which one is better?
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or
http://www.car-stuff.com/performance...5&category=

 

First off, neither of those is a true cold air intake. Those are Short Ram Intakes (SRI's for short), a true cold air system places the air filter outside of the engine bay, usually in the fender or bumper of the vehicle. Second, no, and let me repeat NO short ram system is worth $90. Which engine are you running, cuz if you're working with the 4g93, you'll need a MAF adapter as well.

 

By the way, AEM makes a CAI for the '02 Lancer ES that works with some minor modificatoin on the 5g mirage. If you're looking for a true cold air system, that's the way to go unless you are comfortable building your own.

 

I hope this question doesn't seem stupid - would a bonnet scoop or vent immediately over a ram intake allow it to draw cold air still, or is it better to have a longer arm to a filter behind the bumper?
Would the intake arm pick up much heat? They're usually a metal of some type soI believe

I'm just a newbie, but am trying to get a good understanding, so.

 

hood vents are better for letting heat out of the bay than letting air in. you might get a little cooler air charge with an sri, but keep in mind that placing a vent directly over top of a filter is a bad idea if you plan on driving on anything but a sunny day.

 

Is there much risk of wetting the filter if it is sitting in behind the foggie? I guess not since it's what people do...
It might be possible to insulate the intake arm as well if appearances aren't important... or get a ceramic coat.... damn you could spend an infinite amount of money and timeon these things...

 

for those of you who are trying to hoock up an cold air intake on their 4g15 the DE coupe . none of the manufactures , after market ,make any cold air intake for this type of car but we still wonder why, how the same type of mirage is been made the EVO, with turbo in it... custom air intake are the best to go with ,. an thats what i have decided to do. but my question is.. the air intake pipel should it be metal or plastic kind?. which was is to be better at .. facing up or faceing down?is there a way to open the fender part? or would u think that water can go through?

 

most durable will be a metal intake pipe, route it through around and as far away from all of your coolant lines as possible, underneath your battery tray with the intake filter facing down. That'll get you the coolest intake charge and the filter will still be relativley high off the ground. As a procautionary measure though, I'd add a shroud cover to the filter and a bypass valve to your intake at least 1-2 feet from the throttle body.

 

the ECU timming gets u 92 Hp out from the 1.5 Liter engine.. is there any thing that we can get that would improve the Hp. like ECU or any thing else other than custom air intake?

 

turbo's are nice......