can you put a cold air intake into an auto lancer? ive heard mixed opinions. so if anyone could lemme know, id appreciate it. thanks.

 

yes, you can, i suggest to do a search, not only here, but also any major manufactuer of intakes, aem, injen, road race motorsports, a lot of people are going to give you crap for not searching but, since your new, im cutting you slack

welcome to evom by the way

 

thanks for the welcome. i usually do search for stuff on evom, but i skipped it this time. i did find a cai by injen for the 04+. but i was wondering about it b/c some sites said battery relocation was evident, but others didnt. and sry abt not searching.

 

ya youre lucky people are easing up on the search thing, 3 months ago this woulda been flame city Anyone who tells you theres a CAI for the auto is selling you a nice box of bull The battery and the auto tranny are in the way for the CAI. If you do the battery relocation im told you can snake one down there but id just say get the Injen/AEM/RRM short ram intake and if you REALLY want the cold air charge get the hood duct from RRM and install it just above the cone filter.

 

SRI is easier to clean too, just got with it

 

agree

 

thanks everyone! one guy at mitsu told me i could, same along with a friend of mine. and i heard everyone on here talk abt battery relocation. question tho, say i got a muffler and 2 ft of 2.5in piping. how much est. can i gain with a sri vs the people driving manual es' with a cai?

 

the gain is so little you wont even notice it ...

 

^^^ exactly! Just go SRI !

 

wait you mean with a sri or cai?

 

with both.
with the sri and exhaust u want ... ur not going to gain much .. with the CAI and manual ur not going to gain much ... no matter which way u go, there is no notice gains ..

 

this is what i was looking at for the cai...




i mean what im wondering is what is the difference in the engine bay between the 02-03 lancer and the 04-05?

 

It's not the motor - it's the way the radiator hoses and such are arranged. Piping needs to be a bit different.

You can make a CAI easily. Or you can grab a cheap SRI. Or you can stay stock. No matter what, the intake won't add too much power. But I was very happy with my CAI.