if you get a short ram the engine will get hot air and, it wants cold air. I'm not sure how well the K&N filter works compared to the stock one, i think its like $30 or so but i had a cone intake and when i put back the stock intake it felt like i had a little more power plus it ran better too, you get better gas mileage with the stock one. there is another company that makes a filter that supposedly is better than K&N that i read on a post i don't know the namethough. So don't ket a short ram stick with the stock intake and get a different filter.