so i just bought my intake and im now looking at the instalation.......heres the problem ,what do i do ? the stock vacuum hose is strapped to another hose (i think its coolant) what do i do ? do i just cut away the old vacuum hose and leave the other hose or do i have to change both ? what type of hose do i use ? iii think im sort of confused

 

they sell the hosing at autozone or advanced, you have to ask for black hose unless you want red, yellow or blue. :haha:

 

Right on the money! go with pink

 

it's just plain hose.

 

what's the difference between the short ram intake and a regular cold air intake???

 

to be honest there is very little difference between the two... here is a basic run-down

Cold Air Intake (CAI)

+/- takes air from within (or under) the right side fender, directly in front of the tire
+ the air is not near your engine bay...so therefor it is colder (duh)
+ cold = dense ... so in theory your pulling in more air
- longer piping = harder to install
- (depending on rain in your area) you can suck in water and hydrolock your engine ... that's bad
- more expensive

Short Ram Intake (SRI)

+ can utilize larger piping (whale penis style) so can bring in lots of air
+ easier to install than CAI
+ cheaper (sufficiently)
+ no threat of hydrolocking your engine
- doesn't look as cool IMO
- using hot air, so the air is less dense/ herego, less air

i think i pretty much summed it up...but to be honest...there is very very little difference between the two...it is such a miniscule piece of your engine that it's basically not going to matter which you choose, it all comes down to where you live...

I have a CAI, but it's because i live in So-Cal and we get about 2" of rain a year...so to me it's worth it

hope this helped

 

I've tried both and prefer the CIA over the short ram. It feels slightly torqier off the line. I live in GA and we get a lot of rain but I've never had a problem. I think as long as your car isn't slammed really low you'll be fine.

 

K well back to my question thanks for all the info on where to get the hoses........when installing this part(SRI) do i have to remove both of the hoses.......there is a second hose attached to the vacuum hose, what is that hose first of all? and do i have to remove it? or can i just cut around it and leave it still confused???????