aem or injen intake ?

[trabadoor22]

i want to get either the aem or the injen short ram intake . just looking for some opinions on which i should go with . also if you have heard both , im curious as to which is quieter or would they be about the same ? thanks .

[ChrisCantSkate]

aem cold air

[pdiggitydogg]

well if youre going with a ram air options auto has some RS Akimoto ram intakes for less than $100 (there in clearance). its a good intake (what I have) and cheaper than either aem or injen.

[trabadoor22]

thanks , but im only looking to get the aem or injen short ram intake . i found the aem for $90 at optionautosolon.com and the injen is i think $150 . i was just curious if the injen was any better otherwise ide just go with the aem . thanks again .

[ChrisCantSkate]

aem and ijen are identical to my knowladge, aem was rated best cold air intake, why short ram, and not cold air?

[trabadoor22]

ok thanks . i want to go with a short ram so i dont have to worry about hydrolock . i live in ny and it tends to rain and snow alot , plus my friend had a cold air intake and his engine got messed up from water getting in from the intake . thanks though , ill just get the aem then .

[slowEJ6]

whats the point in paying $90 for a short ram intake. go to pep boys and get an intake for like $40.


or...get the AEM CAI and cut it so you can switch from SRI to CAI. or get an ICEMAN - so you can take it apart to switch.
SRI sucks. :yes:

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by slow ej6
or...get the AEM CAI and cut it so you can switch from SRI to CAI. or get an ICEMAN - so you can take it apart to switch.
SRI sucks. :yes:

Exactly. At least get a CAI that you can convert if you need to. Hydrolock isn't a huge problem if you drive safely. Get the AEM and a bypass valve if you're worried.

[Almighty-Si]

Originally posted by trabadoor22
ok thanks . i want to go with a short ram so i dont have to worry about hydrolock . i live in ny and it tends to rain and snow alot , plus my friend had a cold air intake and his engine got messed up from water getting in from the intake . thanks though , ill just get the aem then .

Did he drive through a lake? This flips my burger, I have been useing Cold Air Intakes forever and driven through all kinds of rain and snow and never hydrolocked.

The only way to hydrolock a motor with a Cold Air Intake is if you completely submerge the filter in water. So that means you would have to drive the car through a "puddle" of water that is at least a foot high. Now why would you want to drive a car through that much water anyway? Cold Air Intake or not i'm not going to drive my car through a foot of water, it's just stupid. Even if you didn't have a CAI on the car, there are other things that could happen to your car running through that kind of water.

[JDMB16]

they are almost exactly the same in design. The person who started Injen is an ex-engineer for AEM and he branched off to start his own company. The Injen is overpriced

[SilVtec]

If you get the cold air intake..you'll sacrifice a louder sound than the short ram gives. Short ram is a lot louder. Cold air intakes are better for performance though. Short rams do help for performance though.

[Almighty-Si]

Originally posted by JDMB16
they are almost exactly the same in design. The person who started Injen is an ex-engineer for AEM and he branched off to start his own company. The Injen is overpriced

Injen is actually R.S Akimoto. For a while when you looked at the Injen adds in magazines, if you looked at the bottom of the pages in the fine print it still said RS Akimoto. Could be a combination of the 2 though.

[pdiggitydogg]

injen is now injen but I did hear that they used to be akimoto. difference now is akimoto uses akimoto filters and injen uses k&n.

[ebpda9]

i have the AEM cai and i was scared about the water and stuff so i cut it to add the the bpv and i had it converted to a SRI for a while. while it was working as the sri it had a lot more sound and the car was reving a lot faster.

[Whtehnda93DXSdn]

AEM CAI is the way to go w/ a bypass valve..

worth the $ you spend the Injen just wants to much for there Intakes...:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[nonovurbizniz]

I've got an iceman and when i have it in short ram it's quite as stock. when i put on the extension it sounds REDICULOUS. I MEAN REAL LOUD.

also i used to switch the cold air on and off everytime it rained/stopped. Then I stopped doin that I've driven through tons of rain and lots of puddles nothin yet. Like the other guy said you have to be in a DEEP puddle.

GO ICEMAN they're GREAT