Lmao thanks Sheep.
I thought CAIs are more efficient for more hp than SRIs?
Idk, thats what I always thought. Guess not though...
Just get an exhaust and make it sound ricey since you like big bangs.

 

i like never listen to music while driving. i like the sound of the engine

which is why i somewhat care about sound

 

Lol how can you not listen to music while driving!?
Your crazy! I couldn't survive in silence! haha
I love the stock subwoofer in the trunk, its bangin.

 

i guess i like the sounds of an engine better. theres nothin like drivin a 92 vette at wot on a country road and just hearin the engine sing as i go faster and faster

HEY! your the first ive seen here wit a lancer in chicago lmao.

ware in chi are you?

 

Yea true,
LMAO! Finally someone who knows Chi Town can also be Chicago.
Actually I live in Champaign, two hours down south from ya.

 

Not necessarily more efficient. Just a different type of power.

CAI generally adds to top-end power. Since most cars make their peak HP number at/near redline, the CAI seems to "make more power." It generally gives the same gains as an SRI, but in a different place.

The SRI usually gives extra power in the lowend (because the car gets more air and faster immediately. On a CAI, you have to wait for the air to be sucked through the tube.). You gain the same amount of power, but you feel it as lowend torque rather than topend HP.

Does that make sense? I always worry that I'm going over people's head because I already know what I mean.

 

^ nope. i get it now.

what do you think our lancers need more now? low end or high end power?

 

Low end is pretty sluggish. It's more of a weight issue than actual lack of power, though. So weather you go CAI or SRI, you won't see a whole lot from it.

 

so...in other words, there isnt much difference on what we get, between the CAI or SRI? Just the place where we want the most power at from the intake?...if thats the case then i am going to get the SRI. Should i get the RRM SRI or wait?

 

ive been hearing pretty good reviews from it, ica nt see y not... then again i dont have one. but its 160, which is a nice price. so id go for it..

 

i want the rrm sri but i dont like how it has the "ribbed" piping from the old air box?

if they have one like fujita's then i will get rrm's

but i do like the cai. i cant decide lol

 

It doesn't really make a difference. The Lancer doesn't pull in enough air for that pipe to be a factor. The metal tubing might help a little, but is mostly for dress-up.

 

oj then. i think i know which im getting now. now i need to compare price n sound.

 

Depends on your transmission. Driving the CVT, I wish I had more lowend. Extra topend is nice, but my car takes off like a slug.

Correct.

Get whatever you like! I had the RRM SRI on my car and I think it's a perfectly good intake.

 

Dang man, now you making me regret the CAI from Injen. lol
Oh well.