I just stumbled on this at the website. Wondering if the $265 translates into anything substantial over the RRM intake. Just thought I'd let y'all know.

 

I am going with a RMR intake myself...mainly because of the full size heat shield and when i place the new evo style hood with the intake vent on the side.

 

if i were u i wouldn't pay 265 for that. i got my cold air intake cheaper than that. if u got an Auto....get the RRM or RMR, i believe their filters are bigger than the injen filter. also they are 1/3 the price and probably is a minimal difference between the short ram intakes.

 

I've definitely got my eyes on the RRM short ram intake, but I kinna like how the RMR intake attaches to the air scoop. Plus, like you said OZ, I'm planning on getting an evo hood also, so the vent takes care of that concern. Thanks for the input.

 

There are pics in the registry and on their site. It's nothing glorious or terribly glamorous.

http://www.rmrproducts.com

 

for me, i think the injen short ram is a waste of money. as for the RMR its a nice product but, its overly expensive.

you can build your own similar setup @ home while saving money and giving you room for expansion in the future.

ebay gots them intake adaptors for 5 dolllars everywhere. as for a filter, you can pick up a k&n cone filter for about 30-60 dollars, depending on the style you choose. as for a heat shield, just go pick up a piece of sheet metal for about 5 dollars and a pack of rivets for 99 cents to make things look pretty and you can build your own rmr style intake.

the reson i said you can expand is that well, with the rmr, the MAS adaptor is built into the heatshield. so lets say you wanted to add an upper pipe, you'd have to modify the heat shield to get the adaptor to move.

as for the upper intake pipe, nothing but exhaust pipe and rubber plumbing fittings. not more than a 20 dollar job if you should around for the intake pipe

 

savng money would be the best bet because all the intakes out there work the same..they suck in air...thats their main job....i mean there is not really that much of hp gain difference through comparing cold air and short ram..i will try to find the dynos..and you will see.....there might just be a difference in the kind of filter you get...there has been debate over this...but i think that should be ones main concern...which filter is good to get and which one is durable...thats wat really matters to me...

 

first of all filtration. i say go with the k&n or if you don't like the reddish purple color in the k&n, go with accel's kool blue filter.



they both have pretty much the same design but different colors. the accel is new but it says it filters a lil bit better than the k&n. the only downside to the accel is that well, its new doesn't come in as many sizes as teh k&n and isn't as readily available. but it does look like a good product.

they do have other filters like the hks and the apex-i which are also good filters but IMO its not worth to spend that much for a filter.

a lil tip with the cone filters. rotate your filter every once in a while. your car has a lil sweet spot where it likes to suck in air and if you rotate your filter, it will last a lil bit longer b4 cleaning.

as for gains between a short ram and just slapping a cone filter. well, you will see like a fractional gain from doing so. the upper OEM intake pipe is pretty decent compared to other cars. the short ram setups i've seen keep the pipe pretty much in the same place as it would if you just slapped on the cone filter. i could see you replacing the oem upper intake pipe just cuz you wanted something prettier. on cars like the galant you can see a difference. just because the upper intake pipe has some resonators in it that cause restriction in the air. also, when replacing the upper intake pipe and going with a aftermarket short ram. the filter and MAS is relocated another foot away from the motor and the header which means that the air it would be sucking would be a lil bit cooler.

as for hp gains between cold air and short ram. i don't have dyno sheets for the lancer but i look at dyno sheets for other cars. and i looked at dyno sheets from about a dozen cars and let me say that there were a difference between the short ram and the cold air. the cold air made about double the gains the short ram had made. and if you don't understand why think about this. picture just sipping water @ room temperature thru a straw. now put that cup of water into a bucket of ice and sip the water. the water is gonna get cooler when its in the bucket of ice. thats the same way with the cold air. the filter is relocated where it can be reached by moving air. and that moving air kinda acts like ice to cool down the air around the filter

 

oh dont get me wrong....i know that there is a difference in gains between the cold air and the short ram...but i was talkin from a point of view from the lancer side....a few gains added to 120hp issnt gonna do much...i mean i like the car and all not to put it down.....im just sayin that the money u put into an "intake" wouldnt really matter much cuz its a slow car neways...i dont know...different peepz wit different opinions i guess...its all good....personally i have a dragon intake...but im into name brands i guess ....saving money would be the key though in my point...

 

If you want a nie short ram, all my money is on Buschur. Dyno proven 5 extra ponies.

 

Thanks for the added option, pjal. Anyone happen to have a dyno sheet for the RRM intake?

 

you do have a point but just remeber that small mods like intake and exhaust can bring low gains aloen but in conjunction with other mods, it can bring alot. for example. picture you taking your cone filter and MAS adaptor and slapping a turbo and intercoolor inbetween those two. or picture a car with an aftermarket supercharger rolling around with the stock exhaust on, you're gonna see gains when used in conjunction with others.

 

true that once again

 

But with a short ram...if you go with a evo hood that has the intake vent on the side you get the cold air even quicker than a cai , Which is what I plan on doing, plus the 2 evo hood vents will help keep the engine bay cool and make the car look that much better when the kamarini lower body kit is added with a EVO V! tailwing

 

personally i wouldn't use that evo vent to bring cool air to the filter unless you can find a way to close the vent or something. the galant's evo style hood is the same way. but yea many people with short ram have run into problems with sucking in water...and we all know thats not good. maybe find a way of makeing the water not get sucked in hmmm