Even though they haven't been released yet, you can go to AEM's site to check out the dynos for the Cold air and Short Ram intakes. As an auto owner, I find the short ram dyno a little disappointing. The cold air dyno is pretty impressive though. Check them out!

Cold Air:
http://www.aempower.com/pdf/dyno/21-...20MT%20CAS.pdf

Short Ram:
http://www.aempower.com/pdf/dyno/22-...ncer%20SRS.pdf

 

can anybody explain the difference in the baseline numbers?

sri = 132.7 hp / 128.1 lb/ft peak
cai = 148.6 hp / 145.8 lb/ft peak

it seems like there is already a 16hp / 17 lb/ft difference even on the baseline..

-joe

 

The short ram is dyon'd on an AT lancer. The CAI is dyno'd on a MT lancer

 

An automatic transmission has a hight drivetrain loss percentage then manual transmission cars.

 

so this CAI is better than RRM's intake i take it? RRM advertises 10 hp gain, AEM is 12.6. I guess it will depned on price

 

A 2.6hp difference can be easily attributed to nothing more than environmental weather changes. I doubt seriously that one has any real advantage over the other, so get whichever one you feel is good for the $.

 

... I will say that AEM makes a nice LOOKING intake, if that's your cup of tea.

 

i personally like RRM's powder-coated red look. But yeah, aem's look pretty too

 

So far the only thing about the AEM ones that you know for sure is they will probably offer it in a few different colors.....probably their signature blue, red, chrome and possible a PC black.

We don't know if it will be a one peice or two piece (however, it would make sense that its one piece as they have a seperate SRI).....
I'm not gonna make my mind up till I see picks. After all...I still have my UR Sri for the time being.

 

INJEN CAI makes 152.8 HP and 148.1 ft/lbs at the Wheels. AEM's intakes suck, they're just pretty.

 

Why do you say that? According to your specs, the AEM is making about 7 more hp than the Injen. I for one, take all these specs with a grain of salt - the only real way to compare products are on the same vehicle, on the same dyno. I seriously doubt that any of these intakes are significantly better than any other. Maybe one or 2hp difference at best.

 

i like the look of rrm's, i have it... but wish that there was a red tube to take place of the rubber behind the mas

 

hm.......does an intake really can increase 10WHP or even 12?? for reals there now guys.....i mean......yeah.....it makes the engine sound louder and seems it's "faster". but does it really?

 

they should dyno the SRI on the MT too if they want to compare

seems like a marketing thing

-joe

 

AEM's dyno charts always looked suspect to me. I can make those things in MS paint. I dunno, CAI's are basically the same **** across the board.