Originally Posted by antarius
The Short Ram Intake's are going to *sound* the best; but as far as performance goes you might as well keep the stock airbox instead of an SRI. (In my opinion).
If you want a good mix of a good sound when you stomp on it, being CARB legal, and actual performance increase.. I'd say go with the AEM Cold Air Intake. I don't know too many people who have ever experienced Hydrolock, and none personally, so that shouldn't be a problem. If you are worried about it though, you can get a bypass filter for the AEM CAI that will help prevent that in case you do dive into a 3FT deep puddle of water by accident.
Now, for my personal opinion. I'd go with the Comptech Icebox and keep your stock Airbox for smog-test days.
I should note, I had an SRI.. and I still advocate the AEM CAI or IceBox.
The performance choice between SRI and CAI depends mostly on what you want to do. If you want the performance mostly on the high end, get the SRI; You get more power from 5K RPMs and up, as well as better throttle response. CAIs allow you to get more low-end torque, so it's better suited for daily driving.... as long as it doesn't rain too hard...
And SRIs sound a lot more mean
