ok, probably dumb question for some of you, but whatever...which is the better, and why, for my pretty much sadly (so far) stock 94 civic ex engine: AEM short ram intake or AEM cold air intake?

is about $170 for cold air intake and $120 for ram air intake good prices?

 

you arent gonna gain much power with either but from what i hear you will get better production out of the cold air.
i have a short air Injen. (I got a good deal on mine)
BTW they both havea cool sound though

 

the cai do give u a bit power at the high end i guess...
but seriously...i dont think its worth it at all spending 170 for some intakes...
for now...do a quick search on how to make one...ull save plenty of money...

 

well.. i have an AEM cai.. and it works wonders. especially at night when the air is cool... i can feel my d16y8 pick up and pull a lot harder than during day time when is nice and warm. as for hp wise i wouldn't know for sure. but i do know that a short ram would sound louder and deeper tone... cuz it's sucking in more warm air from the engine bay, where as the CAI would just make a hissing sound and suck in colder air behind the fog light dam and from below the engine bay...

 

i say stock....save your money

 

I remember when I once couldn't afford an intake. then I gave up my social life.

I'd buy a used ICEMAN cai/shertram for no more than $130 shipped. You will not regret it.

 

i have an aem short intake on my 98 civic ex and its fine i guess.

if i had to do it all over, i'd save up for a foam drop in filter and take out the resonator. . . much more simpler.

 

short.. power diferance is so small and unnoticed... and doesn't have the risk of sucking up water, and is cheaper.. the choice is VERY obvious

 

:werd:

 

I just replaced my Weapon R short ram with an Injen CAI, haven't really stepped on it, but so far all I notice is the noise isn't coming direct from the engine bay. But they post a lot of dyno's, check one out:

Yea..dyno's can 'show' you differences, but in reality, it's not really a huge difference.... at least the butt dyno won't really be able to tell the difference.