SRI = Eargasm

[jdt.solara]

I just recently installed a TRD SRI with a K&N filter on my car, I know.... no big deal to you guys with injens etc. but note that I did this from a stock box filter. The sound is amazing. Perfectly normal at cruising speed but when you really get on it the sound is to die for. I do feel a little more power, just barely noticeable, but there. It is my first mechanical upgrade and experience and I was very much pleased.

[CASTRO]

dude... you know you just lost power? SRI = hot air intake. Get more pipe and pipe that filter down to get cooler air.

If you think that a SRI sounds good, a CAI would make you cream.

[jdt.solara]

How is the air it gets any different then what my original had? The tube the brings air to the old intake is still there (goes under the car to the box) and it basically is fed air from there still. It is mostly the same air that was bieng put into it before. Plus, the car can breathe a lot better.

[BLACKTSX1018]

congratulations on your new mod!!

a short ram intake has its downfall, but also has its advantages!!

so there are 3 intake set ups we normally see (correct me if needed, you gear heads)

1) OEM- a very restrictive box with twists and bends to minimize noise and brings in air from relatively close to under the car

2) SRI(Short ram intake) basically a ram-air intake, and short because it's pretty short but because the filter is so close to the engine, which is EXTREMELY HOT because of the COMBUSTION going on, it always heats up the air near the intake, which means the airflow is quite high in temperature. Because the engine burns better with more AIR, and since hotter air is less DENSE (molecules moving around creating more space in between), hotter air does not BURN as well as cooler air. In a sense, why castro would say you're losing power is because the OEM intake actually blocks off the ram-air quite efficiently, but of course, does not provide that GROWL you love so much. the advantage for SRI intakes is that because the air intake is so much shorter, air reaches the engine a lot quicker, so THROTTLE RESPONSE is IMPROVED, but overall power up top is compromised...

3) CAI (Cold air intake)
this is the setup that has an extended tube that puts the filter all the way down behind the driver's side foglight, where air flow is free and most importantly, COLDER (relative to the ram-air) COLDER air means air that is more DENSE, which combusts A LOT BETTER than RAM AIR, which means a more efficient engine making MORE POWER, but as you probably already figured out, the THROTTLE RESPONSE is COMPROMISED due to the length of the intake tube itself.

basically, if you just do city driving, SRI is the way to go, but if you really care about power UP TOP, for high speed driving, or racing purposes, CAI is the way to go...

of course, there's this other way that has to do with a big metal thing up front that cools the air hooked up to a FAN, which is connected to the exhaust fume pipe...... THAT'S ANOTHER STORY ALTOGETHER...

hope that answers your question!

God bless

Kevin

[99V6solaraSE]

dude... you know you just lost power? SRI = hot air intake. Get more pipe and pipe that filter down to get cooler air.

If you think that a SRI sounds good, a CAI would make you cream.

Ehh i dont think its hot enough to the point u actually lose power.
I still think it still frees up a good amount of air flow as opposed to the regular stock box. Not that its ALOT or anything. But its better than nothing.

But i agree if you get the injen you might as well be on the search for the CAI extension.

just imagine how the CPe sounds... 3.5" !!
and i think generally the short rams are louder than CAI right?

[shocar4]

I just recently installed a TRD SRI with a K&N filter on my car, I know.... no big deal to you guys with injens etc. but note that I did this from a stock box filter. The sound is amazing. Perfectly normal at cruising speed but when you really get on it the sound is to die for. I do feel a little more power, just barely noticeable, but there. It is my first mechanical upgrade and experience and I was very much pleased.

yeah you are not losing power at all! if that is the case them nobody on here would have the injen and other sri intake! you may not gain a ton, but the sound is great and i truly think that my car pulls better on the low end! seat of the pants dyno! haha

[JMSinMaryland]

If you think it sounds good you should hear it on my S/C'd car. Before you hardly heard any S/C whine, with it you want to punch it just to hear it. I have a heatshield on mine which helps block some of the radiant heat, making it a SRI/CAI in one. I don't think the sound would be any different with a SRI vs CAI.

[SleeperSolara]

Congrats on your first mod.
IMO if you got an INJEN intake get another pipe about the size and route it near the driver fog light area.