[PhxStrmz]

My options for my car is either a cold-air intake that has an exposed filter but an aluminum heatshield around it ( Sides facing engine ) VS Exact same filter/placement/piping but fully enclosed with plastic aside the vent. So filter and tubing is the exact same length. Just 6" length of silicon and the filter. But its just picking between the louder option ( exposed filter ) vs the presumably cooler option ( fully enclosed ).

Living in the salty world that is a winter state ( Michigan ) I tend to imagine the filter being open/exposed is far more maintenance than the enclosed one.

[lanaff]

Loved the explanation of the video I was thinking about getting an intake and know which one to get for my car, very helpful

[Useless_Yuki]

the fun thing with a Nissan Micra k11 is that you can fit a cone filter directly on the throttle body without having to cut the hood, thus making the shortest possible ram intake. its also placed on the centerline of the hood so it works well with a hood scoop. xD

[Squeedword]

Excellent video, very informative and well explained

[CornInMyPoop]

Video is well create easily explain and the visuals was extremely helpful. Good job

[RallycrossGT]

super helpful, mate. thanks a lot for this!!! probably keeping it stock since this is my daily drive

[Sleepymazda]

i have a injen CAI on my 14 mazda6 and a FSWERKS CAI on my 06 Focus. Both gain torque over all but especailly at higher rpm. i recently smogged both and had to add the stock intakes back on for the test and its a night and day difference.

[RealtorMarv]

Installed a K&N filter in the stock intake. Pretty happy with the increased mpg

[BlindMansRevenge]

Just went back to the stock. Erin takes it up on my 2003 mustang GT. Had a short ram typhoon on it for almost 20 years.

[anthonydefr]

I'm not sure if in increases horsepower by much but I do believe it could give more toque on colder day's plus just the look is a plus. I'm my opinion they are worth getting.

[WMRV]

Im gonna get a cold air intake because im not in a rush to build a car and just wanna do everything in a way thats gonna work right for a long time

[R__K]

Just put a K&N Typhoon aluminum CAI into my '23 Camaro 3LT tonight. Of those 5 notes on CAI, only two are factual: best overall performance and most expensive (you get what you pay for).

Medium volume? No
Complex piping? Definitely not... very simple actually
Heavier? Maybe... if you get the aluminum pipe like mine--worth it though

I drove it around the block after install and, going from stock to CAI, helluva difference. The sound, of course, but the power from the much improved intake was very pronounced.

[RT-pbpp]

I like the real air intake, forced like turbo or supercharger, now those make a difference you can feel.

[aaronryze]

Thanks, I'm bout to be hella loud in my 98 odyssey with the short ram hehe
ps, I'm a delivery driver and with an aftermarket exhaust setup. The highflow cat, high flow res and a straight through muffler (recipe for loud and staying epa compliment somehow, also cause its my company car) so I'm already locally hated but the boys who know love it

[everythingvideos]

So should I use a Short Ram Intake if my engine bay is pretty much warm? I bought a RTunesRacing intake for my 96 explorer.