im looking into buying an intake for my lancer. i have seen most of the "manual tranny" intakes and am disappointed. now that i found an injen short ram i was happy, but the price is as much as the cold air for manual. what is the difference if any? am i going to be able to put a manual intake on my auto?

(p.s.- i know i swaid that i was gone.. but now im back. what doesw that say about the lancer?)

 

You could certainly fit a manual-designed intake on an automatic equipped Lancer, but you would need to have the piping bent at angles that god never intended things to be bent at.

The benefits of a cold air, after bending, would be reduced. You'd be best going with the short ram, and bypass the headaches that the cold air would create for you.

 

Definitly go for the short ram.. many people say that the power difference is not all that substantial, since most manufactures tend to get their cold air intake numbers by puting a large fan in front of the car...

 

Go with short ram for an auto tranny.

As far as CAI numbers go, our Lancer wouldn't really benefit from a fan, as the filter is surrounded front side and bottom (AEM design). If possible, CAI is the way to go, but its true, there aren't huge gains over an SRI.

 

RRM SRI all the way! That's what I run on my auto, you can't beet it!

 

If you have an auto, you're forced to buy a SRI, nobody makes a CAI for auto (at least not that I know of). There's simply no room. I have an OZ manual trans. and I am about to buy an AEM CAI cuz its dry here in California. You live in GA...If it rains and you drive through deep puddles you have to worry about CAI systems because its fender mounted and water could be sucked in. I've heard a couple horror stories about that and they dont have any bypass valves for the Lancers yet. For you my friend, look for a SRI with a heat shield, its the best you'll find. Happy hunting

~Chris

 

everything everyone has said is true... i'm just here to correct one misconception...

AEM actually DOES make a bypass valve for their CAI (if anything, that will affect your decision, ChrisOaty).

Other than that.... to everything that's already been said.

 

thanks for the replies. and yea, there is a lot of rain here in georgia. by the way, i ordered my injen SRI today

 

Injen is a fine intake, I mean, big name brand. But you could have saved some money going with RRM!

 

yea, i was looking more for the smooth pipe instead of the stock piping. and you could save a lot of money by buying an air filter instead of paying RRM to send you one. but, thats my beef with that product.

 

The RMR Intake uses the stock piece to run cold air to the short ram, so it's like a Cold air but in a short ram style, which fits the auto's, thats what I'm going with.


The piece on the left is the stock piece running to the intake. Also has that big heat shiled to keep all the hot air out. This intake also with a vented hood! You got a good ntake system!

 

my point is that your still running air through a rough pipe. the intake system is basically the same as stock, excpet youve got a slightly betther air flow. your still running air through the rough pipe as in the injen, your running through a smooth pipe. smooth pipe will give you better gains. and with the vented hood, that will be good with any intake.

 

i know someone here in minnesota who has a AEM CAI no prob for the winter!!!