So, I‘ve got my 1993 Del Sol Si all fixied up. Needed a new boot for the front left axl, so I jsut replaced the whole thing. And replaced the power steering fluid. Other than that, it‘s in good nick. I have some money left over, and was thinking that an air intake would be one of the best things to put on it, since I don‘t have enough for an engine swap or a turbo. I‘m planning on going with the standard AEM, but don‘t know whether to get the Short Ram or regular Cold Air. I have the money for either. What do you think?
I think cold air intakes are crap, open the hood, look carefully at the finely crafted cold air factory intake on your car now. The engineers put what your car needed on it already. a sewer pipe with an air filter stuck on it does little, and it can cause problems with your computer, and then an engine light may pop on, it can cause a lean condition which is not good this could fry a piston. The 3/10ths horsepower at 3 or 4 thousand rpm is pretty useless. And for early 90s cars there is no power chip that is going to improve a stock motor. On a new car, and mostly diesels, you can get some big gains, but the engine has to have something to work with to begin with. you cannot take a stock 160 horsepower motor, and slap a few parts in and get some 100 horsepower gain. We would all like an extra 100 hp, but its not happening for stock motors. you can buy a lot of fuel for 5 or 600 bucks an cold air filter and chip cost. this question comes up many times a week. I would check with your mechanic, and ask him what he thinks, that's what I did, I was all set to buy both, and I called my mechanic, and that's how I found out about the problems these fake car parts can cause, best of luck, save the money, put a turbo on, that's good honest horsepower.
There are: the fast Ram intake: that's greater secure to have yet is somewhat worse on overall performance. Your automobile ought to truly be slower and lose horse potential under the warmth. The chilly Air intake: Which reaches each of ways right down to someplace like a million/3 of ways down your wheel. So it incredibly is tremendously close to to the floor. it incredibly is solid and delivers a greater effective overall performance benefit than the fast ram. The undesirable section approximately that's which you will possibly desire to be careful while applying interior the rain. in case you hit a huge puddle and all the water gets to the chilly Air intake, it ought to suck up the water into your engine. if so, you will get what's termed engine lock the place your automobile does no longer have the potential to pass. I presently use the CAI, and that i like it. in no way had a undertaking with it yet. All my friends use the CAI as a count number of actuality. favourite kind: Injen, and after that's okN.
The same answers that everyone gave yesterday.
if you are planning on getting a intake, it really depends on how your motor is going to respond to the modification. I would recommend the AEM CAI. Unless if you are planning on going through puddles that reach up to your headlights then don't get the Cold Air, thats about the only way your motor will suck up water. You probably know that if you get a ECU like the AEM EMS then it makes all your modifications work better together with a tune.
